# United Rentals Stock: A Record Beat-and-Raise to an All-Time High — So Why We Say HOLD

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Podcast: [Charged Alpha Stock Encyclopedia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/charged-alpha-stock-encyclopedia-7819792)
Published: 2026-07-24T09:32:44+00:00
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## Resource

United Rentals (URI) Q2 2026 — United Rentals (URI), the world's largest equipment-rental company, reported a record Q2 2026: adjusted EPS of $12.76 beat the ~$11.55 estimate (+22% YoY) on record revenue of $4.41B (+12%), with rental revenue up 12.7% to $3.85B and adjusted EBITDA of $2.06B at a 46.6% margin. Specialty rentals surged ~25%, fleet productivity rose 3.4%, and management RAISED full-year 2026 guidance — revenue to $17.5–$17.8B and adjusted EBITDA by ~$300M to ~$8.05B. The stock jumped ~10.7% to an all-time high near $1,140, up ~62% off its 52-week low of ~$702. The catch: at ~22x forward earnings and only a ~3% free-cash-flow yield (FCF guidance was left unchanged at $2.15–$2.45B as capex rose to fund fleet growth), our owner-earnings DCF lands fair value near $950 — below the price. Our call: HOLD. United Rentals is one of the great industrial compounders of the last decade — the world's largest equipment-rental company, renting boom lifts, generators, pumps, trench boxes and power systems out of 1,500+ locations across North America, roughly twice the size of its nearest rival. Q2 2026 was a genuinely great quarter: adjusted EPS of $12.76 beat the ~$11.55 estimate (+22% YoY), revenue set a record at $4.41B (+12%), adjusted EBITDA hit $2.06B at a 46.6% margin, and management RAISED full-year guidance again (revenue to $17.5–$17.8B, adjusted EBITDA +~$300M to ~$8.05B). The engine was Specialty Rentals, up ~25% across every line on powerful data-center, chip-fab and infrastructure demand. So the debate isn't quality — it's price. The stock jumped ~10.7% on the print to an all-time high near $1,140, up ~62% off its 52-week low, and now trades near 22x forward earnings — well above its historical low-to-mid-teens multiple — at just a ~3% free-cash-flow yield.…

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