United Rentals First Quarter 2025 Earnings: Beats Expectations

United Rentals (NYSE:URI) First Quarter 2025 Results

Key Financial Results

• Revenue: US$3.72b (up 6.7% from 1Q 2024).
• Net income: US$518.0m (down 4.4% from 1Q 2024).
• Profit margin: 14% (down from 16% in 1Q 2024). The decrease in margin was driven by higher expenses.
• EPS: US$7.92 (down from US$8.06 in 1Q 2024).

We've discovered 1 warning sign about United Rentals. View them for free.

All figures shown in the chart above are for the trailing 12 month (TTM) period

United Rentals Revenues and Earnings Beat Expectations

Revenue exceeded analyst estimates by 3.1%. Earnings per share (EPS) also surpassed analyst estimates by 1.4%.

Looking ahead, revenue is forecast to grow 4.3% p.a. on average during the next 3 years, compared to a 5.9% growth forecast for the Trade Distributors industry in the US.

Performance of the American Trade Distributors industry.

The company's shares are up 9.4% from a week ago.

Risk Analysis

We should say that we've discovered 1 warning sign for United Rentals that you should be aware of before investing here.

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