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United Rentals URI Return on assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$4.0B+7.1%
Gross profit$1.5B+8.3%
Operating income$869.0M+8.1%
Net income$531.0M+2.5%
EPS (diluted)$8.43+6.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$156.0M-71.2%
Total debt$17.0B+8.2%
Total equity$9.0B+2.0%
Total assets$29.9B+6.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.5B+6.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$67.46B+11.9%
Enterprise value$84.29B+11.7%
P/E26.9×+3.3×
P/S4.1×+0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin38.2%-1.3pp
Operating margin24.7%-1.1pp
Net margin15.3%-1.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity28.2%-1.9pp
Debt / equity1.9×+0.1×
Current ratio0.8×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from United Rentals’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: United Rentals’s 10-Q, filed April 22, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is United Rentals's return on assets?
United Rentals (URI) reported return on assets of 8.7% in Q1 2026.
How has United Rentals's return on assets changed year-over-year?
United Rentals's return on assets decreased by 7.2% year-over-year, from 9.3% to 8.7%.
What is the long-term trend for United Rentals's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), United Rentals's return on assets has grown at a 10.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 23.9% to 35.5%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.