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Stock Market Looks To Take A Breather As Busy Week Comes To A Close
Friday, November 6, 2020 - 11:37am | 1854Read More...What a week—Election Day, Fed Day, and now Payrolls Day. But as Election Day turned into Election Week without a clear presidential winner, the stock market has been rallying on the idea that a divided Congress could mean fewer restrictions on companies than if a “blue wave...
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United Rentals' New Acquisition, Explained
Thursday, August 17, 2017 - 12:17pm | 537Read More...United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI), the world's biggest construction equipment rental provider, confirmed on Wednesday it plans on acquiring rival chain Neff Corp (NYSE: NEFF) for $1.3 billion, or $25 per share. UBS's Steven Fisher commented in a research report that the acquisition of Neff...
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Something Puzzling About United Rentals' Q1 Has UBS Scratching Its Head
Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 2:38pm | 483Read More...Analysts at UBS found something puzzling about United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI)'s earnings report: Why was utilization in the quarter strong at a time when rates were weak? The puzzling trend may contribute in some way to the stock's more than 5 percent decline Thursday morning. UBS's analyst...
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Vetr Crowd Turns Bullish On United Rentals, Upgrades Stock's Rating To 3.5-Stars
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 1:23pm | 128Read More...The Vetr crowd continues to turn incrementally bullish on United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) by upgrading the stock's rating to 3.5-stars out of a possible 5-stars. In fact, shares of United Rentals has risen to $66.70 since the prior rating of 3-stars was issued just 3 days ago. Meanwhile...
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Barron's Recap: Home Prices Near Their Peak
Sunday, April 19, 2015 - 2:45pm | 768Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: a special report on housing, the best financial advisors in America ranked, as well as the prospects for United Rentals, World Fuel Services, AutoNation and more. Cover Story "Nearing Peak, U.S. Home Price Gains to Slow" by Jonathan R. Laing. The three-year rally in...
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Jefferies Says Shares Of United Rentals Are Set To Bounce
Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 11:18am | 164Read More...Justin Jordan of Jefferies on Thursday commented in a note that shares of United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) are set to bounce after the company reported its fourth-quarter results. Jordan notes that shares of United Rentals have dipped around 25 percent in two months on oil exposure fears, but...
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Barron's Recap: Beware the Zillow Merger
Sunday, August 10, 2014 - 5:13pm | 739Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: a look at the Zillow-Trulia merger, as well as the prospects for Terex, Sterling Bancorp, master limited partnerships and more. Cover Story "Pricey Fixer Upper" by Bill Alpert. The merger of real estate websites Zillow (NASDAQ: Z) and Trulia (...
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Market Wrap For December 10: Fed Meeting One Week Away
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 5:41pm | 1996Read More...After starting the week hitting record closes yesterday, major indices slipped in today's trading session. Investors are anxiously awaiting next week's Federal Reserve meeting which it is becoming more and more apparent that tapering is set to begin sooner, rather than later. The meetings will...
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Barron's Recap: Protecting Your Health and Wealth
Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 2:54pm | 883Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: managing health care expenses for the long term, as well as the prospects for GE, Nexstar Broadcasting, United Rentals, Approach Resources and more. Cover Story "How to Protect Your Health and Wealth" by Beverly Goodman. In this week's cover story in Barron's,...
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FedEx and Other Logistics Stocks Worth a Look Now
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 11:57am | 852Read More...In the wake of upbeat presentations last week at Oppenheimer's 8th Annual Industrial Growth Summit in New York City, the firm has become more optimistic about the stocks of logistic services providers. In particular, the Oppenheimer analysts favor FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Landstar System (NASDAQ: LSTR...
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Dollar Thrifty Earnings Preview: Q1 EPS Expected to Double
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 7:02am | 899Read More...Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (NYSE: DTG), the auto rental provider that is still being pursued by Hertz (NYSE: HTZ), is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, May 9, after the closing bell. In the previous report, the CEO said, "During 2011, we benefited from a robust...
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UPDATE: ISI Raises Price Target on United Rentals to $50
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 8:38am | 87Read More...According to ISI, United Rentals (NASDAQ: TCBI) price target is raised to $50. ISI said that United Rentals reported its fiscal 4Q11 EPS ex-special items of $0.75 vs the consensus estimate of $0.59 and its estimate of $0.68. “Given the implied tax rate ex-special items is approx 38.5%, much higher...
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Goldman Sachs Raises URI Target From $38 To $39
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 7:35am | 29Read More...Goldman Sachs is raising its PT on shares of United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) from $38 to $39. United Rentals closed Tuesday at $31.43.
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Oppenheimer Raises PT On United Rentals To $36
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 10:28am | 174Read More...Oppenheimer has published a research report on United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) after the company reported strong 4Q results, although not as "clean" as preferred. In the report, Oppenheimer writes "We're reiterating our Outperform rating & increasing our target to $36 (from $34) on URI's 2011...
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Oppenheimer On November's ABI
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 9:26am | 215Read More...Oppenheimer has published a research report on November's Architecture Billings Index after witnessing a strong rebound after September and October low points. In the report, Oppenheimer writes "The November 2010 Architecture Inquiries Index (AII) remained quite elevated at 61.4, following 61.7 in...
