URI vs. STRL, ACA, BLD, DY, HRI, ITT, OC, OTIS, SKY, and TEX
Should you be buying United Rentals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Rentals include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Arcosa (ACA), TopBuild (BLD), Dycom Industries (DY), Herc (HRI), ITT (ITT), Owens Corning (OC), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Champion Homes (SKY), and Terex (TEX).
United Rentals vs. Its Competitors
United Rentals (NYSE:URI) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk and profitability.
United Rentals has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Rentals had 19 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for United Rentals and 13 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. United Rentals' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 0.95 indicating that United Rentals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Rentals currently has a consensus target price of $766.23, suggesting a potential downside of 2.33%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $265.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.83%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than United Rentals.
96.3% of United Rentals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of United Rentals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
United Rentals has higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Infrastructure. United Rentals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sterling Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Rentals has a net margin of 16.38% compared to Sterling Infrastructure's net margin of 12.62%. United Rentals' return on equity of 33.11% beat Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity.
Summary
United Rentals beats Sterling Infrastructure on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:URI) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
