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URI (United Rentals) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 5.31 (As of Jul. 23, 2025)


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What is United Rentals Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-07-23), United Rentals's current share price is $803.25. United Rentals's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $151.40. United Rentals's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 5.31.

The historical rank and industry rank for United Rentals's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

URI' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 2.9   Max: 6.19
Current: 5.22

During the past years, United Rentals's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 6.19. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 2.90.

URI's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
88.39% of 620 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.965 vs URI: 5.22

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

United Rentals's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $56.835. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $151.40 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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United Rentals Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Rentals's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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United Rentals Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

United Rentals Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.03 3.66 3.30 4.55 4.84

United Rentals Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.46 4.73 5.73 4.84 4.14

Competitive Comparison of United Rentals's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, United Rentals's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


United Rentals's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, United Rentals's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Rentals's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.


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United Rentals Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

United Rentals's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=803.25/151.40
=5.31

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

United Rentals's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, United Rentals's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=56.835/134.9266*134.9266
=56.835

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

United Rentals Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201506 14.619 100.684 19.591
201509 16.283 100.392 21.884
201512 16.261 99.792 21.986
201603 14.405 100.470 19.345
201606 16.061 101.688 21.311
201609 17.445 101.861 23.108
201612 17.870 101.863 23.670
201703 15.882 102.862 20.833
201706 18.698 103.349 24.411
201709 20.633 104.136 26.734
201712 22.394 104.011 29.050
201803 20.343 105.290 26.069
201806 22.459 106.317 28.503
201809 25.441 106.507 32.230
201812 28.299 105.998 36.022
201903 26.447 107.251 33.272
201906 29.184 108.070 36.437
201909 32.372 108.329 40.320
201912 32.522 108.420 40.473
202003 28.613 108.902 35.451
202006 26.828 108.767 33.280
202009 30.190 109.815 37.094
202012 31.341 109.897 38.479
202103 28.304 111.754 34.173
202106 31.451 114.631 37.019
202109 35.703 115.734 41.624
202112 37.906 117.630 43.480
202203 34.726 121.301 38.627
202206 38.835 125.017 41.913
202209 43.553 125.227 46.927
202212 47.166 125.222 50.821
202303 47.100 127.348 49.903
202306 51.626 128.729 54.112
202309 55.154 129.860 57.306
202312 54.812 129.419 57.144
202403 51.693 131.776 52.929
202406 56.557 132.554 57.569
202409 60.316 133.029 61.176
202412 62.076 133.157 62.901
202503 56.835 134.927 56.835

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


United Rentals  (NYSE:URI) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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United Rentals Business Description

Address
100 First Stamford Place, Suite 700, Stamford, CT, USA, 06902
United Rentals is the world's largest equipment rental company. It principally operates in the United States and Canada, where it commands approximately 15% share in a highly fragmented market. It serves three end markets: general industrial, commercial construction, and residential construction. Like its peers, United Rentals historically has provided its customers with equipment that was intermittently used, such as aerial equipment and portable generators. As the company has grown organically and through hundreds of acquisitions since it went public in 1997, its catalog (fleet size of $21 billion) now includes a range of specialty equipment and other items that can be rented for indefinite periods. 2024 revenue totaled $15.3 billion.
Executives
Joli L. Gross officer: SVP, General Counsel TWO AMERICAN LANE, GREENWICH CT 06831
Andrew B. Limoges officer: VP, Controller C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Michael D Durand officer: EVP, Chief Operating Officer C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Craig Adam Pintoff officer: Sr. V.P,, Gen. Counsel & H.R. C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC, 100 FIRST STAMFORD PL, STE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
William E. Grace officer: VP, Interim CFO C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Anthony S. Leopold officer: SVP C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Matthew John Flannery officer: Sr. Vice President- Operations C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC, 100 FIRST STAMFORD PL, STAMFORD CT 06902
Terri L. Kelly director C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Dale A Asplund officer: Senior V.P.-Business Services C/O BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS, INC., 980 JOLLY ROAD, SUITE 300, BLUE BELL PA 19422
Jose B Alvarez director STOP & SHOP, 1385 HANCOCK STREET, QUINCY MA 02169
Francisco J Lopez-balboa director 3280 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.W., ATLANTA GA 30305
Jessica Graziano officer: Vice President, Controller C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC, 100 FIRST STAMFORD PL, STAMFORD CT 06902
Shiv Singh director C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
De Shon Larry D director 6 SYLVAN WAY, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Filippo Passerini director C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC, 100 FIRST STAMFORD PL, STAMFORD CT 06902