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United Rentals (BSP:U1RI34) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.93 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is United Rentals Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

United Rentals's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$8,362 Mil. United Rentals's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$71,465 Mil. United Rentals's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$41,312 Mil. United Rentals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.93.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for United Rentals's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:U1RI34' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.91   Med: 2.91   Max: 3.26
Current: 2.09

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of United Rentals was 3.26. The lowest was 1.91. And the median was 2.91.

BSP:U1RI34's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
54.15% of 820 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.825 vs BSP:U1RI34: 2.09

United Rentals Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Rentals's Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

United Rentals Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.89 2.74 2.47 2.24 1.91

United Rentals Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 1.79 1.80 2.17 2.01 1.93

Competitive Comparison of United Rentals's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, United Rentals's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, United Rentals's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Rentals's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



United Rentals Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

United Rentals's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(8398.257 + 53643.01) / 32470.975
=1.91

United Rentals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(8362.078 + 71465.309) / 41311.988
=1.93

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


United Rentals  (BSP:U1RI34) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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United Rentals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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 $22 billion) now includes a range of specialty equipment and other items that can be rented for indefinite periods.

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