Upbound vs United Rentals
UPBD and URI side by side, both in miscellaneous equipment rental and leasing. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How UPBD and URI compare
United Rentals is the larger company, worth 48 times as much as Upbound ($71.3B against $1.5B).
On earnings, Upbound is cheaper: it trades at 13.3× trailing earnings, against 25.3× for United Rentals.
United Rentals grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.4% versus 3.2% for Upbound).
United Rentals keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.3% compared with 2.4% at Upbound.
Both pay dividends: Upbound yields 6.2% and United Rentals 0.67%.
Upbound scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 14 for United Rentals), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | UPBD | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.5B | $71.3B |
| Share price | $25.27 | $1150.80 |
| Change, 1 year | 44.2% | 34.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −44.4% | 207% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.30 | 1.45 |
| Employees | 15K | 1,800 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 (better) | 14 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 13.3× (better) | 25.3× |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 4.1× |
| P/B | 2.0× (better) | 7.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.2× (better) | 17.4× |
| P/FCF | 3.4× | – |
| PEG | 0.16 (better) | 2.75 |
| FCF yield | 29.4% | – |
| Fair value | $33.11 | $745.16 |
| Margin of safety | 23.7% (better) | −54.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 3.2% | 9.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.8% | 13.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 31.8% (better) | 12.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 31.0% (better) | 17.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −19.6% | 25.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 49.7% (better) | 39.1% |
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 25.5% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 16.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 9.2% | – |
| Return on equity | 15.5% | 30.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 30.6% (better) | 14.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 1.51 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 2.95 |
| Interest coverage | 2.5× | – |
| Current ratio | – | 0.80 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.69 | 3.55 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 6.2% (better) | 0.67% |
| Payout ratio | 82.3% | 17.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.7% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.2% (better) | 3.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 99.3% | 92.7% |
| Held by insiders | 3.1% | 0.29% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $1.8M (better) | −$30.4M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 14.8% | 2.2% |
Go deeper
- UPBD stock overview
- UPBD income statement
- UPBD valuation and score
- URI stock overview
- URI income statement
- URI valuation and score
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