United Rentals (United Rentals) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 1.80 (As of Dec. 2023)

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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 Dec. 2023 was $1,714 Mil. United Rentals's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $10,948 Mil. United Rentals's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,040 Mil. United Rentals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.80.

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:

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

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.

URI's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.54% of 827 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.86 vs URI: 1.91

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 Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

2.89

2.74

2.47

2.24

1.91

United Rentals Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA																1.91	2.18	1.97	1.79	1.80

Competitive Comparison

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 Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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
	=	(1714	+	10948)	/	6627
	=	1.91

United Rentals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
	=	(1714	+	10948)	/	7040
	=	1.80

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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

United Rentals (NYSE:URI) 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 (United Rentals) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

100 First Stamford Place, Suite 700, Stamford, CT, USA, 06902

Website

https://www.unitedrentals.com

United Rentals is the world's largest equipment rental company. It principally operates in the United States and Canada, where it commands approximately 17% 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 indefinitely long periods.

Executives

Terri L. Kelly	director	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
Dale A Asplund	officer: Senior V.P.-Business Services	C/O BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS, INC., 980 JOLLY ROAD, SUITE 300, BLUE BELL PA 19422
Anthony S. Leopold	officer: SVP	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Joli L. Gross	officer: SVP, General Counsel	TWO AMERICAN LANE, GREENWICH CT 06831
William E. Grace	officer: VP, Interim CFO	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
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
Andrew B. Limoges	officer: VP, Controller	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
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