HRI vs URI vs HD Stock Comparison

Herc Holdings, United Rentals and Home Depot Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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HRI Herc Holdings Inc
$173.93 +36.8% 1M +22.8% 1Y
Market cap
$5.77B
P/E
46.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.92B
Div. yield
0.02%
Equipment Rental Industrials
1 win
URI United Rentals, Inc.
$1,198.19 +18.1% 1M +37.6% 1Y
Market cap
$74.73B
P/E
26.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.50B
Div. yield
–
Equipment Rental Industrials
5 wins
HD Home Depot, Inc.
$328.95 +14.2% 1M -13.0% 1Y
Market cap
$330.01B
P/E
23.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$169.18B
Div. yield
0.03%
Home Improvement Retail Consumer Discretionary
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Home Depot leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Home Depot 6, United Rentals 5, Herc Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHRIURIHDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.77B $74.73B $330.01B HD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 46.9x 26.2x 23.2x HD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.1x 21.7x 23.5x URI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +19.4% +9.4% +2.5% HRI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.5% 16.3% 8.4% URI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 21.2% 14.0% 23.3% HD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.0x 2.3x 2.0x HD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.03% HD
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +22.8% +37.6% -13.0% URI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.9%/yr +25.9%/yr -2.4%/yr URI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 61.0% 42.2% 27.0% HD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 54/100 40/100 URI

Percentile Scorecard

HRIURIHD

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHRIURIHD
Valuation 58 #20 of 46 22 #36 of 46 19 #84 of 104
Growth 92 #4 of 39 87 #6 of 39 28 #71 of 98
Profitability 68 #13 of 39 92 #4 of 39 91 #10 of 97
Financial Health 13 #41 of 47 20 #38 of 47 30 #77 of 110
Shareholder Returns 37 #20 of 31 50 #16 of 31 30 #49 of 70
Overall 54 54 40
  • HRI ranked among 49 companies in Distribution and Rental
  • URI ranked among 49 companies in Distribution and Rental
  • HD ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHRIURIHDSPY
1 month +36.8%+18.1%+14.2% +0.7%
3 months +19.3%+12.1%-1.3% +3.7%
6 months +37.0%+24.8%+0.0% +7.1%
Year to date +17.2%+48.0%-4.4% +12.8%
1 year +22.8%+37.6%-13.0% +11.9%
3 years +61.5%+191.6%+16.9% +85.2%
3 years, per year +17.3%+42.9%+5.3% +22.8%
5 years -4.5%+216.1%-11.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year -0.9%+25.9%-2.4% +10.9%
10 years +500.4%+1,489.3%+166.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year +19.6%+31.9%+10.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureHRIURIHDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 61.0%42.2%27.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.0%39.2%26.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.931.040.68 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.370.89-0.48 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.0%-40.0%-35.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.0%0.0%-15.9% -1.2%
52-week high $181.12$1,198.19$391.05 $779.14
52-week low $91.04$710.47$281.12 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHRIURIHD
P/E now vs peer median 47.2xmedian 26.2x 26.1xmedian 26.2x 23.0xmedian 17.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.1x 4.2xmedian 1.1x 1.9xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 13.5x 14.1xmedian 13.5x 15.0xmedian 9.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -30.1xmedian 23.0x 83.3xmedian 23.0x 21.7xmedian 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 2.6x 7.7xmedian 2.6x 19.8xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median -1.41median 2.55 2.74median 2.55 -5.64median 0.77

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHRIURIHD
Revenue $4.92B $17.50B $169.18B
Gross profit $3.01B $6.84B $56.18B
Operating income $2.36B $4.47B $21.02B
Net income $123.00M $2.86B $14.23B
Free cash flow -$193.00M $892.00M $15.10B
EPS (diluted) $3.67 $45.89 $14.28
Cash & equivalents $66.00M $153.00M $2.09B
Total debt $8.04B $14.67B $214.74B
Shares (diluted) 33.50M 62.26M 996.00M
Enterprise value $5.56B $73.85B $323.25B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHRIURIHD
P/E 47.2x 26.1x 23.0x
P/FCF -30.1x 83.3x 21.7x
P/Operating cash flow 4.6x 12.0x 17.5x
P/S 1.2x 4.2x 1.9x
P/B 2.9x 7.7x 19.8x
P/Tangible book 13.7x 8.1x 53.5x
EV/EBITDA 5.2x 14.1x 15.0x
EV/EBIT 5.8x 19.9x 18.0x
EV/Revenue 2.8x 5.1x 2.2x
EV/FCF -71.4x 99.5x 25.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.9x 14.3x 20.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.41 2.74 -5.64

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHRIURIHD
Revenue growth (1Y) 19.4% 9.4% 2.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.9% 8.0% 3.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.9% 10.4% 2.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 12.6% 6.0% 2.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 23.8% 11.5% -2.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.3% 5.7% -3.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 278.3% 12.9% -2.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -29.7% 6.2% -4.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 277.2% 16.6% -2.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -33.4% 9.5% -4.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 15.0% 24.2% 5.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.1% 10.9% -1.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -3.8% 98.2% 6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.1% 83.7% -2.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHRIURIHD
Gross margin 61.2% 39.1% 33.2%
EBITDA margin 54.2% 36.1% 15.0%
Operating margin 47.9% 25.5% 12.4%
Pretax margin 2.8% 21.8% 11.1%
Net margin 2.5% 16.3% 8.4%
FCF margin -3.9% 5.1% 8.9%
Operating cash flow margin 25.8% 35.4% 11.1%
Return on equity 6.4% 30.2% 93.3%
Return on assets 0.9% 8.9% 13.1%
Return on invested capital 21.2% 14.0% 23.3%
Return on capital employed 18.3% 16.5% 28.5%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.5x 1.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 10.3x 2.2x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.9% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHRIURIHD
Debt / assets 57.2% 44.7% 48.4%
Debt / equity 4.1x 1.5x 3.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.0x 2.3x 2.0x
Debt / FCF -41.6x 16.4x 3.5x
Liabilities / assets 85.9% 70.4% 84.8%
Equity / assets 14.1% 29.6% 15.2%
Interest coverage – – 8.7x
Current ratio 1.1x 0.8x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.6x 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.26 3.63 5.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHRIURIHD
Dividend yield 1.6% 0.6% 2.8%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 2.5% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 1.5% 3.1% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 76.4% – 64.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) -48.7% – 61.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) 13.3% – 2.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.8% – 4.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHRIURIHD
Forward P/E 25.1xFY2026 21.7xFY2026 23.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.93FY2026 $55.27FY2026 $13.98FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -8.9%FY2026 +31.4%FY2026 -4.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +61.8% +6.3% +10.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.76BFY2026 $18.69BFY2026 $163.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.6%FY2026 +16.1%FY2026 -0.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.0% +3.1% +14.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHRIURIHD
Held by institutions 100.0% 95.9% 75.0%
Institutions holding 335 1,588 4,111
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.0% +4.7% +3.1%
Institutions buying 205 804 1,919
Institutions selling 87 538 1,768
Buyers to sellers 2.36 1.49 1.09

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HRIURIHD
HRI 1.00 0.68 0.34
URI 0.68 1.00 0.31
HD 0.34 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HRI, URI and HD?

Home Depot (HD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Herc Holdings (HRI) $5.77B, United Rentals (URI) $74.73B, Home Depot (HD) $330.01B.

Which stock is cheaper, HRI, URI and HD?

Home Depot (HD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Herc Holdings (HRI) 46.9x, United Rentals (URI) 26.2x, Home Depot (HD) 23.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, United Rentals (URI) is cheapest (Herc Holdings (HRI) 25.1x, United Rentals (URI) 21.7x, Home Depot (HD) 23.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Herc Holdings (HRI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Herc Holdings (HRI) +19.4%, United Rentals (URI) +9.4%, Home Depot (HD) +2.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

United Rentals (URI) has the highest net margin (Herc Holdings (HRI) 2.5%, United Rentals (URI) 16.3%, Home Depot (HD) 8.4%). On return on invested capital, Home Depot (HD) leads (Herc Holdings (HRI) 21.2%, United Rentals (URI) 14.0%, Home Depot (HD) 23.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year United Rentals (URI) returned the most: Herc Holdings (HRI) +22.8%, United Rentals (URI) +37.6%, Home Depot (HD) -13.0%. Over five years, United Rentals (URI) compounded fastest (Herc Holdings (HRI) -0.9%/yr, United Rentals (URI) +25.9%/yr, Home Depot (HD) -2.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Home Depot (HD) has the highest dividend yield: Herc Holdings (HRI) 0.02%, United Rentals (URI) 0.00%, Home Depot (HD) 0.03%. United Rentals (URI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Home Depot (HD) has been the steadiest (Herc Holdings (HRI) 61.0%, United Rentals (URI) 42.2%, Home Depot (HD) 27.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HRI, URI and HD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Home Depot (HD) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.