United Rentals URI
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United Rentals, Inc. (URI) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2019)

United Rentals (URI) posted EBIT Margin of 17.38% for Q1 2019, down 28.8% on a QoQ basis from 24.41% in Q4 2018, and down 222.0% year-over-year from 14.25% in Q1 2018.

Analysis

United Rentals, Inc. (URI) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2019) Analysis & Trends

United Rentals has reported EBIT Margin for 10 years, with the latest figure at 17.38% in Q1 2019.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBIT Margin fell 222.0% year-over-year to 17.38% in Q1 2019; TTM through Mar 2019 was 23.48%, a 82.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2018 full-year figure at 24.25%, up 155.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin was 17.38% for Q1 2019 at United Rentals, down from 24.41% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBIT Margin was 28.77% in Q3 2015, with the low at 17.38% in Q1 2019.
  • Average EBIT Margin over 5 years is 23.8%, with a median of 24.42% recorded in 2016.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2015 and 2016: EBIT Margin jumped 431 bps in 2015, then tumbled 342 bps in 2016.
  • Over 5 years, EBIT Margin stood at 26.07% in 2015, then grew by 1 bps to 26.4% in 2016, then decreased by 9 bps to 24.04% in 2017, then rose by 2 bps to 24.41% in 2018, then declined by 29 bps to 17.38% in 2019.
  • The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 17.38% (Q1 2019), 24.41% (Q4 2018), and 27.32% (Q3 2018), per Business Quant data.
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DateValue
Mar 31, 2019 17.38%
Dec 31, 2018 24.41%
Sep 30, 2018 27.32%
Jun 30, 2018 24.85%
Mar 31, 2018 19.61%
Dec 31, 2017 24.04%
Sep 30, 2017 25.37%
Jun 30, 2017 21.29%
Mar 31, 2017 18.95%
Dec 31, 2016 26.40%
Sep 30, 2016 27.32%
Jun 30, 2016 24.42%
Mar 31, 2016 19.39%
Dec 31, 2015 26.07%
Sep 30, 2015 28.77%
Jun 30, 2015 26.24%
Mar 31, 2015 22.81%
Dec 31, 2014 27.24%
Sep 30, 2014 27.33%
Jun 30, 2014 23.23%