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

United Rentals (URI) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 17.38% for Q1 2019, down 222.0% year-over-year from 14.25% in Q1 2018, and down 28.8% quarter-over-quarter from 24.41% in Q4 2018.

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

United Rentals' Operating Margin history runs 10 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 17.38% for Q1 2019.

  • In Q1 2019, Operating Margin fell 222.0% year-over-year to 17.38%; the TTM figure through Mar 2019 stood at 23.48% (up 82.0% YoY), while the FY2018 annual figure was 24.25%, up 155.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2019 stood at 17.38%, down from 24.41% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 28.77% in Q3 2015, with the low at 17.38% in Q1 2019.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 24.42% (2016), against an average of 23.8%.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2015 and 2016: Operating Margin surged 431 bps in 2015, then tumbled 342 bps in 2016.
  • United Rentals' Operating Margin stood at 26.07% in 2015, then advanced by 1 bps to 26.4% in 2016, then fell by 9 bps to 24.04% in 2017, then grew by 2 bps to 24.41% in 2018, then slipped by 29 bps to 17.38% in 2019.
  • Business Quant data shows URI's Operating Margin at 17.38% in Q1 2019, 24.41% in Q4 2018, and 27.32% in Q3 2018.

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Historic 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%