United Rentals, Inc. (URI) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2019)
United Rentals' Return on Equity [ROE] was 32.10% in Q1 2019, down 13.97 percentage points from 46.07% a year earlier and down 0.43 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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United Rentals, Inc. (URI) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2019) Analysis & Trends
For FY2018, Return on Equity [ROE] at United Rentals came in at 33.68%, down 22.95 percentage points from FY2017.
- Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of +10.72 percentage points (FY2013 to FY2018).
- In earlier years, Return on Equity [ROE] was 56.63% in FY2017 (+20.39 pp), 36.24% in FY2016 (+0.48 pp), 35.76% in FY2015 (+5.96 pp) and 29.80% in FY2014 (+6.84 pp).
- The Q1 2019 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q3 2017.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Equity [ROE] was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.19 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] over five years was Q3 2018 (a gain of 22.85 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2018 (a drop of 18.09 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, URI's Return on Equity [ROE] in the three quarters before Q1 2019 was 32.54% (Q4 2018), 51.80% (Q3 2018) and 49.79% (Q2 2018).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2019 | 32.10% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 32.54% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 51.80% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 49.79% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 46.07% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 50.63% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 28.95% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 31.88% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 34.28% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 35.52% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 38.28% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 40.63% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 37.76% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 39.35% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 41.38% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 39.86% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 36.17% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 29.93% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 26.93% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 24.21% |
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United Rentals, Inc. Return on Equity [ROE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=URI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "URI", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=URI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();