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United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a rental equipment company in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company offers approximately 2,800 classes of rental equipment, including general construction and industrial equipment, such as backhoes, skid-steer loaders, forklifts, earth moving equipment, and material handling equipment; aerial work platforms, such as scissor lifts and boom lifts; general tools and light equipment, such as pressure washers, water pumps, heaters, and hand tools; and trench safety equipment, such as trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, slide rails, crossing plates, construction lasers, and line testing equipment for underground work. In addition, it sells new and used rental equipment, as well as related contractor supplies, parts, and service. United Rentals, Inc. provides its rental equipment to construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, chemical companies, paper mills, railroads, and ship builders. As of February 25, 2009, it operated an integrated network of approximately 625 rental locations in 48 states, 10 Canadian provinces, and Mexico. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	42.84
Volume	(mio) 1.37
Volume Avg	(mio) 2.38
52 Week High	44.12
52 Week Low	12.81
PE	31.26
PE (group average)	40
EPS Year	1.38
EPS change Q/Q	-5.71%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	-50%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	1000%
EPS change Y/Y	-1270%
REV change Q/Q	-12.4%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	9.41%
EPS next Q est	0.74
EPS next Y est	4.14
Divident Annual	0.00
Dividend Yield	0%