United Rentals (United Rentals) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.55 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is United Rentals Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

United Rentals's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-569.00 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,029.00 Mil.

Hence, United Rentals's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.55.

United Rentals Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Rentals's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

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United Rentals Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

United Rentals Annual Data

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Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

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0.87

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0.87

United Rentals Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.93	1.05	1.05	0.51	0.55

Competitive Comparison of United Rentals's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, United Rentals's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

United Rentals's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, United Rentals's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Rentals's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.

United Rentals Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

United Rentals's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	=	- Capital Expenditure	/	Cash Flow from Operations
	=	- (-4070)	/	4704
	=	0.87

United Rentals's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	=	- Capital Expenditure	/	Cash Flow from Operations
	=	- (-569)	/	1029
	=	0.55

United Rentals (NYSE:URI) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.

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United Rentals (United Rentals) Business Description

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Address

100 First Stamford Place, Suite 700, Stamford, CT, USA, 06902

Website

https://www.unitedrentals.com

United Rentals is the world's largest equipment rental company. It principally operates in the United States and Canada, where it commands approximately 17% share in a highly fragmented market. It serves three end markets: general industrial, commercial construction, and residential construction. Like its peers, United Rentals historically has provided its customers with equipment that was intermittently used, such as aerial equipment and portable generators. As the company has grown organically and through hundreds of acquisitions since it went public in 1997, its catalog (fleet size of $21 billion) now includes a range of specialty equipment and other items that can be rented for indefinitely long periods.

Executives

Terri L. Kelly	director	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Michael D Durand	officer: EVP, Chief Operating Officer	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Dale A Asplund	officer: Senior V.P.-Business Services	C/O BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS, INC., 980 JOLLY ROAD, SUITE 300, BLUE BELL PA 19422
Anthony S. Leopold	officer: SVP	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Joli L. Gross	officer: SVP, General Counsel	TWO AMERICAN LANE, GREENWICH CT 06831
William E. Grace	officer: VP, Interim CFO	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Matthew John Flannery	officer: Sr. Vice President- Operations	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC, 100 FIRST STAMFORD PL, STAMFORD CT 06902
Craig Adam Pintoff	officer: Sr. V.P,, Gen. Counsel & H.R.	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC, 100 FIRST STAMFORD PL, STE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Andrew B. Limoges	officer: VP, Controller	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Jose B Alvarez	director	STOP & SHOP, 1385 HANCOCK STREET, QUINCY MA 02169
Francisco J Lopez-balboa	director	3280 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.W., ATLANTA GA 30305
Jessica Graziano	officer: Vice President, Controller	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC, 100 FIRST STAMFORD PL, STAMFORD CT 06902
Shiv Singh	director	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC., 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
De Shon Larry D	director	6 SYLVAN WAY, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Filippo Passerini	director	C/O UNITED RENTALS, INC, 100 FIRST STAMFORD PL, STAMFORD CT 06902