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United Rentals (URI) guidance and outlook
United Rentals (URI) raised its guidance on Oct 21, 2026: Revenue $18.0B–$18.2B for FY2026; Operating cash flow $6.2B–$6.8B for FY2026. United Rentals' 10-Q filed Jul 22, 2026 makes 8 forward-looking statements.
Guidance and outlook
Latest guidance
| Metric | Period | Range | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | FY2026 | $18.0B–$18.2B | raised |
| Operating cash flow | FY2026 | $6.2B–$6.8B | raised |
From the earnings release filed Oct 21, 2026 (8-K on EDGAR).
Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Jul 22, 2026
- Our operations are impacted by global economic conditions, including inflation, tariffs, interest rate fluctuations and supply chain constraints, and we take actions to modify our plans to address such economic conditions.
- Tariffs could result in the costs we incur being more than anticipated.
- We believe these efforts will lead to even better service of our target accounts, primarily large construction and industrial customers, as well as select local contractors.
- Prior to taking actions pertaining to our financial flexibility and liquidity, we assess our available sources and anticipated uses of cash, including, with respect to sources, cash generated from operations and from the sale of rental equipment.
- We intend to complete $1.5 billion of total share repurchases in 2026, comprised of $1.15 billion of share repurchases under the $5.0 billion program and the $350 of share repurchases made to complete the $2.0 billion program.
- We believe that our existing sources of cash will be sufficient to support our existing operations over the next 12 months.
- We expect that our principal short-term (over the next 12 months) and long-term needs for cash relating to our operations will be to fund (i) operating activities and working capital, (ii) the purchase of rental equipment and inventory items offered for sale, (iii) payments due under operating leases, (iv) debt service, (v) share repurchases, (vi) dividends and (vii) acquisitions.
- We plan to fund such cash requirements from our existing sources of cash.
United Rentals' latest quarter
United Rentals, Q3 2026: revenue $4.9B (+16% year over year), operating margin 28.8%, net earnings $920M, operating cash flow $1.6B. The chart follows the revenue to costs, profit and cash.
Questions
Did United Rentals raise or lower its guidance?
United Rentals (URI) raised its guidance on Oct 21, 2026: Revenue $18.0B–$18.2B for FY2026; Operating cash flow $6.2B–$6.8B for FY2026.
What does United Rentals expect?
Our operations are impacted by global economic conditions, including inflation, tariffs, interest rate fluctuations and supply chain constraints, and we take actions to modify our plans to address such economic conditions. Tariffs could result in the costs we incur being more than anticipated. We believe these efforts will lead to even better service of our target accounts, primarily large construction and industrial customers, as well as select local contractors.
Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.