Short interest on URI sees a significant decrease on 2025-09-30

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. United Rentals, Inc shares valued at $15,754,352 were purchased by BOBBY GRIFFIN on May 23 ’25. At $700.19 per share, BOBBY GRIFFIN acquired 22,500 shares.

Also, JOLI LYN GROSS purchased 345 shares, netting a total of over 250,138 in proceeds.

Before that, Gross Joli L. had sold 345 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $250,138, the SVP, Chief LGL & Sustain. Off. traded United Rentals, Inc shares for $725.04 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 345 shares, worth approximately $4.99 million.

As published in a research note from Robert W. Baird on October 01, 2025, United Rentals, Inc [URI] has been rated up from a Neutral to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $1050. Analysts at Bernstein upgraded the stock from ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. As of September 16, 2025, BNP Paribas Exane has increased its “an Underperform” rating to a “Neutral” for URI. Earlier on June 13, 2025, Redburn Atlantic downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for URI stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing URI Stock Performance

On last trading session, United Rentals, Inc [NYSE: URI] plunged -1.41% to $1005.65. The stock’s lowest price that day was $1002.04, but it reached a high of $1021.305 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.57%. Over the course of the year, United Rentals, Inc shares have jumped approximately 20.00%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $1,021.47 on 10/16/25 and a 52-week low of $525.91 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for United Rentals, Inc (URI)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 997.97, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 990.29. In the upper region, resistance lies at 1,017.40. The next price resistance is at 1,029.15. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 60.97 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is United Rentals, Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of United Rentals, Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-30 dropping by -0.41 million shares to 1.66 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 2.07 million shares. A decline of -24.88% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.21 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.21.

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In terms of United Rentals, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 1085 in the next 12 months, up nearly 6.37% from the previous closing price of $1020.0. Analysts anticipate United Rentals, Inc stock to reach 1194 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 900. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked United Rentals, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 22, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $865.

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