United Rentals, Inc. vs WILLSCOT HOLDINGS CORPORATION, two Equipment Rental stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where URI and WSC diverge most: on revenue growth, URI reads +5.1% and WSC reads -4.1%; on net margin, URI reads 15.3% and WSC reads -3.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What URI's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What WSC's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | URI | WSC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1095.55 | $26.21 |
| Market cap | $69.0B | $4.8B |
| Sector | Equipment Rental | Equipment Rental |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 27.9 | — |
| P/B | 7.70 | 5.46 |
| P/S | 4.22 | 2.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.8 | 32.2 |
| Revenue growth | +5.1% | -4.1% |
| Gross margin | 36.9% | 52.1% |
| Operating margin | 21.8% | 17.6% |
| Net margin | 15.3% | -3.0% |
| Return on equity | 27.9% | -7.8% |
| Return on assets | 8.4% | -1.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.9% | 2.9% |
| FCF yield | 7.7% | 15.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.18 | 4.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.80 | 0.79 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.35 | 0.81 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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