United Rentals
URIUnited Rentals has retired 35.5% of its shares since 2014, from 96,520,626 to 62,242,489.
35.5%retired since 2014
14.0%last 5 years
2.2%last 12 months
62Mshares today
United Rentals has retired 35.5% of its shares since 2014, from 96,520,626 to 62,242,489.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2014-01-20 | 93,217,882 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-19 | 96,520,626 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-01-25 | 90,970,229 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-01-23 | 84,310,531 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-01-22 | 84,427,665 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-21 | 79,591,082 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-27 | 74,375,477 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-25 | 72,199,276 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-24 | 72,421,902 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-01-23 | 69,359,591 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-01-22 | 67,191,627 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-01-27 | 65,307,098 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-01-26 | 62,998,147 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of United Rentals on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. United Rentals has 2.2% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 62,242,489 as of July 20, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 14.0%.
Net of every new share it issued, United Rentals has 34.3 million fewer shares than at its 2014 peak. That is 35.5% of the company.
62,242,489 shares, as of July 20, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2014 peak it had 96,520,626.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held United Rentals stock in 2014 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
United Rentals ranks No. 143 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: CNX Resources (35.8%), Seaboard (35.6%), Dollar General (35.4%), Bank of America (35.4%).
Every answer is computed from United Rentals' own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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