Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bearish stance on United Rentals ( URI ).
Looking at options history for United Rentals ( URI ) we detected 13 trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 23% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 46% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $101,770 and 11, calls, for a total amount of $593,473.
Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $210.0 to $870.0 for United Rentals ( URI ) over the recent three months.
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for United Rentals ( URI ) options trades today is 71.27 with a total volume of 58.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for United Rentals's ( URI ) big money trades within a strike price range of $210.0 to $870.0 over the last 30 days.
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| URI | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 294 | 5 | ||||||
| URI | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 14 | 5 | ||||||
| URI | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| URI | PUT | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 14 | 7 | ||||||
| URI | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 1 | 1 |
United Rentals ( URI ) is the world's largest equipment rental company. It principally operates in the United States and Canada, where it commands approximately 15% share in a highly fragmented market. It serves three end markets: general industrial, commercial construction, and residential construction. Like its peers, United Rentals ( URI ) 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 $22 billion) now includes a range of specialty equipment and other items that can be rented for indefinite periods.
With a volume of 400,994, the price of URI is down -3.81% at $804.04.
RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
Next earnings are expected to be released in 43 days.
2 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $932.5.
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* Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Citigroup keeps a Buy rating on United Rentals ( URI ) with a target price of $985.
* Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Argus Research continues to hold a Buy rating for United Rentals ( URI ), targeting a price of $880.
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