United Rentals
URI · Trading Companies & Distributors
$1,098.88
1.1%WESCO International
WCC · Trading Companies & Distributors
$318.02
1.7%The short version
- WESCO International is the larger business, with $23.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $16.1B for United Rentals.
- WESCO International grew revenue faster (7.8%, against 4.9%).
- United Rentals kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (24.7% operating margin, against 5.2% operating margin).
- United Rentals earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (13.4%, against 9.4%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of United Rentals’s earnings: a P/E of 28.0x against 22.0x for WESCO International.
| Latest fiscal year | URI · FY25 | WCC · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $69.2B | $15.7B |
| Revenue | $16.1B | $23.5B |
| Free cash flow | — | $25.2M |
| Net income | $2.5B | $640M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.9% | 7.8% |
| 5-year growth | 13.6% | 13.8% |
| Share count change | −3.0% | −2.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 38.2% | 21.2% |
| Operating margin | 24.7% | 5.2% |
| Net margin | 15.5% | 2.7% |
| FCF margin | — | 0.1% |
| Return on capital | 13.4% | 9.4% |
| Return on equity | 28.4% | 12.8% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $13.8B | $5.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.1x | 3.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $2.4B | $163M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 28.0x | 22.0x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
FY16
URI $5.8B
WCC $7.3B
FY17
URI $6.6B
WCC $7.7B
FY18
URI $8.0B
WCC $8.2B
FY19
URI $9.4B
WCC $8.4B
FY20
URI $8.5B
WCC $12.3B
FY21
URI $9.7B
WCC $18.2B
FY22
URI $11.6B
WCC $21.4B
FY23
URI $14.3B
WCC $22.4B
FY24
URI $15.3B
WCC $21.8B
FY25
URI $16.1B
WCC $23.5B
URI
WCC
FY16
URI 24.6%
WCC 4.5%
FY17
URI 22.7%
WCC 4.2%
FY18
URI 24.3%
WCC 4.3%
FY19
URI 23.0%
WCC 4.1%
FY20
URI 21.1%
WCC 2.8%
FY21
URI 23.4%
WCC 4.4%
FY22
URI 27.8%
WCC 6.7%
FY23
URI 26.7%
WCC 6.3%
FY24
URI 26.5%
WCC 5.6%
FY25
URI 24.7%
WCC 5.2%
URI
WCC
FY16
URI —
WCC $282M
FY17
URI —
WCC $128M
FY18
URI —
WCC $261M
FY19
URI —
WCC $180M
FY20
URI —
WCC $487M
FY21
URI —
WCC $12.4M
FY22
URI —
WCC −$88.4M
FY23
URI —
WCC $401M
FY24
URI —
WCC $1.0B
FY25
URI —
WCC $25.2M
URI
WCC
FY16
URI 9.5%
WCC 7.9%
FY17
URI 14.1%
WCC 6.2%
FY18
URI 10.6%
WCC 8.5%
FY19
URI 11.0%
WCC 8.1%
FY20
URI 9.6%
WCC 5.0%
FY21
URI 11.6%
WCC 8.0%
FY22
URI 14.3%
WCC 12.4%
FY23
URI 15.4%
WCC 11.3%
FY24
URI 15.1%
WCC 9.6%
FY25
URI 13.4%
WCC 9.4%
URI
WCC
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