NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

United Rentals

(NYSE:

URI

) hit a new 52-week high Wednesday as it is currently trading at $38.71, above its previous 52-week high of $38.62 with 509,872 shares traded as of 10:05 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 2.3 million shares over the past 30 days.

United Rentals has a market cap of $2.13 billion and is part of the

services

sector and

diversified services

industry. Shares are up 29.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company in the United States and Canada. The company has a P/E ratio of 27.8, below the average diversified services industry P/E ratio of 57.6 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates United Rentals as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, robust revenue growth and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company has not been very careful in the management of its balance sheet. You can view the full

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