United Rentals Inc Cash Flow Quality Index

Latest as of September 2025: 1.68x

United Rentals Inc cash flow quality index. United Rentals Inc (URI) has a Cash Flow Quality Index of 1.68x as of September 2025. Operating cash flow of $1.18 Billion exceeds net income of $701.00 Million, indicating high earnings quality where cash backs reported profits. See URI financial flexibility score to measure the company's free cash flow as a share of total liabilities.

Cash Flow Quality Index

1.68x
Operating CF / Net Income

Operating Cash Flow

$1.18 Billion
USD

Net Income

$701.00 Million
USD

Data as of

Sep 2025
Most recent filing

Cash Flow Quality Index of United Rentals Inc (1998–2024)

Cash flow quality index of United Rentals Inc from 1998 to 2024. Historical Cash Flow Quality Index for United Rentals Inc across 21 annual periods. Values consistently above 1.0x indicate high-quality earnings. Explore how well can United Rentals Inc service its debt to assess how comfortably operating cash covers total debt obligations.

United Rentals Inc Cash Flow Quality Index by Year (1998–2024)

United Rentals Inc cash flow quality index by year from 1998 to 2024. Year-by-year earnings quality comparison for United Rentals Inc. For the full cash flow conversion analysis, see United Rentals Inc cash conversion from operations.

Year Quality Index Operating CF (USD) Net Income YoY Change
2024 1.77x $4.55 Billion $2.58 Billion ▼ -9.0%
2023 1.94x $4.70 Billion $2.42 Billion ▼ -7.9%
2022 2.11x $4.43 Billion $2.10 Billion ▼ -20.9%
2021 2.66x $3.69 Billion $1.39 Billion ▼ -10.9%
2020 2.99x $2.66 Billion $890.00 Million ▲ +15.9%
2019 2.58x $3.02 Billion $1.17 Billion ▼ -1.0%
2018 2.60x $2.85 Billion $1.10 Billion ▲ +57.1%
2017 1.66x $2.23 Billion $1.35 Billion ▼ -52.0%
2016 3.45x $1.95 Billion $566.00 Million ▲ +1.2%
2015 3.41x $2.00 Billion $585.00 Million ▲ +2.3%
2014 3.34x $1.80 Billion $540.00 Million ▼ -16.8%
2013 4.01x $1.55 Billion $387.00 Million ▼ -58.3%
2012 9.61x $721.00 Million $75.00 Million ▲ +59.7%
2011 6.02x $608.00 Million $101.00 Million ▲ +151.7%
2007 2.39x $868.00 Million $363.00 Million ▼ -37.6%
2006 3.83x $858.00 Million $224.00 Million ▲ +11.4%
2005 3.44x $643.00 Million $187.00 Million ▼ -45.1%
2001 6.26x $696.71 Million $111.26 Million ▲ +115.4%
2000 2.91x $512.72 Million $176.38 Million ▼ -1.6%
1999 2.95x $421.40 Million $142.70 Million ▼ -52.4%
1998 6.21x $216.10 Million $34.80 Million —
Cash Flow Quality Index = Operating Cash Flow / Net Income. Ratios above 1.0x indicate cash-backed earnings.