GATX Corp vs United Rentals Inc

GATX Corp (GATX) is fairly valued and United Rentals Inc (URI) is slightly overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, GATX trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +2%, against -19% for URI.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

GATX Corp (GATX)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.1% values the shares at $187.40; the price of $183.01 is 2% below that value, and 83% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 0/100 on 3 of 12 signals

United Rentals Inc (URI)

Discounting its cash flows at 11.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $879.95; the price of $1043.04 is 19% above that value, and 68% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 58/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricGATXURI
VerdictFairly valuedSlightly overvalued
Price$183.01$1043.04
Intrinsic value$187.40$879.95
Margin of safety+2%-19%
Leak Score0/100 (3/12)58/100 (10/12)
Market cap$6.5B$64.9B
Revenue growth, 5 years7.5%13.6%
Operating margin29.0%25.2%
Net margin17.6%15.7%
Return on equity13.3%28.9%
Debt to equity4.481.67
P/E18.1x25.1x
Forward P/E16.2x18.2x
P/B2.3x7.0x
Dividend yield1.4%0.8%

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