Herc Holdings Inc. (HRI) Stock Analysis
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Industrials · Rental & Leasing Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $128.32: Quality below floor (3.1 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.82; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Herc Holdings is one of North America's largest equipment rental suppliers with 602 locations, offering aerial, earthmoving, material handling, specialty, and contractor tools on daily/weekly/monthly terms. No single customer made up more than 3% of equipment rental revenue in... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $128.32: Quality below floor (3.1 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.82; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: RSI 47 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 69d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Herc Holdings Inc.
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- Why Herc Holdings Stock Is Climbing Before Earnings - TipRanks — TipRanks positive
- Earnings Preview: Herc Holdings (HRI) Q1 Earnings Expected to Decline - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- Herc Holdings Inc (HRI) Stock Up 12.6% and Still Undervalued -- GF Score: 84/100 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- HRI Stock In Focus As Analysts Cut Targets But Hold Bullish Ratings - StocksToTrade — StocksToTrade neutral
- HRI Stock Climbs As Analysts Stick With Bullish Calls - timothysykes.com — timothysykes.com positive
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Unprofitable operations — net margin -0.1%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $128.32: Quality below floor (3.1 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.82; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: RSI 47 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $119.34. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $146.94 (+14.5% upside). Prior stop was $119.34. Stop-loss: $119.34.
Quality below floor (3.1 < 4.0).
Herc Holdings Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 13.7). TrendMatrix value score: 7.4/10. Verdict: Sell.
13 analysts cover HRI with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $169.
What does Herc Holdings Inc. do?Herc Holdings is one of North America's largest equipment rental suppliers with 602 locations, offering aerial,...
Herc Holdings is one of North America's largest equipment rental suppliers with 602 locations, offering aerial, earthmoving, material handling, specialty, and contractor tools on daily/weekly/monthly terms. No single customer made up more than 3% of equipment rental revenue in 2025; national accounts represented 49% of equipment rental revenue. The 2025 acquisition of H&E Equipment Services added approximately 160 locations and significantly expanded the fleet.