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McGrath RentCorp (MGRC)

Industrials | Rental & Leasing Services | Livermore, United States | NasdaqGS
114.64 USD +1.76 (1.559%) ⇧ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m. EDT

McGrath RentCorp presents a classic value-versus-growth dilemma. While the stock has delivered a remarkable 260% gain over the last nine years, the most recent quarter revealed a 6% revenue contraction and a missed earnings target, signaling that the rental strength is currently being offset by margin pressure. Technically, shares are trading below their 50-day average, suggesting short-term weakness, yet the dividend remains a reliable anchor with a mere 31% payout ratio. Investors should view this as a consolidation phase rather than a trend reversal, keeping an eye on whether the negative growth can be arrested before the next earnings cycle.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.046177
AutoETS0.046177
MSTL0.050996
AutoTheta0.066924

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 14.05
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.138
Excess Kurtosis -1.27
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-10-15
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-16
Debt to Equity Ratio 47.364
Revenue per Share 37.953
Market Cap 2,800,158,208
Trailing P/E 18.46
Forward P/E 16.51
Beta 0.47
Profit Margins 16.38%
Website https://www.mgrc.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a move toward the $120 strike via call open interest, though the significantly higher implied volatility on deep out-of-the-money puts suggests a persistent fear of downside risk.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.42% 1.70% 1.71% 1.88%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-17 0.4950 0.418534
2026-04-16 0.4950 0.428980
2026-01-16 0.4850 0.440429
2025-10-17 0.4850 0.407734
2025-07-17 0.4850 0.414141
2025-04-16 0.4850 0.460326
2025-01-17 0.4750 0.401589
2024-10-17 0.4750 0.440590
2024-07-17 0.4750 0.427235
2024-04-15 0.4750 0.420354
2024-01-16 0.4650 0.425824
2023-10-16 0.4650 0.452996
2023-07-14 0.4650 0.502540
2023-04-13 0.4650 0.516208
2023-01-13 0.4550 0.451658
2022-10-14 0.4550 0.543933
2022-07-14 0.4550 0.603208
2022-04-13 0.4550 0.541344
2022-01-13 0.4350 0.554211
2021-10-14 0.4350 0.571016
2021-07-15 0.4350 0.558910
2021-04-14 0.4350 0.536772
2021-01-14 0.4200 0.578114
2020-10-15 0.4200 0.644666
2020-07-16 0.4200 0.772485
2020-04-14 0.4200 0.784460
2020-01-16 0.3750 0.476675
2019-10-16 0.3750 0.564079
2019-07-16 0.3750 0.577634
2019-04-12 0.3750 0.644773
2019-01-16 0.3400 0.671671
2018-10-16 0.3400 0.668239
2018-07-16 0.3400 0.549096
2018-04-13 0.3400 0.622483
2018-01-16 0.2600 0.526316
2017-10-16 0.2600 0.573572
2017-07-13 0.2600 0.763807
2017-04-11 0.2600 0.768322
2017-01-12 0.2550 0.679638
2016-10-13 0.2550 0.837714
2016-07-13 0.2550 0.807729
2016-04-13 0.2550 1.074136
2016-01-13 0.2500 1.095530
2015-10-14 0.2500 0.917431
2015-07-15 0.2500 0.871992
2015-04-14 0.2500 0.721917
2015-01-14 0.2450 0.748092
2014-10-15 0.2450 0.704225
2014-07-15 0.2450 0.653508
2014-04-14 0.2450 0.751073
2014-01-15 0.2400 0.633078
2013-10-17 0.2400 0.714286
2013-07-15 0.2400 0.696460
2013-04-12 0.2400 0.808353
2013-01-15 0.2350 0.811744
2012-10-15 0.2350 0.903499
2012-07-13 0.2350 0.877521
2012-04-12 0.2350 0.784379
2012-01-12 0.2300 0.773109
2011-10-13 0.2300 0.906940
2011-07-13 0.2300 0.810144
2011-04-13 0.2300 0.888717
2011-01-12 0.2250 0.864387
2010-10-13 0.2250 0.886176
2010-07-14 0.2250 0.957447
2010-04-14 0.2250 0.882353
2010-01-13 0.2200 0.983460
2009-10-14 0.2200 0.987876
2009-07-14 0.2200 1.272412
2009-04-14 0.2200 1.338199
2009-01-13 0.2000 0.922084
2008-10-10 0.2000 1.052632
2008-07-14 0.2000 0.770416
2008-04-14 0.2000 0.788644
2008-01-11 0.1800 0.769889
2007-10-11 0.1800 0.512091
2007-07-12 0.1800 0.539568
2007-04-12 0.1800 0.578964
2007-01-10 0.1600 0.551154
2006-10-12 0.1600 0.596792
2006-07-12 0.1600 0.611154
2006-04-11 0.1600 0.574506
2006-01-11 0.1400 0.456323
2005-10-12 0.1400 0.518519
2005-07-13 0.1400 0.594480
2005-04-13 0.1400 0.636653
2005-01-12 0.1100 0.497288
2004-10-13 0.1100 0.578491
2004-07-13 0.1100 0.609418
2004-04-13 0.1100 0.696203
2004-01-13 0.1000 0.714286
2003-10-10 0.1000 0.689655
2003-07-11 0.1000 0.721241
2003-04-11 0.1000 0.868056
2003-01-13 0.0900 0.762712
2002-10-10 0.0900 0.868307
2002-07-11 0.0900 0.736799
2002-04-11 0.0800 0.540358
2002-01-11 0.0800 0.426667
2001-10-11 0.0800 0.665004
2001-07-11 0.0800 0.690250
2001-04-10 0.0800 0.666667
2001-01-10 0.0700 0.717949
2000-10-11 0.0700 0.775087
2000-07-12 0.0700 0.805755
2000-04-12 0.0700 0.875000
2000-01-12 0.0600 0.705882
1999-10-13 0.0600 0.640000
1999-07-13 0.0600 0.594427
1999-04-13 0.0600 0.640000
1999-01-13 0.0500 0.466472
1998-10-14 0.0500 0.583942
1998-07-14 0.0500 0.416667
1998-04-13 0.0500 0.524590
1998-01-14 0.0400 0.395062
1997-10-15 0.0400 0.336842
1997-07-14 0.0400 0.423841
1997-01-15 0.0350 0.560000
1996-10-15 0.0350 0.562814
1996-07-11 0.0350 0.835821
1996-04-18 0.0350 0.666667
1996-01-12 0.0300 0.666667
1995-10-13 0.0300 0.648649
1995-07-13 0.0300 0.693141
1995-04-13 0.0300 0.685714
1995-01-13 0.0275 0.692913
1994-10-17 0.0275 0.676923
1994-07-12 0.0275 0.671756
1994-04-12 0.0275 0.676923
1994-01-13 0.0250 0.701754
1993-10-12 0.0250 0.689655
1993-07-13 0.0250 0.754717
1993-04-14 0.0250 0.769231
1993-01-12 0.0225 0.742268
1992-10-14 0.0225 0.692308
1992-07-14 0.0225 0.720000
1992-04-13 0.0225 0.537313
1992-01-10 0.0200 0.507937
1991-10-10 0.0200 0.581818
1991-07-09 0.0200 0.484848
1991-04-10 0.0100 0.271186
1990-10-16 0.0200 0.790123
Additional Data
dividendYield 1.73
exDividendDate 2026-10-16
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.96
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.017363572
lastDividendValue 0.495
lastDividendDate 2026-07-17
dividendDate 2026-10-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.0327335
Address1 5,700 Las Positas Road
All Time High 130.86
All Time Low 0.6875
Ask 145.71
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 163,710
Average Daily Volume3 Month 153,676
Average Volume 153,676
Average Volume10Days 163,710
Beta 0.468
Bid 82.41
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 1
Book Value 50.989
City Livermore
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 114.64
Current Ratio 1.836
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 114.98
Day Low 112.095
Debt To Equity 47.364
Dividend Date 1,793,318,400
Dividend Yield 1.73
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,217,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,217,600
Earnings Growth -0.062
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.064
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,217,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,217,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,217,600
Ebitda 256,419,008
Ebitda Margins 0.27487
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.204
Enterprise To Revenue 3.629
Enterprise Value 3,385,673,984
Eps Current Year 6.35
Eps Forward 6.945
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.21
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,792,108,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 114.9836
Fifty Day Average Change -0.3435974
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0029882297
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -3.27335
Fifty Two Week High 125.83
Fifty Two Week High Change -11.190002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.08892953
Fifty Two Week Low 94.99
Fifty Two Week Low Change 19.650002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2068639
Fifty Two Week Range 94.99 - 125.83
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 469,204,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.81
Float Shares 24,125,227
Forward Eps 6.945
Forward P E 16.50684
Free Cashflow 68,235,128
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,306
Fullday Change 1.7600021
Fullday Change Percent 1.5591798
Fullday Price 114.64
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.48520002
Gross Profits 452,623,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.010629999
Held Percent Institutions 0.94939005
Implied Shares Outstanding 24,425,663
Industry Rental & Leasing Services
Industry Disp Rental & Leasing Services
Industry Key rental-leasing-services
Ir Website http://www.mgrc.com/Investor
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,784,246,400
Last Dividend Value 0.495
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,111,968,000
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary McGrath RentCorp operates as a business-to-business rental company in the United States and internationally. The company also engages in renting and selling relocatable modular buildings, portable storage containers, and electronic test equipment. The company operates through four segments: Mobile Modular, Portable Storage, TRS-RenTelco, and Enviroplex. The Mobile Modular segment rents and sells modular buildings designed for use as classrooms, temporary offices adjacent to existing facilities, sales offices, construction field offices, restroom buildings, health care clinics, childcare facilities, office spaces, and various other purposes. The Portable Storage segment offers steel containers, such as storage and office containers, to provide temporary storage solutions to construction, retail, commercial and industrial, energy and petrochemical, manufacturing, education, and healthcare markets. The TRS-RenTelco segment rents and sells general purpose electronic test equipment, such as oscilloscopes, amplifiers, analyzers, signal source, and power source test equipment primarily for the aerospace, defense, electronics, industrial, research, and semiconductor industries. This segment also provides communications test equipment, including network and transmission test equipment for various fiber, copper, and wireless networks to the manufacturers of communications equipment and products, electrical and communications installation contractors, field technicians, and service providers. The Enviroplex segment manufactures and sells portable classrooms directly to public school districts and other educational institutions in California. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is based in Livermore, California.
Long Name McGrath RentCorp
Market us_market
Market Cap 2,800,158,208
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_286976
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 152,832,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 2,735,444,324
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 112.105
Operating Cashflow 251,680,992
Operating Margins 0.23278
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.314
Peg Ratio 1.04
Phone 925 606 9200
Previous Close 112.88
Price Eps Current Year 18.053543
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.2483282
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.0017014
Profit Margins 0.16383
Quick Ratio 1.192
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.76
Regular Market Change Percent 1.55918
Regular Market Day High 114.98
Regular Market Day Low 112.095
Regular Market Day Range 112.095 - 114.98
Regular Market Open 112.105
Regular Market Previous Close 112.88
Regular Market Price 114.64
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,601
Regular Market Volume 104,666
Return On Assets 0.06101
Return On Equity 0.1269
Revenue Growth -0.062
Revenue Per Share 37.953
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17502642
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 24,425,663
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.020499999
Shares Short 500,701
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 484,735
Short Name McGrath RentCorp
Short Percent Of Float 0.0234
Short Ratio 3.33
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol MGRC
Target High Price 150.0
Target Low Price 140.0
Target Mean Price 145.4
Target Median Price 146.0
Total Cash 4,379,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.179
Total Debt 589,894,976
Total Revenue 932,857,024
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.96
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.017363572
Trailing Eps 6.21
Trailing P E 18.460546
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.0425
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 113.4199
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.2201004
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.0107573755
Type Disp Equity
Volume 104,666
Website https://www.mgrc.com
Zip 94,551-7800