United Rentals announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2012. For the full year 2012, total revenue was $4.117 billion and rental revenue was $3.455 billion. On a GAAP basis, full year net income was $75 million. For the full year 2012, adjusted EBITDA was $1.772 billion, and adjusted EBITDA margin was 43.0%.

Rental Market Outlook

Michael Kneeland, chief executive officer of United Rentals, said, "Our strong performance in 2012 continued in the fourth quarter as we delivered solid growth, robust margins and exceptional flow-through from our revenue streams. The integration with RSC has been very successful, and while it's not complete, we can now shift our focus to driving improvements across the entire business. Despite the intensity of integration, we’ve paid consistent attention to the fundamentals of our business and made good on our promise to drive significant returns."

Kneeland continued, "There's a lot to be excited about from the standpoint of value creation as we look at 2013. Industrial and other non-construction sectors have balanced our mix and now account for about 50% of our business. We also expect to benefit further from the secular shift to rental. And non-residential construction is predicted to show reasonable improvement, with larger upswings in 2014 and 2015. We see opportunities to continue to grow our key accounts, reap the synergies of the merger and expand our fleet, while further lowering our debt leverage."

Read the full United Rental press release.