---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001364479-25-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HRI"
cik: "0001364479"
company_name: "HERC HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T23:35:25.484809+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Herc Holdings posts Q2 net loss of $35M on H&E acquisition costs; updates FY2025 guidance

## Summary
- Equipment rental revenue $870M (+14% YoY); total revenues $1,002M (+18% YoY)
- Net loss of $35M ($1.17 per share) vs net income $70M prior year; driven by $73M transaction costs and $49M loss on Cinelease assets held for sale
- Adjusted EBITDA $406M (+13%); adjusted EBITDA margin 40.5% vs 42.5% prior year
- Closed H&E acquisition on June 2, 2025; financed with $4.4B new debt at weighted avg rate 6.8%
- FY2025 guidance: equipment rental revenue $3.7-3.9B, adjusted EBITDA $1.8-1.9B, net capex $400-600M

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001364479-25-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HRI
- cik: 0001364479
- company_name: HERC HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364479/000136447925000039/0001364479-25-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364479/000136447925000039/hri-20250729.htm

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