secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HERC HOLDINGS INC (HRI)
CIK:        0001364479
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-28T10:31:54+00:00
Accession:  0001364479-26-000108
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Herc Holdings Q2 revenue up 20%, raises full-year guidance on H&E integration progress
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- Equipment rental revenue $1,072M (+23% YoY); total revenues $1,204M (+20%).
- Net income $19M ($0.57 diluted EPS); adjusted net income $48M ($1.43 diluted EPS).
- Adjusted EBITDA $487M (+19%); margin 40.4% vs 40.9% prior year.
- Raises FY2026 guidance: equipment rental revenue $4.375B-$4.475B, adjusted EBITDA $2.05B-$2.125B.
- Net rental capex guidance increased to $850M-$950M; free cash flow H1 2026 $202M (nearly doubled).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364479/000136447926000108/0001364479-26-000108-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364479/000136447926000108/hri-20260728.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001364479-26-000108

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