RSC Shares Popped: What You Need to Know

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November 10, 2011 | Comments (1)

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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

What: Shares of construction equipment renter RSC Holdings (NYSE: RRR ) jumped as much as 10.3% on moderately high trading volume.

So what: The construction equipment sector is jumping all over the place today on news that Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT ) is buying Chinese operator ERA Mining-Machinery in a $900 million deal. Mining-gear builder NACCO Industries (NYSE: NC ) and direct RSC rival United Rentals (NYSE: URI ) also came very close to double-digit intraday gains.

Now what: RSC is an exclusively North American business and doesn't have any interests in China, but Caterpillar's relatively big buy is renewing investor confidence in the construction industry as a whole. RSC shares have now bounced more than 62% off midsummer lows while United Rentals doubled over the same period. Investors may be betting on buyout bids of their own here.

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Report this Comment On December 16, 2011, at 5:26 PM, TMFZahrim wrote:

It's nice to be right -- RSC is indeed being acquired by United Rentals:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/12/16/rsc-holding...
Anders

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