Not a good buy right now for an impatient trader: price is extended (RSI6 73) and sitting near/above first resistance (120.94) with limited near-term upside vs. downside risk.
No Intellectia buy signals (AI Stock Picker / SwingMax) to override the setup.
Options positioning (very high put/call open interest ratio) leans defensive/bearish while actual option volume is absent, suggesting caution rather than bullish appetite.
Fundamentals in the latest reported quarter (2025/Q3) show declining revenue and a sharp profit/EPS drop, which weakens the near-term risk/reward into the next earnings (2026-02-25).
Technical Analysis
Trend/Momentum: MACD histogram is positive and expanding (bullish momentum), but RSI(6) ~73 suggests the stock is short-term overbought/extended.
Moving averages: converging MAs indicate the trend is not decisively strong; potential for chop/mean reversion.
Open interest: Calls 4 vs Puts 39 (OI put/call 9.75) = strongly put-heavy positioning (bearish/hedging skew).
Volume: 0 contracts traded today (put/call volume ratio shown as 0.0 due to no volume) = sentiment signal comes mainly from positioning, not fresh flow.
Volatility: 30d IV ~78.77 vs historical vol ~30.96 = options are pricing elevated uncertainty; IV percentile ~36.65 (not extreme vs its own history, but still high in absolute terms).
Technical Summary
Sell
2
Buy
9
Positive Catalysts
is possible if broader market stabilizes.
Neutral/Negative Catalysts
near resistance increase odds of pullback/mean reversion.
suggests market participants are positioned defensively.
Cons: YoY revenue decline and sharp EPS/net income drop; options positioning skewed defensively; no proprietary buy signals; model-implied drift negative into the near term.
Politicians/congress: No recent congress trading data available in the last 90 days.
Wall Street analysts forecast MGRC stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for MGRC is 143 USD with a low forecast of 143 USD and a high forecast of 143 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
1 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast MGRC stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for MGRC is 143 USD with a low forecast of 143 USD and a high forecast of 143 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
1 Buy
0 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 120.200
Low
143
Averages
143
High
143
Current: 120.200
Low
143
Averages
143
High
143
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Outperform
maintain
$139 -> $143
AI Analysis
2025-09-18
Reason
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Price Target
$139 -> $143
AI Analysis
2025-09-18
maintain
Outperform
Reason
Oppenheimer raised the firm's price target on McGrath RentCorp to $143 from $139 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares after recently conducting investor meetings with McGrath's CEO/CFO. The company is poised to deliver relatively resilient and predictable adjusted EBITDA growth over a multi-year period, primarily via its core Mobile Modular rental operations. Mobile Modular's increasing rental revenue/unit, which is partly driven by emerging offerings Mobile Modular Plus/Site Related Services, contributes to revenue growth visibility for years to come given the four-year average duration of its rentals. McGrath's smaller Portable Storage segment appears to be stabilizing, while the company's TRS-RenTelco segment is rebounding, the firm adds.
