HRI vs AROC Comparison

Herc Holdings is an equipment rental company that was spun out of Hertz Global in 2016. It is currently the third-largest player in North America, after United Rentals and Sunbelt Rentals, with an approximate 6% market share pro forma for its 2025 acquisition of H&E Equipment Services. It serves a similar mix of companies to its peers (industrial, commercial, and residential construction) from its 450 locations targeting the top 100 metropolitan markets in the US. Herc's rental fleet of approximately $7 billion is also similar in composition to its peer group in terms of equipment offered. The company is also pursuing diversification by bundling and increasing specialty solutions for its customer base. Herc's portfolio skews toward local customers versus national accounts (60%/40%).

Archrock Inc is an energy infrastructure company focused on midstream natural gas compression. It is a provider of natural gas compression services, based on total compression fleet horsepower, to customers across the United States and a supplier of aftermarket services to customers that own compression equipment. The company operates through two segments: contract operations and aftermarket services. The contract operations segment includes designing, sourcing, owning, installing, operating, servicing, repairing, and maintaining its owned fleet of natural gas compression equipment, and generates the maximum revenue. The aftermarket services segment provides operations, maintenance, overhaul, and reconfiguration services, and sales of parts and components.