Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

Our reportable segments are general rentals and trench, power and pump. The general rentals segment includes the rental of construction, infrastructure, industrial and homeowner equipment and related services and activities. The general rentals segment’s customers include construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and government entities. The general rentals segment comprises 12 geographic regions—Eastern Canada, Gulf South, Industrial (which serves the geographic Gulf region and has a strong industrial presence), Mid-Atlantic, Mid-Central, Midwest, Mountain West, Northeast, Pacific West, South, Southeast and Western Canada—and operates throughout the United States and Canada. The trench, power and pump segment includes the rental of specialty construction products and related services. The trench, power and pump segment is comprised of the Trench Safety region, which rents trench safety equipment such as trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, slide rails, crossing plates, construction lasers and line testing equipment for underground work, the Power and HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning) region, which rents power and HVAC equipment such as portable diesel generators, electrical distribution equipment, and temperature control equipment including heating and cooling equipment, and the Pump Solutions region, which rents pumps primarily used by energy and petrochemical customers. The trench, power and pump segment’s customers include construction companies involved in infrastructure projects, municipalities and industrial companies. This segment operates throughout the United States and in Canada. These segments align our external segment reporting with how management evaluates and allocates resources. We evaluate segment performance based on segment equipment rentals gross profit.

The following tables set forth financial information by segment.

	General rentals		Trench, power and  pump		Total
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
Equipment rentals	$	976	$	149	$	1,125
Sales of rental equipment	108		8		116
Sales of new equipment	26		7		33
Contractor supplies sales	15		3		18
Service and other revenues	19		4		23
Total revenue	1,144		171		1,315
Depreciation and amortization expense	262		42		304
Equipment rentals gross profit	383		63		446
Capital expenditures	311		34		345
Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
Equipment rentals	$	924	$	81	$	1,005
Sales of rental equipment	106		4		110
Sales of new equipment	24		2		26
Contractor supplies sales	17		2		19
Service and other revenues	17		1		18
Total revenue	1,088		90		1,178
Depreciation and amortization expense	259		18		277
Equipment rentals gross profit	344		35		379
Capital expenditures	331		20		351

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Total reportable segment assets
General rentals	$	10,788	$	10,935
Trench, power and pump	1,494		1,532
Total assets	$	12,282	$	12,467

Equipment rentals gross profit is the primary measure management reviews to make operating decisions and assess segment performance. The following is a reconciliation of equipment rentals gross profit to income before provision for income taxes:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2015			2014
Total equipment rentals gross profit	$	446		$	379
Gross profit from other lines of business	78			69
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(181		)	(168		)
Merger related costs	27			(1		)
Restructuring charge	(1		)	(1		)
Non-rental depreciation and amortization	(69		)	(60		)
Interest expense, net	(121		)	(125		)
Other income, net	3			1
Income before provision for income taxes	$	182		$	94