GATX vs. GXO, GBTG, RXO, XPO, CAR, HRI, STNG, AL, CPA, and ALK
Should you be buying GATX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GATX include GXO Logistics (GXO), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), RXO (RXO), XPO (XPO), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Herc (HRI), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Air Lease (AL), Copa (CPA), and Alaska Air Group (ALK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
GATX (NYSE:GATX) and GXO Logistics (NYSE:GXO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
GATX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GXO Logistics. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GXO Logistics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GATX has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, GXO Logistics has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, GXO Logistics had 4 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for GXO Logistics and 9 mentions for GATX. GATX's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat GXO Logistics' score of 0.58 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.1% of GATX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of GXO Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of GATX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of GXO Logistics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
GATX currently has a consensus target price of $135.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.63%. GXO Logistics has a consensus target price of $69.38, suggesting a potential upside of 31.83%. Given GXO Logistics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GXO Logistics is more favorable than GATX.
GATX has a net margin of 17.64% compared to GXO Logistics' net margin of 1.68%. GATX's return on equity of 11.29% beat GXO Logistics' return on equity.
GATX received 272 more outperform votes than GXO Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote while only 46.22% of users gave GXO Logistics an outperform vote.
Summary
GATX and GXO Logistics tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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