Booking (BKNG) Competitors

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) and GATX (NYSE:GATX) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BKNG or GATX?

Booking has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booking, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Booking	$21.37B	7.71	$4.29B	$147.37	33.76
GATX	$1.54B	3.49	$259.20M	$7.48	20.26

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BKNG or GATX?

Booking received 1511 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.82% of users gave Booking an outperform vote while only 58.60% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Booking	Outperform Votes 1838 71.82%	Underperform Votes 721 28.18%
GATX	Outperform Votes 327 58.60%	Underperform Votes 231 41.40%

Is BKNG or GATX more profitable?

Booking has a net margin of 21.85% compared to GATX's net margin of 17.76%. GATX's return on equity of 11.98% beat Booking's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Booking	21.85%	-166.06%	22.52%
GATX	17.76%	11.98%	2.37%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BKNG or GATX?

92.4% of Booking shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Booking shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of GATX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BKNG or GATX a better dividend stock?

Booking pays an annual dividend of $35.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Booking pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GATX pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. GATX has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. GATX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate BKNG or GATX?

Booking presently has a consensus target price of $4,749.83, indicating a potential downside of 4.53%. GATX has a consensus target price of $138.67, indicating a potential downside of 8.49%. Given Booking's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Booking is more favorable than GATX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Booking	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72
GATX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor BKNG or GATX?

In the previous week, Booking had 42 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Booking and 1 mentions for GATX. Booking's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat GATX's score of -0.33 indicating that Booking is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Booking	Positive
GATX	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, BKNG or GATX?

Booking has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Booking beats GATX on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.