Expedia Group (EXPE) Competitors

GATX (NYSE:GATX) and Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the media favor GATX or EXPE?

In the previous week, Expedia Group had 5 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Expedia Group and 11 mentions for GATX. Expedia Group's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat GATX's score of 0.75 indicating that Expedia Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GATX	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Expedia Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GATX or EXPE more profitable?

GATX has a net margin of 17.76% compared to Expedia Group's net margin of 7.97%. Expedia Group's return on equity of 49.25% beat GATX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GATX	17.76%	11.98%	2.37%
Expedia Group	7.97%	49.25%	4.95%

Do analysts recommend GATX or EXPE?

GATX presently has a consensus target price of $150.25, indicating a potential downside of 2.60%. Expedia Group has a consensus target price of $164.88, indicating a potential downside of 7.94%. Given GATX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe GATX is more favorable than Expedia Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GATX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Expedia Group	0 Sell rating(s)	19 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Which has better valuation & earnings, GATX or EXPE?

Expedia Group has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expedia Group, 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
GATX	$1.54B	3.55	$259.20M	$7.48	20.62
Expedia Group	$13.39B	1.72	$797M	$7.77	23.05

Is GATX or EXPE a better dividend stock?

GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Expedia Group pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. GATX pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Expedia Group pays out 17.5% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, GATX or EXPE?

GATX has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expedia Group has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GATX or EXPE?

Expedia Group received 1079 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Expedia Group an outperform vote while only 58.68% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GATX	Outperform Votes 328 58.68%	Underperform Votes 231 41.32%
Expedia Group	Outperform Votes 1407 63.84%	Underperform Votes 797 36.16%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GATX or EXPE?

93.1% of GATX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Expedia Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of GATX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Expedia Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Expedia Group beats GATX on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.