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GATX (GATX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$154.68 -1.27 (-0.81%)
Closing price 03/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$154.80 +0.12 (+0.08%)
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About GATX Stock (NYSE:GATX)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$152.66
$155.45
50-Day Range
$149.93
$167.66
52-Week Range
$122.00
$168.89
Volume
306,888 shs
Average Volume
148,155 shs
Market Capitalization
$5.52 billion
P/E Ratio
19.91
Dividend Yield
1.58%
Price Target
$161.00
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

GATX Corporation, together its subsidiaries, operates as railcar leasing company in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and India. It operates through three segments: Rail North America, Rail International, and Portfolio Management. The company leases tank and freight railcars, and locomotives for petroleum, chemical, food/agriculture, and transportation industries. It also offers maintenance services, including the interior cleaning of railcars, routine maintenance and repair of car body and safety appliances, regulatory compliance works, wheelset replacements, interior blast and lining, exterior blast and painting, and car stenciling services. In addition, the company manufactures commercial aircraft jet engines and leases aircraft spare engines; and owns and manages tank containers that are leased to chemical, industrial gas, energy, food, cryogenic and pharmaceutical industries, and tank container operators, as well as provides tank container sourcing, remarketing, and inspection and maintenance services. As of December 31, 2023, it owned and operated a fleet of approximately 148,500 railcars; 493 four-axle and 30 six-axle locomotives; 399 aircraft spare engines; and 23,931 tank containers. GATX Corporation was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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GATX Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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33rd Percentile Overall Score

GATX MarketRank™: 

GATX scored higher than 33% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 104th out of 127 stocks in the transportation sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    GATX has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    GATX has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about GATX's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of GATX is 19.91, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.48.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of GATX is 19.91, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Transportation sector average P/E ratio of about 13.58.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    GATX has a P/B Ratio of 2.26. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about GATX's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.18% of the float of GATX has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    GATX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.1.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in GATX has recently increased by 6.67%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    GATX pays a meaningful dividend of 1.56%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    GATX has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of GATX is 31.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Read more about GATX's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.18% of the float of GATX has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    GATX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.1.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in GATX has recently increased by 6.67%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    GATX has a news sentiment score of 1.58. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.79 average news sentiment score of Transportation companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for GATX this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 1 people have searched for GATX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, GATX insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $835,279.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.80% of the stock of GATX is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    93.14% of the stock of GATX is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about GATX's insider trading history.
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GATX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

GATX's stock was trading at $154.96 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, GATX stock has decreased by 0.2% and is now trading at $154.6830.
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GATX Co. (NYSE:GATX) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 23rd. The transportation company reported $1.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.68 by $0.25. GATX had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.07% and a net margin of 17.92%.

Top institutional investors of GATX include State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (15.84%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.13%), Earnest Partners LLC (8.77%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.53%). Insiders that own company stock include Farm Mutual Automobile I State, Robert C Lyons, Thomas A Ellman, Anne L Arvia, Brian A Kenney, Paul F Titterton, Deborah A Golden, Kevin Hillesland, Robert Zmudka, John Sbragia, Jeffery R Young, Aken Jennifer Van and Jennifer Mcmanus.
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Shares of GATX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that GATX investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), The RMR Group (RMR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) and iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 12/31 Dividend
12/13/2024
Dividend Payable
12/31/2024
Last Earnings
1/23/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend
2/28/2025
Today
3/23/2025
Dividend Payable
3/31/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/22/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Transportation services
Sub-Industry
Trading Companies & Distributors
Current Symbol
NYSE:GATX
Previous Symbol
NYSE:GMT
Employees
1,900
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$161.00
High Stock Price Target
$185.00
Low Stock Price Target
$140.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+4.1%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.33
Research Coverage
3 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
19.91
Forward P/E Ratio
18.20
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$284.20 million
Pretax Margin
16.49%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.59 billion
Cash Flow
$18.82 per share
Price / Cash Flow
8.22
Book Value
$68.51 per share
Price / Book
2.26

Miscellaneous

Free Float
34,861,000
Market Cap
$5.52 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.00

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This page (NYSE:GATX) was last updated on 3/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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