GATX (GATX) Competitors

Watsco (NYSE:WSO) and GATX (NYSE:GATX) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Is WSO or GATX more profitable?

GATX has a net margin of 17.76% compared to Watsco's net margin of 6.99%. Watsco's return on equity of 17.77% beat GATX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Watsco	6.99%	17.77%	12.28%
GATX	17.76%	11.98%	2.37%

Do analysts prefer WSO or GATX?

Watsco presently has a consensus target price of $491.25, indicating a potential downside of 7.90%. GATX has a consensus target price of $150.25, indicating a potential downside of 2.60%. Given GATX's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GATX is more favorable than Watsco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Watsco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
GATX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher earnings & valuation, WSO or GATX?

Watsco has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, 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
Watsco	$7.28B	2.96	$536.34M	$12.94	41.22
GATX	$1.54B	3.55	$259.20M	$7.48	20.62

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WSO or GATX?

Watsco received 5 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.68% of users gave GATX an outperform vote while only 55.59% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Watsco	Outperform Votes 333 55.59%	Underperform Votes 266 44.41%
GATX	Outperform Votes 328 58.68%	Underperform Votes 231 41.32%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WSO or GATX?

89.7% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Watsco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, WSO or GATX?

Watsco has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less 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.

Does the media prefer WSO or GATX?

In the previous week, Watsco had 12 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Watsco and 11 mentions for GATX. GATX's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Watsco's score of 0.70 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Watsco	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GATX	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WSO or GATX a better dividend stock?

Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Watsco pays out 83.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GATX pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and GATX has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Summary

Watsco beats GATX on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.