GATX (GATX) Competitors

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

Is WSO or GATX more profitable?

GATX has a net margin of 17.92% compared to Watsco's net margin of 7.04%. Watsco's return on equity of 17.59% beat GATX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Watsco	7.04%	17.59%	12.09%
GATX	17.92%	12.07%	2.38%

Which has more risk & volatility, WSO or GATX?

Watsco has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend WSO or GATX?

Watsco presently has a consensus target price of $492.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.69%. GATX has a consensus target price of $161.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.34%. Given GATX's stronger consensus rating and 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
GATX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has preferable 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	$7.62B	2.74	$536.34M	$13.25	38.96
GATX	$1.59B	3.34	$284.20M	$7.77	19.12

Is WSO or GATX a better dividend stock?

Watsco pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Watsco pays out 90.6% 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 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and GATX has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Does the media favor WSO or GATX?

In the previous week, Watsco had 21 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Watsco and 7 mentions for GATX. GATX's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Watsco's score of 1.30 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Watsco	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GATX	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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, 2.2% of GATX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WSO or GATX?

Watsco received 6 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.57% of users gave GATX an outperform vote while only 55.30% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Watsco	Outperform Votes 334 55.30%	Underperform Votes 270 44.70%
GATX	Outperform Votes 328 58.57%	Underperform Votes 232 41.43%

Summary

Watsco beats GATX on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.