GATX (GATX) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GATX or WSO?

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
GATX	$1.59B	3.56	$284.20M	$7.77	20.34
Watsco	$7.62B	2.72	$536.34M	$13.25	38.68

Is GATX or WSO a better dividend stock?

GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. GATX pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco pays out 81.5% 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 has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Watsco has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to GATX or WSO?

In the previous week, Watsco had 4 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Watsco and 6 mentions for GATX. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat GATX's score of 1.33 indicating that Watsco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GATX	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Watsco	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GATX or WSO?

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 55.39% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GATX	Outperform Votes 328 58.57%	Underperform Votes 232 41.43%
Watsco	Outperform Votes 334 55.39%	Underperform Votes 269 44.61%

Is GATX or WSO 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
GATX	17.92%	12.07%	2.38%
Watsco	7.04%	17.59%	12.09%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GATX or WSO?

93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of GATX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Watsco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate GATX or WSO?

GATX currently has a consensus price target of $161.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.90%. Watsco has a consensus price target of $486.25, suggesting a potential downside of 5.12%. Given GATX's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe GATX is more favorable than Watsco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GATX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Watsco	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk & volatility, GATX or WSO?

GATX has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Watsco beats GATX on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.