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$152.32 -1.79 (-1.16%)
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GATX vs. TRN, WSO, WCC, AIT, AL, MSM, RUSHA, DXPE, MRC, and WLFC

Should you be buying GATX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GATX include Trinity Industries (TRN), Watsco (WSO), WESCO International (WCC), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), MRC Global (MRC), and Willis Lease Finance (WLFC).

GATX vs. Its Competitors

GATX (NYSE:GATX) and Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

GATX has a net margin of 17.73% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 4.79%. GATX's return on equity of 12.00% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GATX17.73% 12.00% 2.35%
Trinity Industries 4.79%11.47%1.69%

GATX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GATX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GATX$1.59B3.43$284.20M$7.8919.30
Trinity Industries$3.08B0.69$138.40M$1.6216.13

93.1% of GATX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of GATX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by 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.

GATX currently has a consensus price target of $167.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.08%. Trinity Industries has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.23%. Given GATX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GATX is more favorable than Trinity Industries.

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
Trinity Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. GATX pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries pays out 74.1% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Trinity Industries has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

GATX has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Trinity Industries had 1 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Trinity Industries and 3 mentions for GATX. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat GATX's score of 0.00 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GATX
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Trinity Industries
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

GATX beats Trinity Industries on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GATX vs. The Competition

MetricGATXTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.50B$7.17B$7.45B$21.15B
Dividend Yield1.58%1.80%699.44%3.58%
P/E Ratio19.3015.9313.2327.76
Price / Sales3.436.56535.9158.69
Price / Cash7.716.648.0423.00
Price / Book2.222.012.194.67
Net Income$284.20M$360.72M$571.39M$993.85M
7 Day Performance-2.50%0.24%0.93%1.16%
1 Month Performance-2.24%4.91%4.90%4.99%
1 Year Performance13.04%36.43%5.88%12.54%

GATX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GATX
GATX
2.3936 of 5 stars
$152.32
-1.2%
$167.67
+10.1%
+14.7%$5.50B$1.59B19.302,150Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.8807 of 5 stars
$26.04
-0.9%
$27.50
+5.6%
-17.8%$2.13B$3.08B16.082,890Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WSO
Watsco
3.1071 of 5 stars
$469.05
-0.4%
$484.17
+3.2%
-3.5%$19.00B$7.62B36.057,295Upcoming Earnings
WCC
WESCO International
4.1871 of 5 stars
$203.52
-1.1%
$210.75
+3.6%
+24.0%$9.93B$21.82B15.3920,000Upcoming Earnings
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.0388 of 5 stars
$259.98
-0.3%
$285.00
+9.6%
+27.3%$9.90B$4.48B26.106,500Positive News
AL
Air Lease
4.7549 of 5 stars
$56.91
-1.1%
$59.29
+4.2%
+19.8%$6.36B$2.73B9.95150Positive News
MSM
MSC Industrial Direct
3.9953 of 5 stars
$85.97
-1.7%
$90.33
+5.1%
+5.1%$4.79B$3.82B24.287,423Positive News
RUSHA
Rush Enterprises
4.5431 of 5 stars
$50.43
-0.5%
$61.00
+21.0%
+12.6%$3.92B$7.80B14.097,388News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
2.8528 of 5 stars
$98.35
-1.3%
$95.00
-3.4%
+93.8%$1.54B$1.80B20.451,843Positive News
MRC
MRC Global
2.118 of 5 stars
$14.03
-0.1%
$15.33
+9.3%
-2.1%$1.21B$2.95B-127.572,600Analyst Forecast
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
3.0687 of 5 stars
$140.38
+0.9%
N/A+72.9%$1.08B$569.22M9.62240Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GATX) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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