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 companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

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 analysts prefer GATX or WSO?

GATX currently has a consensus price target of $161.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.55%. Watsco has a consensus price target of $495.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.63%. Given GATX's higher possible upside, 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media favor GATX or WSO?

In the previous week, Watsco had 32 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Watsco and 7 mentions for GATX. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat GATX's score of 0.94 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)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Watsco	21 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GATX or WSO?

93.1% of GATX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of GATX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Watsco shares are owned 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, GATX or WSO?

GATX has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GATX or WSO a better dividend stock?

GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. GATX pays out 29.9% 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	3.62	$284.20M	$7.77	20.84
Watsco	$7.62B	2.64	$536.34M	$13.25	37.59

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 55.48% 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 55.48%	Underperform Votes 268 44.52%

Summary

Watsco beats GATX on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.