GATX vs. GXO, GBTG, RXO, XPO, CAR, HRI, STNG, AL, CPA, and ALK Should you be buying GATX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GATX include GXO Logistics (GXO), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), RXO (RXO), XPO (XPO), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Herc (HRI), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Air Lease (AL), Copa (CPA), and Alaska Air Group (ALK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
GXO Logistics (NYSE:GXO ) and GATX (NYSE:GATX ) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
GATX received 272 more outperform votes than GXO Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote while only 46.22% of users gave GXO Logistics an outperform vote.
90.7% of GXO Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of GXO Logistics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of GATX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
GATX has a net margin of 17.64% compared to GATX's net margin of 1.68%. GXO Logistics' return on equity of 11.29% beat GATX's return on equity.
GATX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GXO Logistics. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GXO Logistics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GXO Logistics has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than 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.
In the previous week, GXO Logistics had 6 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for GXO Logistics and 9 mentions for GATX. GXO Logistics' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat GATX's score of 0.58 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GXO Logistics currently has a consensus price target of $69.38, indicating a potential upside of 31.83%. GATX has a consensus price target of $135.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.63%. Given GATX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GXO Logistics is more favorable than GATX.
Summary GXO Logistics and GATX tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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