Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Competitors

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) and Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, GBX or OSK?

Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oshkosh has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GBX or OSK?

Oshkosh has higher revenue and earnings than Greenbrier Companies. Greenbrier Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oshkosh, 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
Greenbrier Companies	$3.61B	0.47	$160.10M	$5.73	9.47
Oshkosh	$10.73B	0.59	$681.40M	$10.35	9.55

Do analysts prefer GBX or OSK?

Greenbrier Companies presently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.06%. Oshkosh has a consensus price target of $124.38, indicating a potential upside of 25.84%. Given Oshkosh's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oshkosh is more favorable than Greenbrier Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greenbrier Companies	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Oshkosh	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GBX or OSK?

Oshkosh received 297 more outperform votes than Greenbrier Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.27% of users gave Oshkosh an outperform vote while only 60.60% of users gave Greenbrier Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greenbrier Companies	Outperform Votes 426 60.60%	Underperform Votes 277 39.40%
Oshkosh	Outperform Votes 723 64.27%	Underperform Votes 402 35.73%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GBX or OSK?

95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Oshkosh shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Oshkosh shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GBX or OSK more profitable?

Oshkosh has a net margin of 6.34% compared to Greenbrier Companies' net margin of 5.10%. Oshkosh's return on equity of 19.31% beat Greenbrier Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenbrier Companies	5.10%	12.10%	4.39%
Oshkosh	6.34%	19.31%	8.02%

Does the media prefer GBX or OSK?

In the previous week, Oshkosh had 21 more articles in the media than Greenbrier Companies. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Oshkosh and 5 mentions for Greenbrier Companies. Greenbrier Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Oshkosh's score of 0.76 indicating that Greenbrier Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Greenbrier Companies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Oshkosh	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GBX or OSK a better dividend stock?

Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Oshkosh pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Greenbrier Companies pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oshkosh pays out 19.7% 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. Oshkosh has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Summary

Oshkosh beats Greenbrier Companies on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.