Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer GBX or TRN?

Greenbrier Companies presently has a consensus price target of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.76%. Trinity Industries has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.15%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Greenbrier Companies is more favorable than Trinity Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greenbrier Companies	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Trinity Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer GBX or TRN?

In the previous week, Greenbrier Companies had 11 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Greenbrier Companies and 3 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.69 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Greenbrier Companies	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trinity Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GBX or TRN?

Greenbrier Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Industries. Greenbrier Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, 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	$3.54B	0.43	$160.10M	$7.06	7.04
Trinity Industries	$2.86B	0.76	$138.40M	$1.62	16.46

Is GBX or TRN a better dividend stock?

Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Greenbrier Companies pays out 18.1% 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. Greenbrier Companies has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Trinity Industries has increased 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, GBX or TRN?

Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GBX or TRN more profitable?

Greenbrier Companies has a net margin of 6.48% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 4.79%. Greenbrier Companies' return on equity of 14.56% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenbrier Companies	6.48%	14.56%	5.43%
Trinity Industries	4.79%	11.47%	1.69%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GBX or TRN?

95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Greenbrier Companies 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Greenbrier Companies beats Trinity Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.