TRN vs. GBX, RXO, TNK, WERN, AZUL, HUBG, ZIM, GLNG, ARCB, and GBTG Should you be buying Trinity Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trinity Industries include Greenbrier Companies (GBX), RXO (RXO), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Azul (AZUL), Hub Group (HUBG), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Golar LNG (GLNG), ArcBest (ARCB), and Global Business Travel Group (GBTG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN ) and Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX ) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Trinity Industries pays out 75.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greenbrier Companies pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Trinity Industries currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.13%. Greenbrier Companies has a consensus target price of $54.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.02%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greenbrier Companies is more favorable than Trinity Industries.
Greenbrier Companies received 28 more outperform votes than Trinity Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.42% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote while only 60.98% of users gave Greenbrier Companies an outperform vote.
86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Trinity Industries has a net margin of 3.98% compared to Greenbrier Companies' net margin of 2.97%. Trinity Industries' return on equity of 10.93% beat Greenbrier Companies' return on equity.
Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Trinity Industries and Trinity Industries both had 4 articles in the media. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.42 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trinity Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Greenbrier Companies. 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.
Summary Trinity Industries and Greenbrier Companies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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