Wabash National (WNC) Competitors

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) and Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GBX or WNC?

95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Wabash National shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Wabash National shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend GBX or WNC?

Greenbrier Companies presently has a consensus target price of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.91%. Wabash National has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.70%. Given Wabash National's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wabash National 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Wabash National	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GBX or WNC?

Greenbrier Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Wabash National. Wabash National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greenbrier Companies, 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	$3.51B	0.38	$160.10M	$6.26	6.75
Wabash National	$1.95B	0.21	-$284.07M	-$6.52	-1.52

Does the media prefer GBX or WNC?

In the previous week, Greenbrier Companies had 9 more articles in the media than Wabash National. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Greenbrier Companies and 5 mentions for Wabash National. Wabash National's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.23 indicating that Wabash National is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Greenbrier Companies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wabash National	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GBX or WNC?

Greenbrier Companies received 68 more outperform votes than Wabash National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.65% of users gave Greenbrier Companies an outperform vote while only 58.95% of users gave Wabash National an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greenbrier Companies	Outperform Votes 427 60.65%	Underperform Votes 277 39.35%
Wabash National	Outperform Votes 359 58.95%	Underperform Votes 250 41.05%

Is GBX or WNC a better dividend stock?

Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Wabash National pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Greenbrier Companies pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wabash National pays out -4.9% 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. Wabash National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is GBX or WNC more profitable?

Greenbrier Companies has a net margin of 5.10% compared to Wabash National's net margin of -14.59%. Wabash National's return on equity of 14.72% beat Greenbrier Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenbrier Companies	5.10%	12.10%	4.39%
Wabash National	-14.59%	14.72%	3.92%

Which has more risk and volatility, GBX or WNC?

Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wabash National has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Greenbrier Companies beats Wabash National on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.