GATX vs. GXO, GBTG, RXO, XPO, HRI, R, ALK, CAR, SNDR, and CPA
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), Herc (HRI), Ryder System (R), Alaska Air Group (ALK), Avis Budget Group (CAR), Schneider National (SNDR), and Copa (CPA). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
GXO Logistics has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
GATX has a net margin of 17.64% compared to GATX's net margin of 2.34%. GXO Logistics' return on equity of 11.29% beat GATX's return on equity.
In the previous week, GATX had 13 more articles in the media than GXO Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for GATX and 14 mentions for GXO Logistics. GXO Logistics' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat GATX's score of 0.43 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
GATX received 275 more outperform votes than GXO Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote while only 44.83% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
GXO Logistics presently has a consensus price target of $69.69, suggesting a potential upside of 37.98%. GATX has a consensus price target of $135.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.87%. Given GATX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe GXO Logistics is more favorable than GATX.
Summary
GATX beats GXO Logistics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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