GBX vs. TRN, HTZ, LPG, CDLR, SFL, ULCC, DHT, DAC, TNK, and ZIM
Should you be buying Greenbrier Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greenbrier Companies include Trinity Industries (TRN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Dorian LPG (LPG), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), SFL (SFL), Frontier Group (ULCC), DHT (DHT), Danaos (DAC), Teekay Tankers (TNK), and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) and Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Trinity Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Trinity Industries has a net margin of 3.55% compared to Greenbrier Companies' net margin of 2.97%. Trinity Industries' return on equity of 9.29% beat Greenbrier Companies' return on equity.
Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Greenbrier Companies presently has a consensus price target of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.51%. Trinity Industries has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.16%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Greenbrier Companies is more favorable than Trinity Industries.
Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Greenbrier Companies pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Trinity Industries had 10 more articles in the media than Greenbrier Companies. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Trinity Industries and 14 mentions for Greenbrier Companies. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.59 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Trinity Industries beats Greenbrier Companies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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