TRN vs. GBX, WERN, SBLK, RXO, TNK, JBLU, AZUL, SFL, DHT, and HUBG
Should you be buying Trinity Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trinity Industries include Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), RXO (RXO), Teekay Tankers (TNK), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Azul (AZUL), SFL (SFL), DHT (DHT), and Hub Group (HUBG). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
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. Greenbrier Companies has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Trinity Industries has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Trinity Industries had 8 more articles in the media than Greenbrier Companies. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Trinity Industries and 13 mentions for Greenbrier Companies. Greenbrier Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Trinity Industries' score of 0.59 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 Trinity Industries' net margin of 2.97%. Greenbrier Companies' return on equity of 9.29% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.
95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Trinity Industries 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.
Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.39, indicating 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 5.86%. Trinity Industries has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.20%. Given Trinity Industries' higher possible upside, equities research 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.
Summary
Trinity Industries beats Greenbrier Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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