Expedia Group (EXPE) Competitors

GATX (NYSE:GATX) and Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GATX or EXPE?

Expedia Group received 1067 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.39% of users gave Expedia Group an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GATX	Outperform Votes 327 58.71%	Underperform Votes 230 41.29%
Expedia Group	Outperform Votes 1394 64.39%	Underperform Votes 771 35.61%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GATX or EXPE?

Expedia Group has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expedia Group, 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
GATX	$1.41B	3.45	$259.20M	$7.02	19.47
Expedia Group	$12.84B	1.17	$797M	$5.34	20.71

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GATX or EXPE?

93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of GATX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Expedia Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is GATX or EXPE more profitable?

GATX has a net margin of 17.64% compared to GATX's net margin of 6.18%. GATX's return on equity of 41.63% beat Expedia Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GATX	17.64%	11.29%	2.29%
Expedia Group	6.18%	41.63%	4.87%

Which has more risk & volatility, GATX or EXPE?

GATX has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Expedia Group has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer GATX or EXPE?

GATX currently has a consensus price target of $135.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.10%. Expedia Group has a consensus price target of $148.12, suggesting a potential upside of 33.92%. Given GATX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Expedia Group is more favorable than GATX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GATX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Expedia Group	0 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the media favor GATX or EXPE?

In the previous week, Expedia Group had 8 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Expedia Group and 7 mentions for GATX. GATX's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Expedia Group's score of 0.28 indicating that Expedia Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GATX	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Expedia Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Expedia Group beats GATX on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.