GATX vs. WSO, WCC, AIT, BECN, AL, MSM, RUSHA, HEES, MRC, and BXC
Should you be buying GATX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GATX include Watsco (WSO), WESCO International (WCC), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), MRC Global (MRC), and BlueLinx (BXC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
GATX (NYSE:GATX) and Watsco (NYSE:WSO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Watsco has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. GATX pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Watsco had 2 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Watsco and 4 mentions for GATX. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat GATX's score of 1.27 indicating that Watsco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GATX has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
GATX has a net margin of 17.64% compared to Watsco's net margin of 7.03%. Watsco's return on equity of 19.26% beat GATX's return on equity.
93.1% of GATX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of GATX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Watsco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Watsco received 3 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
GATX currently has a consensus target price of $135.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.95%. Watsco has a consensus target price of $404.25, indicating a potential downside of 12.65%. Given GATX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe GATX is more favorable than Watsco.
Summary
Watsco beats GATX on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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