GBX vs. FSS, TEX, TRN, ALG, LNN, WNC, ASTE, MLR, TWI, and PLOW
Should you be buying Greenbrier Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greenbrier Companies include Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), and Douglas Dynamics (PLOW). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) and Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Federal Signal has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Greenbrier Companies received 118 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.98% of users gave Greenbrier Companies an outperform vote while only 58.48% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.
92.7% of Federal Signal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Federal Signal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Federal Signal presently has a consensus target price of $70.50, indicating a potential downside of 18.31%. Greenbrier Companies has a consensus target price of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.61%. Given Federal Signal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Greenbrier Companies is more favorable than Federal Signal.
Federal Signal has a net margin of 10.31% compared to Federal Signal's net margin of 2.97%. Greenbrier Companies' return on equity of 17.36% beat Federal Signal's return on equity.
Federal Signal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Greenbrier Companies. Greenbrier Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Federal Signal pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greenbrier Companies pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Federal Signal has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Greenbrier Companies has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Federal Signal had 5 more articles in the media than Greenbrier Companies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Federal Signal and 1 mentions for Greenbrier Companies. Greenbrier Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Federal Signal's score of 0.68 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Federal Signal beats Greenbrier Companies on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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