GXO vs. GATX, GBTG, RXO, XPO, LSTR, FRO, KEX, R, ALK, and AL
Should you be buying GXO Logistics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GXO Logistics include GATX (GATX), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), RXO (RXO), XPO (XPO), Landstar System (LSTR), Frontline (FRO), Kirby (KEX), Ryder System (R), Alaska Air Group (ALK), and Air Lease (AL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
GXO Logistics (NYSE:GXO) and GATX (NYSE:GATX) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
90.7% of GXO Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of GATX shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of GXO Logistics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of GATX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GATX received 272 more outperform votes than GXO Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote while only 46.22% of users gave GXO Logistics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, GXO Logistics had 3 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for GXO Logistics and 10 mentions for GATX. GATX's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat GXO Logistics' score of 0.52 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GXO Logistics presently has a consensus target price of $69.38, indicating a potential upside of 31.83%. GATX has a consensus target price of $135.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.63%. Given GXO Logistics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GXO Logistics is more favorable than GATX.
GATX has a net margin of 17.64% compared to GXO Logistics' net margin of 1.68%. GATX's return on equity of 11.29% beat GXO Logistics' return on equity.
GATX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GXO Logistics. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GXO Logistics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GXO Logistics has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
GXO Logistics and GATX tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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