GATX vs. WCC, AIT, BECN, AL, MSM, RUSHA, HEES, MRC, BXC, and DXPE
Should you be buying GATX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GATX include 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), BlueLinx (BXC), and DXP Enterprises (DXPE). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
GATX (NYSE:GATX) and WESCO International (NYSE:WCC) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
93.1% of GATX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of WESCO International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of GATX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of WESCO International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, WESCO International had 2 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for WESCO International and 8 mentions for GATX. WESCO International's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat GATX's score of 0.28 indicating that WESCO International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WESCO International received 263 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.52% of users gave WESCO International an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.
GATX has a net margin of 17.64% compared to WESCO International's net margin of 3.08%. WESCO International's return on equity of 15.10% beat GATX's return on equity.
GATX has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, WESCO International has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WESCO International has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. WESCO International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GATX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GATX currently has a consensus target price of $135.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.14%. WESCO International has a consensus target price of $187.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.19%. Given GATX's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe GATX is more favorable than WESCO International.
GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. WESCO International pays an annual dividend of $1.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. GATX pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WESCO International pays out 13.7% 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.
Summary
WESCO International beats GATX on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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