Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Competitors

Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) and Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FSS or GBX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Federal Signal	$1.72B	3.25	$157.40M	$2.96	30.94
Greenbrier Companies	$3.51B	0.45	$62.50M	$3.82	13.41

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSS or GBX?

Greenbrier Companies received 118 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.71% of users gave Greenbrier Companies an outperform vote while only 58.48% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Federal Signal	Outperform Votes 307 58.48%	Underperform Votes 218 41.52%
Greenbrier Companies	Outperform Votes 425 60.71%	Underperform Votes 275 39.29%

Which has more risk and volatility, FSS or GBX?

Federal Signal has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend FSS or GBX?

Greenbrier Companies has a consensus price target of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.09%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greenbrier Companies is more favorable than Federal Signal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Federal Signal	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Greenbrier Companies	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is FSS or GBX more profitable?

Federal Signal has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Greenbrier Companies' net margin of 3.51%. Federal Signal's return on equity of 18.31% beat Greenbrier Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Federal Signal	11.16%	18.31%	11.35%
Greenbrier Companies	3.51%	8.95%	3.20%

Does the media prefer FSS or GBX?

In the previous week, Greenbrier Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Federal Signal. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Greenbrier Companies and 6 mentions for Federal Signal. Federal Signal's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.32 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Federal Signal	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Greenbrier Companies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FSS or GBX a better dividend stock?

Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Federal Signal pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greenbrier Companies pays out 31.4% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FSS or GBX?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Federal Signal and Greenbrier Companies tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.