Expedia Group (EXPE) Competitors

GATX (NYSE:GATX) and Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GATX or EXPE?

93.1% of GATX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Expedia Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of GATX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Expedia Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is GATX or EXPE more profitable?

GATX has a net margin of 15.86% compared to GATX's net margin of 6.18%. GATX's return on equity of 41.63% beat Expedia Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GATX	15.86%	10.61%	2.11%
Expedia Group	6.18%	41.63%	4.87%

Which has more risk & volatility, GATX or EXPE?

GATX has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expedia Group has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GATX or EXPE?

Expedia Group received 1068 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.37% of users gave Expedia Group an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GATX	Outperform Votes 327 58.71%	Underperform Votes 230 41.29%
Expedia Group	Outperform Votes 1395 64.37%	Underperform Votes 772 35.63%

Do analysts prefer GATX or EXPE?

GATX presently has a consensus price target of $132.67, suggesting a potential downside of 5.18%. Expedia Group has a consensus price target of $148.24, suggesting a potential upside of 17.77%. Given GATX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Expedia Group is more favorable than GATX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GATX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Expedia Group	0 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GATX or EXPE?

Expedia Group has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expedia Group, 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
GATX	$1.41B	3.53	$259.20M	$7.02	19.93
Expedia Group	$12.84B	1.34	$797M	$5.34	23.57

Does the media refer more to GATX or EXPE?

In the previous week, GATX had 6 more articles in the media than Expedia Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for GATX and 16 mentions for Expedia Group. GATX's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Expedia Group's score of -0.01 indicating that Expedia Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GATX	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Expedia Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Expedia Group beats GATX on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.