GATX (GATX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

GATX Corporation is a global railcar leasing company that owns, manages and leases freight railcars to shippers, railroads and other transportation companies. Its fleet serves a range of industries, including energy, chemicals, agriculture, food products and general manufacturing. GATX also provides related services such as railcar maintenance, repair, refurbishment and fleet management.

The company operates primarily through GATX Rail North America and GATX Rail Europe, with additional railcar leasing activities in India. Its European operations serve customers across multiple European markets, while its North American business supports freight transportation throughout the United States and Canada. GATX maintains a network of service and maintenance facilities to support its railcar fleet and customers.

Founded in 1898, GATX has expanded from a transportation equipment business into a diversified asset-leasing company. In addition to railcars, the company has an investment in Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance, which owns and leases commercial aircraft spare engines. GATX is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and is led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian A. Kenney.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $173.94 to $176.57
• 50-Day Range: $173.25 to $186.23
• 52-Week Range: $150.42 to $205.56
• Volume: 15,577 shs
• Average Volume: 212,290 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.22 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.46
• Dividend Yield: 1.50%
• Price Target: $219.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

GATX Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GATX scored higher than 74% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 307th out of 664 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

GATX has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

GATX has a consensus price target of $219.00, representing about 25.4% upside from its current price of $174.61.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

GATX has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of GATX is 17.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.99.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GATX is 17.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.56.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

GATX has a P/B Ratio of 1.71. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.92% of the float of GATX has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

GATX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 11.06, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GATX has recently increased by 10.69%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

GATX pays a meaningful dividend of 1.48%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

GATX has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of GATX is 26.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.69

News Sentiment

GATX has a news sentiment score of 0.69. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for GATX this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for GATX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -71% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added GATX to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, GATX insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $3,900,976.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.86% of the stock of GATX is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

93.14% of the stock of GATX is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 9/15/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/20/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
• Sub-Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GATX
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:GMT
• CIK: 40211
• Web: www.gatx.com
• Phone: (312) 621-6200
• Fax: 312-621-6648
• Employees: 2,371
• Year Founded: 1898

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for GATX: $219.00
• High Price Target: $222.00
• Low Price Target: $215.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $10.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.48
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.48
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $333.30 million
• Net Margins: 17.94%
• Pretax Margin: 15.00%
• Return on Equity: 10.43%
• Return on Assets: 2.12%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.44
• Current Ratio: 3.90
• Quick Ratio: 3.90

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.05 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.04
• Cash Flow: $21.40 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.25
• Book Value: $101.82 per share
• Price / Book: 1.73

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 35,300,000
• Free Float: 34,643,000
• Market Cap: $6.23 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.17