GATX (GATX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

GATX Corporation is a global asset-leasing company that primarily owns, manages and leases transportation equipment. Its largest business is railcar leasing, serving railroads, shippers and other industrial customers that use freight rail equipment to transport commodities and manufactured goods.

Through its North American and European rail operations, GATX provides a broad fleet of railcars, including tank cars, freight cars and specialized equipment. The company supports customers with services such as fleet management, maintenance, engineering and regulatory compliance. GATX also operates in Canada through its railcar leasing activities.

In addition to rail, GATX participates in the aircraft spare-engine leasing business through its Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance joint venture. The company traces its history to 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Its transportation assets and related services support customers across North America and Europe.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $168.49 to $173.54
• 50-Day Range: $169.08 to $186.23
• 52-Week Range: $150.42 to $205.56
• Volume: 285,987 shs
• Average Volume: 220,907 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.09 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.08
• Dividend Yield: 1.53%
• Price Target: $219.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

GATX Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GATX scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 302nd out of 653 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 26.2% upside from its current price of $173.49.

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 17.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.95.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GATX is 17.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.65.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

GATX has a P/B Ratio of 1.70. 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

6.63% 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 12.26, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GATX has recently increased by 12.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

GATX pays a meaningful dividend of 1.54%, 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: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.00

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 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 -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added GATX to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 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

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/05/2026
• 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: +26.9%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $10.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.08
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.08
• 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: $1.74 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.50
• Cash Flow: $21.81 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.91
• Book Value: $101.82 per share
• Price / Book: 1.69

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 35,300,000
• Free Float: 34,643,000
• Market Cap: $6.09 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.19