NYSE:GATX - GATX Stock Price, Forecast & News

GATX trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GATX."

GATX announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 25th. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. View GATX's Dividend History.

GATX Co. (NYSE:GATX) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The transportation company reported $1.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.08. The transportation company had revenue of $360.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $355.55 million. GATX had a net margin of 14.63% and a return on equity of 10.18%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.22 earnings per share. View GATX's Earnings History.

GATX is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for GATX.

GATX updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.50-5.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.25.

3 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for GATX's shares. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate GATX's stock price to reach $87.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for GATX.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GATX in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for GATX.

News coverage about GATX stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. GATX earned a news sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for GATX.

GATX saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,710,000 shares, a decline of 5.5% from the December 15th total of 6,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 215,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 26.5 days. Approximately 16.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View GATX's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to GATX include Fastenal (FAST), W W Grainger (GWW), United Rentals (URI), Watsco (WSO), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Aircastle (AYR), WESCO International (WCC), Kaman (KAMN), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), MRC Global (MRC) and DXP Enterprises (DXPE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other GATX investors own include Wells Fargo & Co (wfc), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Valero Energy (VLO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Dominion Energy (D), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Broadcom (AVGO), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Texas Instruments (TXN) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA).

GATX's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.27%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.03%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own GATX stock include Brian A Kenney, Deborah A Golden, Eric D Harkness, James F Earl, James M Conniff, Jeffery R Young, Michael T Brooks, Niyi Adedoyin, Robert C Lyons, Robert Zmudka, Thomas A Ellman and William M Muckian. View Institutional Ownership Trends for GATX.

GATX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and First Hawaiian Bank. Company insiders that have sold GATX company stock in the last year include James M Conniff, Jeffery R Young, Robert C Lyons, Robert Zmudka and William M Muckian. View Insider Buying and Selling for GATX.

GATX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . View Insider Buying and Selling for GATX.

Shares of GATX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GATX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.91.

GATX has a market capitalization of $2.84 billion and generates $1.36 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $211.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.22 on an earnings per share basis. GATX employs 2,225 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About GATX.

The official website for GATX is http://www.gatx.com/.

GATX's mailing address is 233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 312-621-6200 or via email at [email protected]