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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View GATX's Dividend History.

GATX Co. (NYSE:GATX) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The transportation company reported $1.25 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.17 by $0.08. The transportation company earned $360.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $355.55 million. GATX had a net margin of 14.63% and a return on equity of 10.18%. GATX's revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.22 EPS. 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

GATX updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.11.

3 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for GATX's stock. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect GATX's share price to reach $87.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.9% 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 articles about GATX stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. GATX earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for GATX.

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

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other GATX investors own include Valero Energy (VLO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Broadcom (AVGO), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Medtronic (MDT), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Applied Materials (AMAT).

GATX's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.03%) 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, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $77.38.

GATX has a market capitalization of $2.72 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]