GATX (GATX) Competitors

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

Is GATX or WSO more profitable?

GATX has a net margin of 17.92% compared to Watsco's net margin of 7.04%. Watsco's return on equity of 17.59% beat GATX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GATX	17.92%	12.07%	2.38%
Watsco	7.04%	17.59%	12.09%

Does the media prefer GATX or WSO?

In the previous week, Watsco had 17 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Watsco and 9 mentions for GATX. GATX's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Watsco's score of 0.90 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GATX	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Watsco	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer GATX or WSO?

GATX presently has a consensus price target of $167.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.92%. Watsco has a consensus price target of $480.83, indicating a potential upside of 4.61%. Given GATX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe GATX is more favorable than Watsco.

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
Watsco	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Is GATX or WSO a better dividend stock?

GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. GATX pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco pays out 92.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GATX has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Watsco has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Which has more risk and volatility, GATX or WSO?

GATX has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GATX or WSO?

Watsco received 6 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.54% of users gave GATX an outperform vote while only 55.01% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GATX	Outperform Votes 329 58.54%	Underperform Votes 233 41.46%
Watsco	Outperform Votes 335 55.01%	Underperform Votes 274 44.99%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GATX or WSO?

Watsco has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, 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	$1.63B	3.20	$284.20M	$7.89	18.49
Watsco	$7.58B	2.45	$536.34M	$13.01	35.33

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

93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of GATX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Watsco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

GATX and Watsco tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.