GATX vs. WCC, AIT, BECN, AL, MSM, RUSHA, HEES, MRC, BXC, and DXPE
Should you be buying GATX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GATX include WESCO International (WCC), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), MRC Global (MRC), BlueLinx (BXC), and DXP Enterprises (DXPE). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
GATX (NYSE:GATX) and WESCO International (NYSE:WCC) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
93.1% of GATX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of WESCO International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of GATX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of WESCO International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, GATX had 17 more articles in the media than WESCO International. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for GATX and 5 mentions for WESCO International. WESCO International's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat GATX's score of -0.01 indicating that WESCO International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WESCO International received 264 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.11% of users gave WESCO International an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.
GATX currently has a consensus target price of $132.67, indicating a potential downside of 5.18%. WESCO International has a consensus target price of $191.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.12%. Given WESCO International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WESCO International is more favorable than GATX.
GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. WESCO International pays an annual dividend of $1.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. GATX pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WESCO International pays out 13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
GATX has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WESCO International has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WESCO International has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. WESCO International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GATX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GATX has a net margin of 15.86% compared to WESCO International's net margin of 3.08%. WESCO International's return on equity of 15.10% beat GATX's return on equity.
Summary
WESCO International beats GATX on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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