GATX - GATX Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GATX or XPO?

XPO received 775 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.74% of users gave XPO an outperform vote while only 59.81% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GATX	Outperform Votes 323 59.81%	Underperform Votes 217 40.19%
XPO	Outperform Votes 1098 79.74%	Underperform Votes 279 20.26%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GATX or XPO?

XPO has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. XPO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GATX, 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	$1.27 billion	3.04	$155.90 million	$4.34	25.26
XPO	$7.72 billion	0.48	$666 million	$5.76	5.53

Which has more volatility and risk, GATX or XPO?

GATX has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPO has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend GATX or XPO?

GATX presently has a consensus price target of $117.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.02%. XPO has a consensus price target of $50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 58.61%. Given XPO's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XPO is more favorable than GATX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GATX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
XPO	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is GATX or XPO more profitable?

GATX has a net margin of 12.25% compared to XPO's net margin of 5.75%. XPO's return on equity of 41.62% beat GATX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GATX	12.25%	10.87%	2.21%
XPO	5.75%	41.62%	7.76%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GATX or XPO?

99.1% of GATX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of XPO shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of GATX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of XPO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to GATX or XPO?

In the previous week, GATX and GATX both had 4 articles in the media. GATX's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat XPO's score of 0.29 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GATX	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
XPO	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

XPO beats GATX on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.