GATX vs. XPO, GBTG, RXO, GXO, CPA, OMAB, FRO, R, TRTN, and KEX
Should you be buying GATX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GATX include XPO (XPO), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), RXO (RXO), GXO Logistics (GXO), Copa (CPA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), Frontline (FRO), Ryder System (R), Triton International (TRTN), and Kirby (KEX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
GATX vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
XPO beats GATX on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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