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GBX vs. TRN, TEX, ALG, LNN, ASTE, PLOW, TWI, MLR, WNC, and MTW

Should you be buying Greenbrier Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greenbrier Companies include Trinity Industries (TRN), Terex (TEX), Alamo Group (ALG), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), Miller Industries (MLR), Wabash National (WNC), and Manitowoc (MTW). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.

Greenbrier Companies vs. Its Competitors

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) and Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Trinity Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Greenbrier Companies presently has a consensus target price of $59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.46%. Trinity Industries has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.05%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Greenbrier Companies is more favorable than Trinity Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Greenbrier Companies
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Trinity Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Greenbrier Companies pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries pays out 105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greenbrier Companies has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Trinity Industries has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Greenbrier Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Industries. Greenbrier Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Greenbrier Companies$3.53B0.41$160.10M$7.066.61
Trinity Industries$3.08B0.74$138.40M$1.1424.88

In the previous week, Greenbrier Companies and Greenbrier Companies both had 11 articles in the media. Greenbrier Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Trinity Industries' score of 1.28 indicating that Greenbrier Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Greenbrier Companies
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Trinity Industries
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Greenbrier Companies has a net margin of 6.48% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 3.83%. Greenbrier Companies' return on equity of 14.56% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Greenbrier Companies6.48% 14.56% 5.43%
Trinity Industries 3.83%8.49%1.25%

Summary

Greenbrier Companies beats Trinity Industries on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GBX vs. The Competition

MetricGreenbrier CompaniesTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.44B$7.12B$7.23B$21.23B
Dividend Yield2.74%1.77%949.34%3.51%
P/E Ratio6.6126.5614.5629.27
Price / Sales0.415.90661.8369.15
Price / Cash5.336.457.9823.86
Price / Book0.951.992.205.36
Net Income$160.10M$360.72M$571.12M$996.52M
7 Day Performance-1.58%-0.85%0.13%0.42%
1 Month Performance0.04%3.44%2.40%3.52%
1 Year Performance-2.97%13.59%9.26%12.10%

Greenbrier Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
4.5454 of 5 stars
$46.68
-0.7%
$59.50
+27.5%
-1.2%$1.44B$3.53B6.6114,200News Coverage
Positive News
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.2481 of 5 stars
$28.46
-1.9%
$27.50
-3.4%
-12.5%$2.34B$3.08B22.312,890News Coverage
Positive News
TEX
Terex
4.2106 of 5 stars
$51.11
-0.9%
$52.22
+2.2%
-5.9%$3.38B$5.13B19.0711,400
ALG
Alamo Group
4.6421 of 5 stars
$218.15
-1.5%
$234.00
+7.3%
+18.2%$2.68B$1.63B22.213,750Positive News
Insider Trade
LNN
Lindsay
3.646 of 5 stars
$139.74
-2.3%
$136.00
-2.7%
+12.9%$1.55B$607.07M20.081,280News Coverage
Positive News
ASTE
Astec Industries
2.1805 of 5 stars
$46.03
+0.2%
$41.00
-10.9%
+39.3%$1.05B$1.31B23.134,148News Coverage
Positive News
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
3.8219 of 5 stars
$33.54
-0.9%
$30.00
-10.5%
+22.7%$779.93M$568.50M12.021,673News Coverage
Positive News
TWI
Titan International
4.4444 of 5 stars
$9.16
-0.3%
$11.33
+23.8%
+8.1%$586.56M$1.85B-29.538,303Positive News
MLR
Miller Industries
3.6401 of 5 stars
$44.53
-0.7%
$64.00
+43.7%
-30.5%$514.01M$1.26B12.171,711News Coverage
Positive News
WNC
Wabash National
3.4308 of 5 stars
$11.16
-1.0%
$9.50
-14.9%
-41.8%$461.78M$1.95B-4.616,000News Coverage
Positive News
MTW
Manitowoc
4.0705 of 5 stars
$10.11
0.0%
$11.00
+8.9%
+0.2%$358.49M$2.18B8.084,800

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