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

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), Manitowoc (MTW), and Wabash National (WNC). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Greenbrier Companies currently has a consensus target price of $59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.52%. Trinity Industries has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.29%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher probable upside, 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Trinity Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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.

In the previous week, Greenbrier Companies and Greenbrier Companies both had 2 articles in the media. Greenbrier Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Trinity Industries' score of 1.13 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Trinity Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 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%

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

Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$3.54B0.39$160.10M$7.066.41
Trinity Industries$3.08B0.73$138.40M$1.1424.44

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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GBX vs. The Competition

MetricGreenbrier CompaniesTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.40B$7.33B$7.21B$21.75B
Dividend Yield2.82%1.80%471.66%3.62%
P/E Ratio6.4126.5915.1032.43
Price / Sales0.398.32524.1758.82
Price / Cash5.136.937.8624.38
Price / Book0.922.202.414.59
Net Income$160.10M$360.72M$555.48M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.05%1.49%20.14%1.31%
1 Month Performance-3.76%-0.85%-2.07%-1.47%
1 Year Performance-13.15%-4.20%2.82%9.54%

Greenbrier Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
4.5742 of 5 stars
$45.24
-0.5%
$59.50
+31.5%
-14.0%$1.40B$3.54B6.4114,200News Coverage
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.463 of 5 stars
$27.60
+1.7%
$27.50
-0.4%
-20.9%$2.19B$3.08B20.892,890News Coverage
Positive News
TEX
Terex
4.1338 of 5 stars
$52.40
+3.8%
$54.67
+4.3%
-5.9%$3.31B$5.13B19.5511,400Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
ALG
Alamo Group
4.6444 of 5 stars
$181.80
-0.4%
$234.00
+28.7%
+0.1%$2.21B$1.63B18.513,750News Coverage
Analyst Revision
LNN
Lindsay
3.1465 of 5 stars
$132.63
-0.1%
$136.00
+2.5%
+9.6%$1.44B$607.07M19.061,280News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
ASTE
Astec Industries
2.0809 of 5 stars
$44.86
+1.4%
$41.00
-8.6%
+41.5%$1.01B$1.31B22.544,148
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
4.0431 of 5 stars
$30.20
+1.5%
$30.00
-0.7%
+10.1%$685.47M$568.50M10.821,673Positive News
TWI
Titan International
3.1729 of 5 stars
$7.38
+0.8%
$11.33
+53.7%
+3.6%$467.71M$1.85B-23.798,303
MLR
Miller Industries
3.2353 of 5 stars
$40.59
+2.6%
$64.00
+57.7%
-37.2%$453.28M$1.26B11.091,711
MTW
Manitowoc
3.4727 of 5 stars
$10.26
+2.6%
$11.00
+7.2%
+6.3%$354.59M$2.18B8.214,800
WNC
Wabash National
3.0473 of 5 stars
$8.53
-1.5%
$9.00
+5.5%
-52.8%$354.52M$1.95B-3.526,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:GBX) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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