Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, TRN or GBX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trinity Industries	$2.86B	0.75	$138.40M	$1.62	16.23
Greenbrier Companies	$3.54B	0.42	$160.10M	$7.06	6.89

Do analysts rate TRN or GBX?

Trinity Industries currently has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.56%. Greenbrier Companies has a consensus target price of $59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.33%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Greenbrier Companies is more favorable than Trinity Industries.

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

Is TRN or GBX more profitable?

Greenbrier Companies has a net margin of 6.48% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 4.79%. Greenbrier Companies' return on equity of 14.56% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinity Industries	4.79%	11.47%	1.69%
Greenbrier Companies	6.48%	14.56%	5.43%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TRN or GBX?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, TRN or GBX?

Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TRN or GBX a better dividend stock?

Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Trinity Industries pays out 74.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greenbrier Companies pays out 18.1% 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. Trinity Industries has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Greenbrier Companies has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer TRN or GBX?

In the previous week, Greenbrier Companies had 5 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Greenbrier Companies and 4 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.65 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trinity Industries	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Greenbrier Companies	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Greenbrier Companies beats Trinity Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.