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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
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.
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, Trinity Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Greenbrier Companies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Trinity Industries and 0 mentions for Greenbrier Companies. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greenbrier Companies presently has a consensus price target of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.63%. Trinity Industries has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.43%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Greenbrier Companies is more favorable than Trinity Industries.
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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Greenbrier Companies beats Trinity Industries on 11 of the 18 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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This page (NYSE:GBX) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
