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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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

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

In the previous week, Trinity Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Greenbrier Companies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Trinity Industries and 3 mentions for Greenbrier Companies. Greenbrier Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Trinity Industries' score of -0.13 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Trinity Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Greenbrier Companies currently has a consensus target price of $59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.75%. Trinity Industries has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.05%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher probable upside, equities 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 pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Trinity Industries has increased 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 a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% 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$7.066.35
Trinity Industries$3.08B0.71$138.40M$1.1423.87

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 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GBX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$1.38B$6.75B$7.22B$20.68B
Dividend Yield2.83%1.88%706.08%3.69%
P/E Ratio6.3523.8513.3128.53
Price / Sales0.396.58509.5266.35
Price / Cash5.106.217.7923.60
Price / Book0.911.882.104.31
Net Income$160.10M$360.72M$574.24M$996.14M
7 Day Performance1.84%3.06%1.90%1.93%
1 Month Performance-19.96%-4.11%-0.63%-0.54%
1 Year Performance-1.38%29.01%2.66%14.79%

Greenbrier Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
4.3536 of 5 stars
$44.82
+0.6%
$59.50
+32.7%
-0.1%$1.38B$3.54B6.3514,200Positive News
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.1743 of 5 stars
$26.31
-0.1%
$27.50
+4.5%
-16.6%$2.15B$2.86B16.242,890
TEX
Terex
4.2172 of 5 stars
$51.59
-1.4%
$51.44
-0.3%
-9.2%$3.42B$5.13B14.0611,400
ALG
Alamo Group
3.8051 of 5 stars
$217.91
-0.8%
$206.33
-5.3%
+31.1%$2.63B$1.63B22.703,750News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
LNN
Lindsay
2.9636 of 5 stars
$137.55
-0.2%
$136.00
-1.1%
+15.3%$1.50B$677.81M19.761,280
ASTE
Astec Industries
1.9218 of 5 stars
$40.58
+1.4%
$41.00
+1.0%
+37.4%$928.07M$1.31B61.494,148Trending News
Earnings Report
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
4.1727 of 5 stars
$28.93
-1.1%
$30.00
+3.7%
+12.9%$671.56M$568.50M10.641,673Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
TWI
Titan International
3.5624 of 5 stars
$9.50
-0.7%
$11.33
+19.3%
+12.9%$605.15M$1.85B-45.248,303Trending News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
MLR
Miller Industries
3.2969 of 5 stars
$42.84
-1.9%
$64.00
+49.4%
-35.6%$490.95M$1.26B9.101,711News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
MTW
Manitowoc
3.303 of 5 stars
$13.25
+0.2%
$11.26
-15.0%
+15.8%$469.58M$2.18B10.604,800News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Down
WNC
Wabash National
3.0785 of 5 stars
$10.40
+4.3%
$9.50
-8.7%
-47.4%$435.45M$1.95B-4.306,000

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This page (NYSE:GBX) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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