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$46.52 +0.38 (+0.82%)
Closing price 09/15/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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

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

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

Trinity Industries currently has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.97%. Greenbrier Companies has a consensus price target of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.90%. 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
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

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
Trinity Industries3.83% 8.49% 1.25%
Greenbrier Companies 6.48%14.56%5.43%

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
Trinity Industries$3.08B0.74$138.40M$1.1424.86
Greenbrier Companies$3.54B0.41$160.10M$7.066.59

Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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 pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

In the previous week, Greenbrier Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Greenbrier Companies and 5 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 1.54 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
5 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
6 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 has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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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$1.42B$7.09B$7.14B$21.52B
Dividend Yield2.77%1.79%940.04%3.50%
P/E Ratio6.5926.3413.7729.84
Price / Sales0.417.38458.3570.86
Price / Cash5.216.417.9818.13
Price / Book0.942.102.204.65
Net Income$160.10M$360.72M$556.72M$999.94M
7 Day Performance1.39%1.06%1.33%1.08%
1 Month Performance1.66%3.23%3.11%4.53%
1 Year Performance-3.92%10.64%9.51%14.39%

Greenbrier Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
4.382 of 5 stars
$46.52
+0.8%
$59.50
+27.9%
-3.2%$1.42B$3.53B6.5914,200Positive News
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.0297 of 5 stars
$28.29
-1.0%
$27.50
-2.8%
-11.2%$2.31B$3.08B21.982,890Positive News
TEX
Terex
4.0782 of 5 stars
$52.60
-0.7%
$52.22
-0.7%
+4.1%$3.47B$5.13B19.6311,400Positive News
ALG
Alamo Group
4.292 of 5 stars
$211.48
+1.1%
$234.00
+10.6%
+14.3%$2.53B$1.63B21.543,750Positive News
LNN
Lindsay
3.4836 of 5 stars
$140.50
+0.0%
$136.00
-3.2%
+16.1%$1.53B$607.07M20.191,280Positive News
ASTE
Astec Industries
1.8955 of 5 stars
$47.00
-0.6%
$41.00
-12.8%
+52.8%$1.08B$1.31B23.624,148Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
3.8813 of 5 stars
$33.31
-0.4%
$30.00
-9.9%
+18.0%$770.72M$568.50M11.941,673Positive News
TWI
Titan International
3.7071 of 5 stars
$8.86
+0.8%
$11.33
+27.9%
+6.2%$561.64M$1.85B-28.588,303Positive News
MLR
Miller Industries
3.8471 of 5 stars
$41.42
-0.9%
$64.00
+54.5%
-31.9%$478.72M$1.26B11.321,711News Coverage
Positive News
WNC
Wabash National
2.7715 of 5 stars
$11.49
-1.7%
$9.50
-17.3%
-41.3%$478.57M$1.95B-4.756,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MTW
Manitowoc
4.1448 of 5 stars
$10.18
+0.5%
$11.00
+8.0%
+6.0%$359.20M$2.18B8.154,800Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GBX) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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