Greenbrier Companies (GBX) 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 media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, GBX or TRN?

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

Do analysts recommend GBX or TRN?

Greenbrier Companies currently has a consensus target price of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.00%. Trinity Industries has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.54%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher probable upside, research 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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GBX or TRN?

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
Greenbrier Companies	$3.54B	0.43	$160.10M	$7.06	6.97
Trinity Industries	$3.08B	0.71	$138.40M	$1.62	16.56

Does the media prefer GBX or TRN?

In the previous week, Greenbrier Companies had 10 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Greenbrier Companies and 3 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.65 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Greenbrier Companies	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trinity Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GBX or TRN 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
Greenbrier Companies	6.48%	14.56%	5.43%
Trinity Industries	4.79%	11.47%	1.69%

Is GBX or TRN a better dividend stock?

Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Greenbrier Companies pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries pays out 74.1% 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. 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.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GBX or TRN?

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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