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GBX vs. TRN, FSS, TEX, ALG, LNN, ASTE, PLOW, TWI, MLR, and WNC

Should you be buying Greenbrier Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greenbrier Companies include Trinity Industries (TRN), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Alamo Group (ALG), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), Miller Industries (MLR), 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 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.

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.

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

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$3.54B0.43$160.10M$7.066.97
Trinity Industries$3.08B0.71$138.40M$1.6216.56

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

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 Companies6.48% 14.56% 5.43%
Trinity Industries 4.79%11.47%1.69%

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.

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.

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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$1.52B$7.08B$7.24B$20.75B
Dividend Yield2.52%1.79%922.84%3.68%
P/E Ratio6.9715.9413.0327.47
Price / Sales0.436.04671.8484.19
Price / Cash5.746.557.8821.88
Price / Book0.911.972.154.65
Net Income$160.10M$360.72M$571.39M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-11.27%-3.41%-0.80%-0.89%
1 Month Performance8.96%7.86%4.59%5.20%
1 Year Performance0.48%35.62%3.19%8.84%

Greenbrier Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
4.1947 of 5 stars
$49.18
-0.2%
$59.50
+21.0%
+1.7%$1.52B$3.54B6.9714,200
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.8134 of 5 stars
$28.62
-1.4%
$27.50
-3.9%
-15.0%$2.34B$3.08B17.672,890
FSS
Federal Signal
1.5873 of 5 stars
$109.95
-0.8%
$108.67
-1.2%
+7.4%$6.70B$1.86B32.154,700News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
TEX
Terex
4.2641 of 5 stars
$49.11
-1.4%
$51.40
+4.7%
-17.8%$3.26B$5.13B13.3811,400News Coverage
ALG
Alamo Group
3.5174 of 5 stars
$224.94
-0.6%
$196.33
-12.7%
+17.4%$2.72B$1.63B23.433,750Positive News
LNN
Lindsay
3.6845 of 5 stars
$145.71
-1.7%
$136.00
-6.7%
+9.0%$1.58B$607.07M20.941,280Positive News
High Trading Volume
ASTE
Astec Industries
0.6811 of 5 stars
$41.56
-2.4%
$41.00
-1.3%
+12.5%$950.48M$1.31B62.974,148
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
4.1532 of 5 stars
$30.93
-1.3%
$29.00
-6.2%
+21.3%$717.89M$568.50M11.371,673Trending News
TWI
Titan International
3.552 of 5 stars
$10.31
-3.8%
$11.00
+6.7%
+14.5%$656.75M$1.85B-49.108,303
MLR
Miller Industries
3.7129 of 5 stars
$45.28
-2.6%
$64.00
+41.3%
-32.4%$518.91M$1.26B9.611,711Positive News
WNC
Wabash National
2.2957 of 5 stars
$11.27
-1.9%
$9.50
-15.7%
-58.5%$471.88M$1.95B-7.276,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings

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