GBX vs. FSS, TEX, TRN, ALG, LNN, WNC, ASTE, MLR, TWI, and PLOW
Should you be buying Greenbrier Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greenbrier Companies include Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), and Douglas Dynamics (PLOW). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) and Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Federal Signal has a net margin of 10.31% compared to Greenbrier Companies' net margin of 3.51%. Federal Signal's return on equity of 17.36% beat Greenbrier Companies' return on equity.
Greenbrier Companies presently has a consensus price target of $54.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.44%. Federal Signal has a consensus price target of $66.00, suggesting a potential downside of 33.55%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Greenbrier Companies is more favorable than Federal Signal.
Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Greenbrier Companies pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Signal pays out 16.2% 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.
Federal Signal has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Greenbrier Companies. Greenbrier Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Greenbrier Companies received 118 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.98% of users gave Greenbrier Companies an outperform vote while only 58.48% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Federal Signal had 18 more articles in the media than Greenbrier Companies. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Federal Signal and 5 mentions for Greenbrier Companies. Federal Signal's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.30 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Federal Signal shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Federal Signal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Signal has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Federal Signal beats Greenbrier Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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