GBX vs. TRN, ULCC, SFL, LPG, DHT, TNK, MRTN, DAC, SBLK, and CMRE
Should you be buying Greenbrier Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greenbrier Companies include Trinity Industries (TRN), Frontier Group (ULCC), SFL (SFL), Dorian LPG (LPG), DHT (DHT), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Marten Transport (MRTN), Danaos (DAC), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), and Costamare (CMRE). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) and Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Trinity Industries currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.56%. Greenbrier Companies has a consensus price target of $54.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Greenbrier Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Trinity Industries is more favorable than Greenbrier Companies.
86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Trinity Industries has a net margin of 3.55% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 2.97%. Greenbrier Companies' return on equity of 9.29% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.
Greenbrier Companies received 30 more outperform votes than Trinity Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.30% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote while only 60.98% of users gave Greenbrier Companies an outperform vote.
Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trinity Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Greenbrier Companies. 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.
In the previous week, Greenbrier Companies had 8 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Greenbrier Companies and 1 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Greenbrier Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Trinity Industries pays out 88.9% 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 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Greenbrier Companies has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Greenbrier Companies beats Trinity Industries on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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