GBX vs. TRN, MRTN, LPG, ULCC, ZIM, NMM, FLNG, CMRE, DHT, and TNK
Should you be buying Greenbrier Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greenbrier Companies include Trinity Industries (TRN), Marten Transport (MRTN), Dorian LPG (LPG), Frontier Group (ULCC), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), FLEX LNG (FLNG), Costamare (CMRE), DHT (DHT), and Teekay Tankers (TNK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) and Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Greenbrier Companies presently has a consensus target price of $41.50, indicating a potential downside of 13.03%. Trinity Industries has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.36%. Given Trinity Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trinity Industries is more favorable than Greenbrier Companies.
Trinity Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trinity Industries has a net margin of 3.55% compared to Greenbrier Companies' net margin of 2.77%. Trinity Industries' return on equity of 9.29% beat Greenbrier Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Trinity Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Greenbrier Companies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Trinity Industries and 8 mentions for Greenbrier Companies. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.02 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greenbrier Companies received 27 more outperform votes than Trinity Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.30% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote while only 60.81% of users gave Greenbrier Companies an outperform vote.
90.5% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Trinity Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Trinity Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Greenbrier Companies pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Summary
Trinity Industries beats Greenbrier Companies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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