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Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Competitors

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$46.13 -0.19 (-0.41%)
As of 06/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

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

Should you be buying Greenbrier Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greenbrier Companies include Terex (TEX), Alamo Group (ALG), Trinity Industries (TRN), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Manitowoc (MTW), and Wabash National (WNC). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.

Greenbrier Companies vs. Its Competitors

Terex (NYSE:TEX) and Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Terex has a net margin of 6.54% compared to Greenbrier Companies' net margin of 5.10%. Terex's return on equity of 21.99% beat Greenbrier Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Terex6.54% 21.99% 9.47%
Greenbrier Companies 5.10%12.10%4.39%

Terex has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Terex has higher revenue and earnings than Greenbrier Companies. Greenbrier Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Terex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Terex$5.06B0.62$335M$3.6712.87
Greenbrier Companies$3.51B0.41$160.10M$6.267.37

Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Terex pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greenbrier Companies pays out 20.4% 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. Terex has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Greenbrier Companies has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Terex received 185 more outperform votes than Greenbrier Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.65% of users gave Greenbrier Companies an outperform vote while only 56.98% of users gave Terex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TerexOutperform Votes
612
56.98%
Underperform Votes
462
43.02%
Greenbrier CompaniesOutperform Votes
427
60.65%
Underperform Votes
277
39.35%

Terex currently has a consensus price target of $50.90, suggesting a potential upside of 7.72%. Greenbrier Companies has a consensus price target of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.56%. Given Greenbrier Companies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Greenbrier Companies is more favorable than Terex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Terex
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Greenbrier Companies
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

92.9% of Terex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Terex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Greenbrier Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Terex had 3 more articles in the media than Greenbrier Companies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Terex and 3 mentions for Greenbrier Companies. Greenbrier Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Terex's score of 1.09 indicating that Greenbrier Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Terex
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Greenbrier Companies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Terex beats Greenbrier Companies on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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 CompaniesRailroad equipment IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.45B$7.73B$286.56B$19.88B
Dividend Yield2.83%2.63%3.56%3.82%
P/E Ratio8.0514.4813.6935.60
Price / Sales0.414.04345.8343.81
Price / Cash6.2419.0111.5417.51
Price / Book0.931.611.964.85
Net Income$160.10M$829.14M$515.10M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.85%0.91%1.34%0.90%
1 Month Performance-3.15%1.97%0.84%2.35%
1 Year Performance-7.83%15.04%-5.46%10.79%

Greenbrier Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
4.6371 of 5 stars
$46.13
-0.4%
$57.00
+23.6%
-9.6%$1.45B$3.51B8.0514,400Positive News
Gap Down
TEX
Terex
4.6213 of 5 stars
$44.04
-2.2%
$50.20
+14.0%
-14.5%$2.92B$5.06B8.889,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ALG
Alamo Group
3.7944 of 5 stars
$198.58
+0.3%
$196.33
-1.1%
+17.1%$2.40B$1.59B20.004,200
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.3501 of 5 stars
$25.42
-1.2%
$27.50
+8.2%
-9.6%$2.07B$2.86B15.509,220Positive News
LNN
Lindsay
3.0022 of 5 stars
$139.73
+0.2%
$128.00
-8.4%
+17.9%$1.52B$647.54M22.431,260
ASTE
Astec Industries
0.8441 of 5 stars
$38.86
-1.1%
$41.00
+5.5%
+30.1%$888.61M$1.33B-485.694,290Positive News
Short Interest ↑
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
4.0693 of 5 stars
$27.25
-0.9%
$29.00
+6.4%
+19.5%$632.45M$587.92M11.851,810Dividend Announcement
MLR
Miller Industries
3.3398 of 5 stars
$44.91
-0.9%
$82.00
+82.6%
-22.8%$514.62M$1.13B7.451,450
TWI
Titan International
2.9277 of 5 stars
$7.26
+0.2%
$11.00
+51.6%
+22.3%$462.17M$1.85B-60.467,500Analyst Revision
MTW
Manitowoc
3.7256 of 5 stars
$10.36
-1.5%
$10.86
+4.9%
-2.6%$367.01M$2.15B6.684,800Short Interest ↑
WNC
Wabash National
4.1771 of 5 stars
$8.54
-1.5%
$14.00
+63.9%
-49.4%$357.57M$1.81B-1.316,900

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