GATX vs. WSO, WCC, AIT, BECN, AL, MSM, RUSHA, HEES, MRC, and BXC
Should you be buying GATX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GATX include Watsco (WSO), WESCO International (WCC), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), MRC Global (MRC), and BlueLinx (BXC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
Watsco (NYSE:WSO) and GATX (NYSE:GATX) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
89.7% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Watsco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of GATX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GATX has a net margin of 17.64% compared to GATX's net margin of 7.03%. GATX's return on equity of 19.26% beat Watsco's return on equity.
Watsco presently has a consensus price target of $404.25, indicating a potential downside of 14.88%. GATX has a consensus price target of $135.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.15%. Given Watsco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GATX is more favorable than Watsco.
Watsco has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Watsco received 3 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
Watsco has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GATX pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and GATX has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Watsco had 1 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Watsco and 5 mentions for GATX. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat GATX's score of 1.09 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Watsco beats GATX on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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