GATX vs ITT vs POWL Stock Comparison

Gatx, Itt and Powell Industries Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GATX Gatx Corp
$180.77 +2.8% 1M +14.1% 1Y
Market cap
$6.38B
P/E
16.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.21B
Div. yield
1.43%
Rail Equipment Industrials
5 wins
ITT Itt Inc.
$202.99 -0.7% 1M +3.8% 1Y
Market cap
$18.15B
P/E
43.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.74B
Div. yield
0.75%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
1 win
POWL Powell Industries Inc
$168.48 -10.6% 1M +23.8% 1Y
Market cap
$6.14B
P/E
32.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.16B
Div. yield
0.18%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Gatx leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Gatx 5, Powell Industries 4, Itt 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGATXITTPOWLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.38B $18.15B $6.14B ITT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.4x 43.1x 32.2x GATX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.0x 25.6x 32.6x GATX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +29.7% +28.1% +7.0% GATX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 8.9% 16.5% POWL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.0% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.5x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.43% 0.75% 0.18% GATX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +14.1% +3.8% +23.8% POWL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.8%/yr +16.6%/yr +81.3%/yr POWL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 24.5% 31.4% 64.0% GATX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 46/100 70/100 POWL

Percentile Scorecard

GATXITTPOWL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGATXITTPOWL
Valuation 46 #110 of 203 16 #170 of 203 41 #120 of 203
Growth 91 #18 of 188 65 #67 of 188 90 #19 of 188
Profitability – 52 #88 of 183 98 #5 of 183
Financial Health – 31 #150 of 216 74 #56 of 216
Shareholder Returns 67 #51 of 152 66 #52 of 152 46 #83 of 152
Overall 68 46 70
  • GATX ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • ITT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • POWL ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGATXITTPOWLSPY
1 month +2.8%-0.7%-10.6% +0.7%
3 months -0.3%+5.2%-19.5% +3.7%
6 months -7.7%-5.3%-39.2% +7.1%
Year to date +6.6%+17.0%+58.6% +12.8%
1 year +14.1%+3.8%+23.8% +11.9%
3 years +75.6%+120.3%+570.1% +85.2%
3 years, per year +20.7%+30.1%+88.6% +22.8%
5 years +90.6%+115.8%+1,854.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year +13.8%+16.6%+81.3% +10.9%
10 years +313.2%+486.5%+1,334.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year +15.2%+19.4%+30.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGATXITTPOWLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 24.5%31.4%64.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.1%32.2%67.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.581.262.50 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.580.120.37 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.6%-38.6%-55.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.0%-8.4%-47.7% -1.2%
52-week high $200.76$221.69$322.05 $779.14
52-week low $152.11$169.49$94.02 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGATXITTPOWL
P/E now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 25.8x 43.1xmedian 25.8x 32.2xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 1.9x 3.8xmedian 1.9x 5.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.6x 22.7xmedian 14.6x 23.3xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.3xmedian 22.2x —median 22.2x 25.2xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.2x 3.8xmedian 2.2x 8.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.93median 1.45 -14.00median 1.45 0.44median 1.45

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGATXITTPOWL
Revenue $2.21B $4.74B $1.16B
Gross profit – $1.67B $348.18M
Operating income – $680.00M $227.67M
Net income – $421.50M $190.86M
Free cash flow – – $243.96M
R&D – $123.80M $14.98M
EPS (diluted) $10.98 $4.69 $5.21
Cash & equivalents -$390.00M $590.80M $633.56M
Total debt – $2.87B –
Shares (diluted) 35.80M 89.80M 36.60M
Enterprise value $7.14B $14.71B $3.98B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGATXITTPOWL
P/E 16.4x 43.1x 32.2x
P/FCF -1.3x – 25.2x
P/Operating cash flow – – 24.0x
P/S 2.9x 3.8x 5.3x
P/B 2.3x 3.8x 8.1x
P/Tangible book 2.3x 10.5x 8.2x
EV/EBITDA – 22.7x 23.3x
EV/EBIT – 30.0x 24.2x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 4.3x 4.8x
EV/FCF – – 22.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 21.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.93 -14.00 0.44

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGATXITTPOWL
Revenue growth (1Y) 29.7% 28.1% 7.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.4% 14.5% 21.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 27.8% 11.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 17.7% 39.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -2.1% 8.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 8.0% 74.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – -18.6% 8.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -0.3% 73.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.4% -28.1% 8.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.6% -3.1% 72.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 153.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 25.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 201.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 25.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGATXITTPOWL
Gross margin – 35.2% 30.1%
EBITDA margin – 19.0% 20.4%
Operating margin – 14.4% 19.7%
Pretax margin – 12.8% 21.2%
Net margin – 8.9% 16.5%
FCF margin – – 21.1%
Operating cash flow margin – – 22.1%
Return on equity – 8.9% 26.1%
Return on assets – 3.8% 14.8%
Return on invested capital – 6.0% –
Return on capital employed – 7.7% 34.0%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.4x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGATXITTPOWL
Debt / assets – 26.0% –
Debt / equity – 0.6x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.5x –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 79.5% 56.4% 46.2%
Equity / assets 16.1% 43.6% 53.8%
Interest coverage – 6.8x –
Current ratio – 1.3x 2.0x
Quick ratio – 0.8x 1.8x
Cash ratio – 0.3x 1.0x
Altman Z-score – 2.84 8.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGATXITTPOWL
Dividend yield 1.4% 0.7% 0.2%
Net buyback yield – 0.7% –
Shareholder yield 1.4% 1.4% 0.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 29.5% 6.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 5.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 14.8% 1.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.7% 1.8%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGATXITTPOWL
Forward P/E 19.0xFY2026 25.6xFY2026 32.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $9.52FY2026 $7.93FY2026 $5.17FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.8%FY2026 +18.0%FY2026 +4.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +25.9% +18.2% +26.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.22BFY2026 $5.39BFY2026 $1.24BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +27.4%FY2026 +36.8%FY2026 +12.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.1% +9.2% +26.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGATXITTPOWL
Held by institutions 100.0% 98.4% 75.0%
Institutions holding 413 716 582
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% +3.4% -4.3%
Institutions buying 180 327 319
Institutions selling 142 252 215
Buyers to sellers 1.27 1.30 1.48

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GATXITTPOWL
GATX 1.00 0.48 0.31
ITT 0.48 1.00 0.50
POWL 0.31 0.50 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GATX, ITT and POWL?

Itt (ITT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gatx (GATX) $6.38B, Itt (ITT) $18.15B, Powell Industries (POWL) $6.14B.

Which stock is cheaper, GATX, ITT and POWL?

Gatx (GATX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Gatx (GATX) 16.4x, Itt (ITT) 43.1x, Powell Industries (POWL) 32.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Gatx (GATX) is cheapest (Gatx (GATX) 19.0x, Itt (ITT) 25.6x, Powell Industries (POWL) 32.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Gatx (GATX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Gatx (GATX) +29.7%, Itt (ITT) +28.1%, Powell Industries (POWL) +7.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Powell Industries (POWL) has the highest net margin (Itt (ITT) 8.9%, Powell Industries (POWL) 16.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Powell Industries (POWL) returned the most: Gatx (GATX) +14.1%, Itt (ITT) +3.8%, Powell Industries (POWL) +23.8%. Over five years, Powell Industries (POWL) compounded fastest (Gatx (GATX) +13.8%/yr, Itt (ITT) +16.6%/yr, Powell Industries (POWL) +81.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Gatx (GATX) has the highest dividend yield: Gatx (GATX) 1.43%, Itt (ITT) 0.75%, Powell Industries (POWL) 0.18%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Gatx (GATX) has been the steadiest (Gatx (GATX) 24.5%, Itt (ITT) 31.4%, Powell Industries (POWL) 64.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GATX, ITT and POWL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Gatx (GATX) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.