GATX vs LINE vs TRN Stock Comparison

Gatx, Lineage and Trinity Industries Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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GATX Gatx Corp
$185.86 +8.7% 1M +19.7% 1Y
Market cap
$6.79B
P/E
17.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.21B
Div. yield
–
Rail Equipment Industrials
5 wins
LINE Lineage, Inc.
$36.35 +5.9% 1M -7.6% 1Y
Market cap
$8.77B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.37B
Div. yield
–
Industrial REITs Real Estate
2 wins
TRN Trinity Industries Inc
$29.88 +14.4% 1M +12.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.53B
P/E
7.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.12B
Div. yield
0.04%
Rail Equipment Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Gatx leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Gatx 5, Trinity Industries 4, Lineage 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGATXLINETRNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.79B $8.77B $2.53B LINE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.4x -51.9x 7.7x TRN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.5x — 14.4x TRN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +29.7% +1.0% -2.4% GATX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.7% -3.1% 15.4% GATX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.7% — 8.5% TRN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 11.7x 5.5x 5.0x TRN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.04% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +19.7% -7.6% +12.2% GATX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.2%/yr — +0.7%/yr GATX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 24.8% 36.6% 37.1% GATX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 64/100 61/100 LINE

Percentile Scorecard

GATXLINETRN

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

AxisGATXLINETRN
Valuation 45 #113 of 204 84 #24 of 146 77 #47 of 204
Growth 62 #73 of 191 74 #38 of 145 75 #49 of 191
Profitability 61 #75 of 189 26 #105 of 141 64 #68 of 189
Financial Health 3 #214 of 221 57 #64 of 146 4 #213 of 221
Shareholder Returns 86 #23 of 158 79 #30 of 136 83 #28 of 158
Overall 51 64 61
  • GATX ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • LINE ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • TRN ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGATXLINETRNSPY
1 month +8.7%+5.9%+14.4% -2.0%
3 months +2.1%-13.3%-6.8% -2.2%
6 months -4.8%-0.4%-16.7% +4.2%
Year to date +9.6%+3.9%+13.0% +10.6%
1 year +19.7%-7.6%+12.2% +10.4%
3 years +70.5%—+24.5% +73.6%
3 years, per year +19.5%—+7.6% +20.2%
5 years +85.6%—+3.5% +61.6%
5 years, per year +13.2%—+0.7% +10.1%
10 years +327.2%—+96.8% +261.3%
10 years, per year +15.6%—+7.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGATXLINETRNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 24.8%36.6%37.1% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.3%33.3%35.5% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.560.980.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.80-0.210.33 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.6%-64.1%-43.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.4%-19.4%-21.6% -3.2%
52-week high $200.76$45.10$38.09 $779.14
52-week low $152.11$31.80$24.82 $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.

MultipleGATXLINETRN
P/E now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 25.4x -49.0xmedian 26.1x 7.3xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 1.9x 1.5xmedian 4.1x 1.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 18.3xmedian 14.5x 12.9xmedian 14.4x 7.2xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.5xmedian 23.6x 34.0xmedian 21.6x -9.0xmedian 23.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.2x 0.9xmedian 1.3x 2.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.97median 1.21 —median 1.95 0.11median 1.21

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 monthsGATXLINETRN
Revenue $2.21B $5.37B $2.12B
Gross profit – $1.72B $521.30M
Operating income – $192.00M $731.90M
Net income $400.70M -$189.00M $334.90M
Free cash flow -$4.47B $244.00M -$259.60M
EPS (diluted) $10.92 $-0.74 $4.03
Cash & equivalents $390.00M $58.00M $158.30M
Total debt $11.94B $6.22B $5.33B
Shares (diluted) 35.80M 228.00M 81.00M
Enterprise value $4.17B $8.51B $1.88B

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
MetricGATXLINETRN
P/E 17.0x -49.0x 7.3x
P/FCF -1.5x 34.0x -9.0x
P/Operating cash flow 7.5x 8.4x 5.5x
P/S 2.9x 1.5x 1.1x
P/B 1.8x 0.9x 2.1x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 1.1x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA 18.3x 12.9x 7.2x
EV/EBIT 51.5x 75.3x 10.3x
EV/Revenue 8.2x 2.7x 3.5x
EV/FCF -4.0x 59.2x -28.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.9x 14.6x 17.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.97 – 0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGATXLINETRN
Revenue growth (1Y) 29.7% 1.0% -2.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.4% – -8.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 0.0% -8.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 3.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 142.0% 71.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 24.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 28.1% 70.0% 177.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.4% – 52.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 25.7% 69.8% 246.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.4% – 65.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.7% 17.5% 7.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% – 15.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -765.1% 45.2% 33.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -63.4% – 19.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGATXLINETRN
Gross margin – 32.0% 24.6%
EBITDA margin 44.6% 20.9% 48.8%
Operating margin – 3.6% 34.5%
Pretax margin 15.8% -3.5% 21.9%
Net margin 17.7% -3.1% 15.4%
FCF margin -202.1% 4.5% -12.2%
Operating cash flow margin 39.1% 18.4% 19.9%
Return on equity 11.1% -2.1% 29.4%
Return on assets 2.3% -1.0% 4.0%
Return on invested capital 1.7% – 8.5%
Return on capital employed – 1.1% –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.3x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x -5.2x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 2.0% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGATXLINETRN
Debt / assets 69.1% 32.9% 63.8%
Debt / equity 3.4x 0.7x 4.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 11.7x 5.5x 5.0x
Debt / FCF -2.7x 25.5x -20.5x
Liabilities / assets 79.5% 53.0% 86.4%
Equity / assets 20.5% 47.0% 13.6%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio – 0.8x –
Quick ratio – 0.6x –
Cash ratio – 0.0x –
Altman Z-score – 0.59 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGATXLINETRN
Dividend yield 1.4% 5.8% 4.1%
Net buyback yield 2.7% – 2.3%
Shareholder yield 4.1% 5.8% 6.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 29.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – -38.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 1.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 6.1%

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.

ConsensusGATXLINETRN
Forward P/E 19.5xFY2026 – 14.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $9.52FY2026 $-0.77FY2026 $2.08FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.8%FY2026 – -33.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +25.9% – -1.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.22BFY2026 $5.07BFY2026 $2.34BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +27.4%FY2026 -5.4%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.1% +4.1% +4.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGATXLINETRN
Held by institutions 100.0% 33.7% 95.3%
Institutions holding 414 328 345
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% +18.2% +6.3%
Institutions buying 180 183 171
Institutions selling 142 93 97
Buyers to sellers 1.27 1.97 1.76

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.

GATXLINETRN
GATX 1.00 0.11 0.56
LINE 0.11 1.00 0.22
TRN 0.56 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GATX, LINE and TRN?

Lineage (LINE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gatx (GATX) $6.79B, Lineage (LINE) $8.77B, Trinity Industries (TRN) $2.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, GATX, LINE and TRN?

Trinity Industries (TRN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Gatx (GATX) 17.4x, Lineage (LINE) -51.9x, Trinity Industries (TRN) 7.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Trinity Industries (TRN) is cheapest (Gatx (GATX) 19.5x, Trinity Industries (TRN) 14.4x). 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%, Lineage (LINE) +1.0%, Trinity Industries (TRN) -2.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Gatx (GATX) has the highest net margin (Gatx (GATX) 17.7%, Lineage (LINE) -3.1%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 15.4%). On return on invested capital, Trinity Industries (TRN) leads (Gatx (GATX) 1.7%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 8.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Gatx (GATX) returned the most: Gatx (GATX) +19.7%, Lineage (LINE) -7.6%, Trinity Industries (TRN) +12.2%. Over five years, Gatx (GATX) compounded fastest (Gatx (GATX) +13.2%/yr, Trinity Industries (TRN) +0.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Gatx (GATX) 0.00%, Lineage (LINE) 0.00%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 0.04%. Gatx (GATX) and Lineage (LINE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Gatx (GATX) has been the steadiest (Gatx (GATX) 24.8%, Lineage (LINE) 36.6%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 37.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GATX, LINE and TRN?

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.