GATX vs TRN vs CAT Stock Comparison

Gatx, Trinity Industries and Caterpillar Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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GATX Gatx Corp
$180.77 +2.8% 1M +14.1% 1Y
Market cap
$6.76B
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.21B
Div. yield
–
Rail Equipment Industrials
4 wins
TRN Trinity Industries Inc
$28.37 +6.3% 1M +1.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.45B
P/E
7.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.12B
Div. yield
0.04%
Rail Equipment Industrials
2 wins
CAT Caterpillar Inc
$647.25 -21.7% 1M +10.5% 1Y
Market cap
$282.34B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$77.77B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

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

QuestionGATXTRNCATLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.76B $2.45B $282.34B CAT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.2x 7.5x 23.9x TRN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.0x 13.6x 25.1x TRN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +29.7% -2.4% +20.3% GATX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 15.4% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.5% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 5.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.04% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +14.1% +1.9% +10.5% GATX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.8%/yr +0.2%/yr +26.0%/yr CAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 24.5% 36.8% 40.3% GATX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 61/100 44/100 GATX

Percentile Scorecard

GATXTRNCAT

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

AxisGATXTRNCAT
Valuation 46 #110 of 203 77 #47 of 203 29 #144 of 203
Growth 91 #18 of 188 73 #52 of 188 74 #49 of 188
Profitability – 64 #66 of 183 77 #43 of 183
Financial Health – 4 #208 of 216 8 #199 of 216
Shareholder Returns 67 #51 of 152 85 #24 of 152 31 #105 of 152
Overall 68 61 44
  • GATX ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TRN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • CAT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGATXTRNCATSPY
1 month +2.8%+6.3%-21.7% +0.7%
3 months -0.3%-17.3%-20.0% +3.7%
6 months -7.7%-13.0%-27.3% +7.1%
Year to date +6.6%+7.3%+13.0% +12.8%
1 year +14.1%+1.9%+10.5% +11.9%
3 years +75.6%+36.4%+167.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +20.7%+10.9%+38.8% +22.8%
5 years +90.6%+1.1%+217.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year +13.8%+0.2%+26.0% +10.9%
10 years +313.2%+87.5%+671.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year +15.2%+6.5%+22.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGATXTRNCATSPY
Volatility, 1Y 24.5%36.8%40.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.1%35.7%42.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.580.511.88 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.580.050.26 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.6%-43.0%-39.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.0%-25.5%-39.2% -1.2%
52-week high $200.76$38.09$1,064.90 $779.14
52-week low $152.11$24.82$546.13 $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.

MultipleGATXTRNCAT
P/E now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 25.8x 6.9xmedian 25.8x 25.2xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 1.9x 1.0xmedian 1.9x 3.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.6x 7.1xmedian 14.6x —median 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.3xmedian 22.2x -8.5xmedian 22.2x 42.3xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.2x 2.0xmedian 2.2x 13.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.93median 1.45 0.11median 1.45 1.95median 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 monthsGATXTRNCAT
Revenue $2.21B $2.12B $77.77B
Gross profit – $521.30M –
Operating income – $731.90M $14.25B
Net income – $334.90M $11.83B
Free cash flow – -$259.60M –
R&D – – $2.31B
EPS (diluted) $10.98 $4.03 $25.58
Cash & equivalents -$390.00M $158.30M $7.93B
Total debt – $5.33B –
Shares (diluted) 35.80M 81.00M 462.50M
Enterprise value $6.76B $1.80B $282.34B

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
MetricGATXTRNCAT
P/E 16.4x 6.9x 25.2x
P/FCF -1.3x -8.5x 42.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 5.3x 21.0x
P/S 2.9x 1.0x 3.8x
P/B 2.3x 2.0x 13.9x
P/Tangible book 2.3x 2.0x 14.1x
EV/EBITDA – 7.1x –
EV/EBIT – 10.1x –
EV/Revenue 2.9x 3.5x 3.8x
EV/FCF – -28.4x –
EV/Operating cash flow – 17.5x 21.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.93 0.11 1.95

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGATXTRNCAT
Revenue growth (1Y) 29.7% -2.4% 20.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.4% -8.6% 5.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -8.9% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 71.9% 24.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 24.2% 7.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 177.0% 27.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 52.4% 9.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.4% 246.3% 29.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.6% 65.3% 12.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 7.8% 22.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 15.9% 6.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 33.2% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 19.2% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGATXTRNCAT
Gross margin – 24.6% –
EBITDA margin – 48.8% –
Operating margin – 34.5% –
Pretax margin – 21.9% –
Net margin – 15.4% –
FCF margin – -12.2% –
Operating cash flow margin – 19.9% 18.2%
Return on equity – 29.4% 57.9%
Return on assets – 4.0% 11.3%
Return on invested capital – 8.5% –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.3x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGATXTRNCAT
Debt / assets – 63.8% –
Debt / equity – 4.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 5.0x –
Debt / FCF – -20.5x –
Liabilities / assets 79.5% 86.4% 79.9%
Equity / assets 16.1% 13.6% 20.1%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio – – 1.4x
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGATXTRNCAT
Dividend yield 1.4% 4.4% 1.0%
Net buyback yield – 2.5% –
Shareholder yield 1.4% 6.8% 1.0%
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.

ConsensusGATXTRNCAT
Forward P/E 19.0xFY2026 13.6xFY2026 25.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $9.52FY2026 $2.08FY2026 $25.79FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.8%FY2026 -33.8%FY2026 +35.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +25.9% -1.9% +31.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.22BFY2026 $2.34BFY2026 $84.12BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +27.4%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026 +24.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.1% +4.3% +1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGATXTRNCAT
Held by institutions 100.0% 95.3% 72.3%
Institutions holding 413 344 4,059
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% +6.3% +0.5%
Institutions buying 180 171 1,890
Institutions selling 142 96 1,595
Buyers to sellers 1.27 1.78 1.18

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.

GATXTRNCAT
GATX 1.00 0.56 0.32
TRN 0.56 1.00 0.21
CAT 0.32 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GATX, TRN and CAT?

Caterpillar (CAT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gatx (GATX) $6.76B, Trinity Industries (TRN) $2.45B, Caterpillar (CAT) $282.34B.

Which stock is cheaper, GATX, TRN and CAT?

Trinity Industries (TRN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Gatx (GATX) 17.2x, Trinity Industries (TRN) 7.5x, Caterpillar (CAT) 23.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Trinity Industries (TRN) is cheapest (Gatx (GATX) 19.0x, Trinity Industries (TRN) 13.6x, Caterpillar (CAT) 25.1x). 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%, Trinity Industries (TRN) -2.4%, Caterpillar (CAT) +20.3%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Gatx (GATX) returned the most: Gatx (GATX) +14.1%, Trinity Industries (TRN) +1.9%, Caterpillar (CAT) +10.5%. Over five years, Caterpillar (CAT) compounded fastest (Gatx (GATX) +13.8%/yr, Trinity Industries (TRN) +0.2%/yr, Caterpillar (CAT) +26.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Gatx (GATX) has been the steadiest (Gatx (GATX) 24.5%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 36.8%, Caterpillar (CAT) 40.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 4. 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.