CSX Corporation (CSX) vs Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (GBX)

CSX Corporation and Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) are both Railroads companies. CSX Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $93.7B against $1.3B — 70.5× the size. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) trades at the lower P/E: 16.1× against 26.3×. CSX Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.80% against −24.0%. CSX Corporation has the higher net margin (24.0% vs 3.21%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.8% vs 2.74%). Both pay a dividend; Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) yields more (3.06% vs 1.08%). Across the 22 metrics below, CSX Corporation leads on 11 and Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) on 11.

Valuation

Metric CSX GBX Railroads median
P/E 26.27 16.07 26.90
P/S 6.27 0.54 2.50
P/B 6.52 0.79 3.70
Price to free cash flow 27.81 n/m 26.38
EV/EBITDA 15.67 10.65 13.48
EV/Sales 7.42 1.18 4.34
Earnings yield 3.81% 6.22% 3.42%
Free cash flow yield 3.60% (3.51%) 2.66%

Profitability

Metric CSX GBX Railroads median
Gross margin 69.56% 13.56% 30.09%
Operating margin 36.40% 5.83% 24.36%
Net margin 23.97% 3.21% 11.20%
Free cash flow margin 22.56% (1.91%) 9.04%
Return on equity 26.39% 4.66% 12.18%
Return on assets 8.10% 1.80% 4.21%
Return on invested capital 10.76% 2.74% 7.60%

Growth

Metric CSX GBX Railroads median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.80% (24.04%) 5.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (13.97%) (59.55%) 11.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.89% 7.08% 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.88% 19.51% 0.88%

Health

Metric CSX GBX Railroads median
Debt to equity 1.31 1.09 0.99
Current ratio 0.84 2.43 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA 2.86 5.77 2.71

Dividend

Metric CSX GBX Railroads median
Dividend yield 1.08% 3.06% 1.64%
Payout ratio 0.29 0.50 0.31

Size

Metric CSX GBX Railroads median
Market cap 93.70b 1.33b 2.49b

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