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Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (GBX) vs Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC)

Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) and Norfolk Southern Corporation are both Railroads companies. Norfolk Southern Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $74.0B against $1.3B — 55.6× the size. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) trades at the lower P/E: 16.1× against 27.5×. Norfolk Southern Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.99% against −24.0%. Norfolk Southern Corporation has the higher net margin (20.7% vs 3.21%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.05% vs 2.74%). Both pay a dividend; Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) yields more (3.06% vs 2.05%). Across the 22 metrics below, Norfolk Southern Corporation leads on 12 and Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) on 10.

Valuation

Metric GBX NSC Railroads median
P/E 16.07 27.53 26.90
P/S 0.54 5.69 2.50
P/B 0.79 4.41 3.70
Price to free cash flow n/m 37.57 26.38
EV/EBITDA 10.65 16.10 13.48
EV/Sales 1.18 6.85 4.34
Earnings yield 6.22% 3.63% 3.42%
Free cash flow yield (3.51%) 2.66% 2.66%

Profitability

Metric GBX NSC Railroads median
Gross margin 13.56% 67.59% 30.09%
Operating margin 5.83% 31.54% 24.36%
Net margin 3.21% 20.68% 11.20%
Free cash flow margin (1.91%) 15.15% 9.04%
Return on equity 4.66% 16.82% 12.18%
Return on assets 1.80% 5.92% 4.21%
Return on invested capital 2.74% 8.05% 7.60%

Growth

Metric GBX NSC Railroads median
Revenue growth (TTM) (24.04%) 5.99% 5.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (59.55%) 10.20% 11.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.08% 4.47% 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 19.51% 7.38% 0.88%

Health

Metric GBX NSC Railroads median
Debt to equity 1.09 0.99 0.99
Current ratio 2.43 0.90 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA 5.77 2.71 2.71

Dividend

Metric GBX NSC Railroads median
Dividend yield 3.06% 2.05% 1.64%
Payout ratio 0.50 0.57 0.31

Size

Metric GBX NSC Railroads median
Market cap 1.33b 73.96b 2.49b

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