Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (GBX) vs Freightcar America, Inc. (RAIL)

Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) and Freightcar America, Inc. are both Railroads companies. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $243.3M — 5.4× the size. Freightcar America, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) trades at 12.3×. Freightcar America, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.50% against −25.6%. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) has the higher net margin (4.07% vs −2.69%) and the lower return on invested capital (8.65% vs 14.8%). Across the 21 metrics below, Freightcar America, Inc. leads on 12 and Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) on 9.

Valuation

Metric GBX RAIL Railroads median
P/E 12.29 n/m 26.88
P/S 0.50 0.49 2.58
P/B 0.78 6.33 4.33
Price to free cash flow 22.01 12.81 26.65
EV/EBITDA 8.62 10.98 13.50
EV/Sales 1.04 0.58 4.56
Earnings yield 8.13% (5.85%) 3.59%
Free cash flow yield 4.54% 7.81% 3.41%

Profitability

Metric GBX RAIL Railroads median
Gross margin 15.12% 12.50% 30.61%
Operating margin 7.23% 3.77% 24.29%
Net margin 4.07% (2.69%) 10.59%
Free cash flow margin 2.27% 3.86% 8.43%
Return on equity 6.36% 52.80% 11.49%
Return on assets 2.46% (4.13%) 3.98%
Return on invested capital 8.65% 14.75% 7.59%

Growth

Metric GBX RAIL Railroads median
Revenue growth (TTM) (25.59%) (0.50%) 2.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 28.02% 144.18% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.02% 35.81% 5.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 33.02% 0.00% 0.88%

Health

Metric GBX RAIL Railroads median
Debt to equity 0.00 2.78 0.58
Current ratio 0.60 1.81 1.03
Net debt to EBITDA 2.96 1.07 2.71

Dividend

Metric GBX RAIL Railroads median
Dividend yield 2.57% — 2.17%
Payout ratio 0.62 0.00 0.19

Size

Metric GBX RAIL Railroads median
Market cap 1.32b 243.31m 2.22b

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