GATX
GATX Corporation
GATX's fundamentals are strong: revenue grew 30% and it turned 39% of its revenue into free cash flow. At 18x earnings, it's trading below its usual 20x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
GATX Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
GATX's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
GATX PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 16x | $173 | -8.4% |
| Current | 18x | $189 | — |
| Forward | 18x | $189 | — |
| Fair | 20x | $211 | +11% |
| Expensive | 25x | $267 | +41% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
GATX's PE is in its cheap range at 17.6x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 17.6x.
GATX Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for GATX, but weaker profitability.
GATX Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $10.76 | -0.1% |
| Q3 2026 | $10.77 | +26% |
| Q2 2026 | $10.10 | +15% |
| Q1 2026 | $9.32 | +18% |
| Q4 2025 | $9.12 | +17% |
| Q3 2025 | $8.57 | +15% |
| Q2 2025 | $8.75 | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $7.90 | +13% |
| Q4 2024 | $7.78 | +9.3% |
GATX's earnings per share have climbed steadily: $10.77 over the past year, up 26% from the year before, and higher year over year for 14 quarters in a row.
GATX Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $598M | +36% |
| Q2 2026 | $580.1M | +35% |
| Q1 2026 | $583.7M | +38% |
| Q4 2025 | $449M | +8.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $439.3M | +8.4% |
| Q2 2025 | $430.5M | +11% |
| Q1 2025 | $421.6M | +11% |
| Q4 2024 | $413.5M | +12% |
GATX's revenue has grown year over year for 17 quarters in a row: $598M last quarter, up 36% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 32% | +3.2 points |
| Q2 2026 | 28% | -4.2 points |
| Q1 2026 | 30% | -2.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 30% | +16 points |
| Q3 2025 | 29% | -2.3 points |
| Q2 2025 | 32% | +21 points |
| Q1 2025 | 32% | +13 points |
| Q4 2024 | 15% | +1.6 points |
GATX's operating margin was 32% last quarter, up 3.2 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
GATX Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $244.2M | +12% |
| Q2 2026 | $276.2M | +71% |
| Q1 2026 | $199.1M | +60% |
| Q4 2025 | $144.3M | -30% |
| Q3 2025 | $218.3M | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $161.3M | +17% |
| Q1 2025 | $124.2M | +27% |
| Q3 2024 | $160.2M | +13% |
GATX generated $864M in free cash flow over the past year, up 22% from the year before.
GATX Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.1% | -400K shares |
| 1 year | -1.7% | -600K shares |
| 3 years | -1.1% | -400K shares |
| 5 years | -1.7% | -600K shares |
| Available history | -2.7% | -1M shares |
GATX has 35M diluted shares, down 1.7% from a year ago, with $177M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $79.5M |
| Q2 2026 | $47.6M |
| Q1 2026 | $3.8M |
| Q4 2025 | $46.4M |
| Q3 2025 | $1.5M |
| Q2 2025 | $15.2M |
| Q1 2025 | $1.9M |
| Q4 2024 | $100,000 |
GATX spent $177M buying back its own shares over the past year, about nine times what it spent the year before.
GATX Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | 11.9x | High |
| Q3 2025 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -0.7x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | 10.9x | High |
GATX has more cash than debt.
GATX Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 59.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 75.7 | Neutral |
GATX's weekly RSI is 60 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 76 (neutral).
GATX PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | GATX | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 18x | 24x | 27% below |
| PE % | 23 | 58 | 35 pts below |
GATX is trading at 18x earnings, a 27% discount to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
GATX Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $175.5 | 7.9% above |
| 20 week MA | $177.4 | 6.7% above |
| 50 week MA | $178.5 | 6% above |
| 100 week MA | $168.3 | 12% above |
| 200 week MA | $146.7 | 29% above |
GATX is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 29% above its 200-week average.
GATX Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $84.4 | $84.4 | 0% |
| 2021 | $84.4 | $103.1 | +22% |
| 2022 | $103.1 | $109.6 | +6.3% |
| 2023 | $109.6 | $120.2 | +9.7% |
| 2024 | $120.2 | $155.4 | +29% |
| 2025 | $155.4 | $173.2 | +11% |
| 2026 YTD | $173.2 | $189.3 | +9.3% |
GATX has finished higher in five of the last six years. It's up 9.3% so far in 2026.