FreightCar America vs Trinity Industries
RAIL and TRN side by side, both in transportation equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How RAIL and TRN compare
Trinity Industries is the larger company, worth 15 times as much as FreightCar America ($2.4B against $162M).
Trinity Industries grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−2.4% versus −26.0% for FreightCar America).
Trinity Industries pays a dividend yielding 4.1%; FreightCar America does not pay one.
Trinity Industries scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 4 for FreightCar America), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | RAIL | TRN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $162M | $2.4B |
| Share price | $4.95 | $30.54 |
| Change, 1 year | −42.8% | 20.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 30.6% | 10.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.49 | 1.04 |
| Employees | 1,986 | 2,650 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 7.6× |
| P/S | 0.4× (better) | 1.1× |
| P/B | – | 2.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.0× | 2.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | 4.0× (better) | 6.7× |
| PEG | – | 0.12 |
| FCF yield | 25.1% (better) | 14.9% |
| Fair value | $2.79 | $81.94 |
| Margin of safety | −77.5% | 62.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −26.0% | −2.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 35.8% (better) | 4.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 242% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −110% | 251% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 10.7% | 24.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | −0.04% | 34.5% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 15.4% |
| FCF margin | 10.7% | 16.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 30.7% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 63.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.94 | – |
| Current ratio | 1.44 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.98 (better) | 0.93 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 4.1% |
| Payout ratio | – | 30.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 15 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 9.2% |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 6.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 29.8% | 97.7% |
| Held by insiders | 66.2% | 1.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$502K |
| Short interest, % of float | 9.5% | 5.8% |
Go deeper
- RAIL stock overview
- RAIL income statement
- RAIL valuation and score
- TRN stock overview
- TRN income statement
- TRN valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.