Transportation Services
GATX Corporation, together its subsidiaries, operates as railcar leasing company in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and India. It operates through three segments: Rail North America, Rail International, and Portfolio Management. The company leases tank and freight railcars, and locomotives for petroleum, chemical, food/agriculture, and transportation industries. It also offers maintenance services, including the interior cleaning of railcars, routine maintenance and repair of car body and safety appliances, regulatory compliance works, wheelset replacements, interior blast and lining, exterior blast and painting, and car stenciling services. In addition, the company manufactures commercial aircraft jet engines and leases aircraft spare engines; and owns and manages tank containers that are leased to chemical, industrial gas, energy, food, cryogenic and pharmaceutical industries, and tank container operators, as well as provides tank container sourcing, remarketing, and inspection and maintenance services. As of December 31, 2022, it owned and operated a fleet of approximately 144,000 railcars; 501 four-axle and 43 six-axle locomotives; and 22,000 tank containers. GATX Corporation was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.
Years | 12-2015 | 12-2016 | 12-2017 | 12-2018 | 12-2019 | 12-2020 | 12-2021 | 12-2022 | 12-2023 | TTM |
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Net Margin | 14% | 18% | 36% | 16% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 18% | 17% |
ROA | 6.2% | 6.4% | 5.1% | 4.8% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 4.5% |
ROE | 16% | 19% | 28% | 12% | 12% | 7.7% | 7.1% | 7.7% | 11% | 11% |
The average Net Margin over the past 5 years is +14.14%.
The trend of Net Margin over the past 5 years is +0.08%.
The average ROA over the past 5 years is +4.22%.
The trend of ROA over the past 5 years is -0.07%.
The average ROE over the past 5 years is +9.5%.
The trend of ROE over the past 5 years is -0.44%.
Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.
Years | 12-2015 | 12-2016 | 12-2017 | 12-2018 | 12-2019 | 12-2020 | 12-2021 | 12-2022 | 12-2023 | TTM |
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Debt FCF | -28.59 | 140.99 | -63.04 | -10.63 | -17.25 | -12.64 | -9.52 | -8.99 | -6.51 | - |
Debt Equity | 3.28 | 3.18 | 2.46 | 2.50 | 2.62 | 2.74 | 2.94 | 3.20 | 3.28 | - |
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Graham Stability | - | - | 100% | 66% | 65% | 49% | 75% | 93% | 100% | 49% |
The Debt/FCF trailing twelve month is -.
The trend of Debt/FCF over the past 5 years is 1.39.
Graham’s Stability measure stands at 0.49.
Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.
Years | 12-2016 | 12-2018 | 12-2020 | 12-2022 | Trend |
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Revenue | -0.075% | 0.72% | 5.3% | 11% | 0.93% |
Net Income | -0.16% | 3.8% | 19% | 63% | 0.52% |
Stockholders Equity | 7.8% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 12% | -0.15% |
FCF | - | - | - | - | - |
The Revenue CAGR over the past 5 years is +0.72%.
The trend of Revenue growth rate over the past 5 years is +0.93%.
The Earnings CAGR over the past 5 years is +3.77%.
The trend of Earnings growth rate over the past 5 years is +0.52%.
The Equity CAGR over the past 5 years is +4.92%.
The trend of Equity growth rate over the past 5 years is -0.15%.
The FCF CAGR over the past 5 years is +22.16%.
The trend of FCF growth rate over the past 5 years is -.