Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited vs Greenbrier Cos. Inc

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CP) is overvalued and Greenbrier Cos. Inc (GBX) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, GBX trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +42%, against -41% for CP.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CP)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $62.32; the price of $87.99 is 41% above that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 27/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Greenbrier Cos. Inc (GBX)

Discounting its cash flows at 20.8% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $74.56; the price of $43.04 is 42% below that value, and 44% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 60/100 on 9 of 12 signals

MetricCPGBX
VerdictOvervaluedUndervalued
Price$87.99$43.04
Intrinsic value$62.32$74.56
Margin of safety-41%+42%
Leak Score27/100 (3/12)60/100 (9/12)
Market cap$77.4B$1.3B
Revenue growth, 5 years13.4%3.0%
Operating margin37.1%5.7%
Net margin25.0%4.1%
Return on equity8.4%7.0%
Debt to equity0.541.19
P/E28.3x12.7x
Forward P/E20.6x11.0x
P/B2.4x0.8x
Dividend yield0.8%3.1%

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