Greenbrier Cos. Inc vs Trinity Industries Inc

Greenbrier Cos. Inc (GBX) is undervalued and Trinity Industries Inc (TRN) is slightly overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, GBX trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +42%, against -16% for TRN.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

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

Trinity Industries Inc (TRN)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $23.92; the price of $27.82 is 16% above that value, and 83% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 14/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricGBXTRN
VerdictUndervaluedSlightly overvalued
Price$43.04$27.82
Intrinsic value$74.56$23.92
Margin of safety+42%-16%
Leak Score60/100 (9/12)14/100 (3/12)
Market cap$1.3B$2.2B
Revenue growth, 5 years3.0%4.3%
Operating margin5.7%15.2%
Net margin4.1%16.6%
Return on equity7.0%32.4%
Debt to equity1.194.57
P/E12.7x6.7x
Forward P/E11.0x12.5x
P/B0.8x1.9x
Dividend yield3.1%4.5%

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