Head-To-Head Analysis: MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) versus Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX)

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX – Get Free Report) and MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Greenbrier Companies and MSA Safety Incorporporated’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

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Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Greenbrier Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Greenbrier Companies pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Greenbrier Companies has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and MSA Safety Incorporporated has increased its dividend for 56 consecutive years.

Volatility & Risk

Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Greenbrier Companies and MSA Safety Incorporporated, as provided by MarketBeat.

Greenbrier Companies presently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.93%. MSA Safety Incorporporated has a consensus price target of $211.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.56%. Given MSA Safety Incorporporated’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MSA Safety Incorporporated is more favorable than Greenbrier Companies.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Greenbrier Companies and MSA Safety Incorporporated”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

MSA Safety Incorporporated has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Greenbrier Companies. Greenbrier Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety Incorporporated, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

MSA Safety Incorporporated beats Greenbrier Companies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Greenbrier Companies

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The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets railroad freight car equipment in North America, Europe, and South America. It operates through three segments: Manufacturing; Maintenance Services; and Leasing & Management Services. The Manufacturing segment offers covered hopper cars, gondolas, open top hoppers, boxcars, center partition cars, tank cars, sustainable conversions, double-stack railcars, auto-max ii, multi-max, and multi-max plus products, intermodal cars, automobile transport, coil steel and metals, flat cars, sliding wall cars, pressurized tank cars, and non-pressurized tank cars. The Maintenance Services segment provides wheel services, including reconditioning of wheels and axles, new axle machining and finishing, and downsizing; operates a railcar repair, refurbishment, and maintenance network; and reconditions and manufactures railcar cushioning units, couplers, yokes, side frames, bolsters, and various other parts. The Leasing & Management Services segment offers operating leases and per diem leases for a fleet of approximately 13,400 railcars; and management services comprising railcar maintenance management, railcar accounting services, fleet management and logistics, administration, and railcar re-marketing. This segment provides management services for railroads, shippers, carriers, institutional investors, and other leasing and transportation companies. It serves railroads, leasing companies, financial institutions, shippers, carriers, and transportation companies. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

About MSA Safety Incorporporated

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MSA Safety Incorporated develops, manufactures, and supplies safety products and technology solutions that protect people and facility infrastructures in the fire service, energy, utility, construction, and industrial manufacturing applications, as well as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries worldwide. The company's core product offerings include fixed gas and flame detection systems, such as gas detection monitoring systems, and flame detectors and open-path infrared gas detectors; breathing apparatus products, including self-contained breathing apparatus; hand-held portable gas detection instruments to detect the presence or absence of various gases in the air; industrial head protection products; firefighter helmets and protective apparel; and fall protection equipment, such as confined space equipment, harnesses, lanyards, and self-retracting lifelines, as well as engineered systems. In addition, the company offers air-purifying respirators, eye and face protection products, ballistic helmets, and gas masks. It serves distributors and end-users through indirect and direct sales channels. The company offers its products under the V-Gard, Cairns, and Gallet brand names. MSA Safety Incorporated was founded in 1914 and is based in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania.

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