Is the business good?
How good a business is GATX?
GATX Corporation earns 23% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
23%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 14 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 29%
Operating margin · Rental & Leasing Services median 7.9% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −0.28%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 24% |
| FY2021 | 24% |
| FY2022 | 27% |
| FY2023 | 28% |
| FY2024 | 30% |
| FY2025 | 31% |
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- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 29%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 18%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $2.05B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $368M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 23%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Rental & Leasing Services
Ranks #8 of 15 by Smart Score