GATX (GATX) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
Model-generated analysis — not investment advice. Not a registered investment advisor. Past performance does not guarantee future results. How we score · Full disclosure
Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $2.84
- Estimate
- $2.46
- Surprise
- +15.5%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.1 → 6.1/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
GATX (GATX) beat the $2.46 estimate with diluted EPS of $2.84 — a large 15.5% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.1/10) to Sell at 6.1/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates GATX Sell at 6.1/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +15.5% surprise compares with a +2.5% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-10-20.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Strong growth profile
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 4.9%
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Leverage penalty (D/E 3.5): -1.5
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $178.11
- Price target
- $186.79
- Stop
- $171.45
- Upside to target
- +4.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.0:1
At 17.5× trailing and 15.8× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-05 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
GATX at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Rental & Leasing Services
- Market cap
- $6.29B
- P/E (fwd)
- 15.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 17.5
- 52-week range
- $150.42–$205.56
- Off 52-week high
- 13.4%
- RSI (14)
- 43
- Volume vs avg
- 0.72×
- Score today
- 6.1/10