Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY) and Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) Financial Survey

Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY) and Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pony AI and Greenbrier Companies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pony AI	$75.03 million	74.05	-$274.12 million	N/A	N/A
Greenbrier Companies	$3.54 billion	0.40	$160.10 million	$7.06	6.48

Greenbrier Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Pony AI.

Profitability

This table compares Pony AI and Greenbrier Companies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pony AI	N/A	N/A	N/A
Greenbrier Companies	6.48%	14.56%	5.43%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Pony AI and Greenbrier Companies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pony AI	0	0	5	1	3.17
Greenbrier Companies	1	0	1	0	2.00

Pony AI presently has a consensus price target of $19.40, indicating a potential upside of 22.32%. Greenbrier Companies has a consensus price target of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.03%. Given Greenbrier Companies’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Greenbrier Companies is more favorable than Pony AI.

Summary

Greenbrier Companies beats Pony AI on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pony AI

Pony AI Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the autonomous mobility principally in the People’s Republic of China and the United States. The company provides robotruck services, such as transportation services to the logistics platforms. Pony AI Inc. is based in Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.

About Greenbrier Companies

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.