Is GATX Corporation (GATX) a Warren Buffett Stock?
Partial Buffett fit - meets 4/9 key criteria, but with reservations.
4/9 criteria passed
+6 sector-quality lift. Top-quintile within its sector on 3 of 5 quality metrics. Raw pillar score 50 → lifted to 56 before grade derivation.
Capped from C to D. ROIC under 8% on both TTM and 5y average - business doesn't earn enough on capital invested; Net debt is more than 5x EBITDA - balance sheet is stretched What are deal-breaker caps?
Warren Buffett's Criteria, Applied to GATX
ROIC ≥ 15%
Gross margin ≥ 40%
Owner earnings yield ≥ 5%
5y profitable
How GATX Scores on Other Strategies
Live Financial Snapshot
Market cap
$6.3B
P/E (TTM)
19.8x
ROIC (TTM)
2.8%
Gross margin
47.57%
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Educational tool, not investment advice. Scores are computed from publicly-available financial data against published investing-strategy criteria. We do not claim that Warren Buffett personally owns or recommends GATX.