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Company snapshot — GATX Corporation

GATX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
GATX leases railcars, locomotives, aircraft spare engines and tank containers to petroleum, chemical, food, agriculture and transport customers across North America, Europe and India, and also runs maintenance and cleaning services for its own fleet. It operates through three segments covering North American rail, international rail and engine leasing. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago.
Where it sits in the stack
GATX has no seat in our index; it belongs to the industrials rental-and-leasing sleeve of our universe rather than any layer of the AI build-out, since its business is transport equipment leasing, not compute, chips or data-centre infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
The diary carries no peer group for GATX; the comparison the market draws is with Union Tank Car, the other large railcar lessor operating in the same North American market.
Why Closelook tracks it
GATX holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score, so no module reading exists for it; it appears in no edition and has drawn no quote from the desk.
What the diary watches
Whether the shares recover toward their moving averages after the recent pullback, and whether rail and aircraft-engine leasing demand tracks broader industrial activity.

GATX Corporation (GATX) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 45/100 composite (momentum 53, quality 40, valuation 44) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for GATX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Rental & Leasing Services · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Rental & Leasing Services

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against GATX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.44%, quarterly · buybacks 65 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What GATX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.59 USD per share · a 1.44% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +41.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.83 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.66 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.44 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.98 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-28
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 90 m USD 27% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 65 m USD 1.0% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.3% in FY2025 25 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 155 m USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: −1.8% week · −9.5% month · −6.0% quarter · −5.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is GATX Corporation (GATX)?

GATX Corporation trades as GATX on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is GATX in a Closelook index?

Not currently — GATX Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

What is GATX Corporation's Closelook composite score?

45 out of 100, with momentum 53, quality 40 and valuation 44 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does GATX trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0.9% vs the 50-day and +1.1% vs the 200-day average, 12% below the 52-week high and +21.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does GATX Corporation do?

GATX leases railcars, locomotives, aircraft spare engines and tank containers to petroleum, chemical, food, agriculture and transport customers across North America, Europe and India, and also runs maintenance and cleaning services for its own fleet. It operates through three segments covering North American rail, international rail and engine leasing. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago. The diary carries no peer group for GATX; the comparison the market draws is with Union Tank Car, the other large railcar lessor operating in the same North American market.

Where does GATX Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

GATX has no seat in our index; it belongs to the industrials rental-and-leasing sleeve of our universe rather than any layer of the AI build-out, since its business is transport equipment leasing, not compute, chips or data-centre infrastructure. GATX holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score, so no module reading exists for it; it appears in no edition and has drawn no quote from the desk.

Does GATX Corporation pay a dividend?

GATX Corporation has paid 2.59 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.44% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.66 USD on 2026-09-15. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 90 m USD in dividends and bought back 65 m USD of its own shares. The share count fell 0.3% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for GATX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Rental & Leasing Services, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.