Trinity Industries Valuation

Is TRN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of TRN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: TRN ($37.05) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($10.37)

Significantly Below Fair Value: TRN is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for TRN?

Key metric: As TRN is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for TRN. This is calculated by dividing TRN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is TRN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16.1x
EarningsUS$188.90m
Market CapUS$3.12b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does TRN's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for TRN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.6x
TEX Terex
7.5x1.2%US$3.4b
GBX Greenbrier Companies
12.6x0.9%US$2.0b
ATMU Atmus Filtration Technologies
19.8x11.7%US$3.6b
FSS Federal Signal
26.3x7.5%US$5.6b
TRN Trinity Industries
16.1x1.7%US$3.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: TRN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x) compared to the peer average (16.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does TRN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Machinery Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AIRJ AirJoule Technologies
1.9xn/aUS$419.99m
CVGI Commercial Vehicle Group
2.8x-46.6%US$76.99m
FATH Fathom Digital Manufacturing
2.6xn/aUS$35.24m
ZEVY Lightning eMotors
n/an/aUS$659.00
No more companies available in this PE range
TRN 16.1xIndustry Avg. 23.8xNo. of Companies9PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: TRN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x) compared to the US Machinery industry average (23.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is TRN's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

TRN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.1x
Fair PE Ratio16.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: TRN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst TRN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$37.05
US$36.50
-1.5%
6.8%US$39.00US$34.00n/a2
Jul ’25US$29.23
US$33.50
+14.6%
1.5%US$34.00US$33.00n/a2
Jun ’25US$31.45
US$32.67
+3.9%
3.8%US$34.00US$31.00n/a3
May ’25US$29.55
US$32.67
+10.5%
3.8%US$34.00US$31.00n/a3
Apr ’25US$27.21
US$29.33
+7.8%
3.2%US$30.00US$28.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$25.04
US$29.50
+17.8%
2.9%US$30.00US$28.00n/a4
Feb ’25US$25.40
US$31.00
+22.0%
3.2%US$32.00US$30.00n/a4
Jan ’25US$26.59
US$30.00
+12.8%
8.2%US$32.00US$26.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$25.62
US$30.00
+17.1%
8.2%US$32.00US$26.00n/a4
Nov ’24US$20.70
US$30.25
+46.1%
6.8%US$32.00US$27.00US$32.584
Oct ’24US$24.35
US$29.50
+21.1%
12.3%US$34.00US$24.00US$33.994
Sep ’24US$25.55
US$29.50
+15.5%
12.3%US$34.00US$24.00US$33.014
Aug ’24US$25.58
US$30.00
+17.3%
14.3%US$36.00US$24.00US$36.504
Jul ’24US$25.71
US$27.25
+6.0%
19.7%US$36.00US$22.00US$29.234
Jun ’24US$21.46
US$27.25
+27.0%
19.7%US$36.00US$22.00US$31.454
May ’24US$23.83
US$29.50
+23.8%
13.9%US$36.00US$26.00US$29.554
Apr ’24US$24.36
US$29.50
+21.1%
13.9%US$36.00US$26.00US$27.214
Mar ’24US$27.92
US$30.50
+9.2%
11.7%US$36.00US$26.00US$25.044
Feb ’24US$28.42
US$32.00
+12.6%
9.9%US$36.00US$28.00US$25.404
Jan ’24US$29.57
US$31.75
+7.4%
11.0%US$36.00US$27.00US$26.594
Dec ’23US$31.27
US$31.75
+1.5%
11.0%US$36.00US$27.00US$25.624
Nov ’23US$28.85
US$31.00
+7.5%
10.5%US$36.00US$27.00US$20.704

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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