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Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-185 Insightful Analyst Questions From GATX’s Q1 Earnings Call
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5 Insightful Analyst Questions From GATX’s Q1 Earnings Call
GATX’s first quarter results fell short of Wall Street’s revenue and earnings expectations, which contributed to a negative market reaction. Management attributed the quarter’s performance primarily to the integration of the Wells Fargo fleet—an acquisition that expanded GATX’s customer base and diversified its portfolio. CEO Robert C. Lyons noted, “The integration is going very well, probably ahead of where we anticipated we would be today.” Gains from asset dispositions and continued strength in lease renewals were also cited as key contributors to the quarter’s financial outcome. Is now the time to buy GATX? Find out in our full research report (it’s free). Revenue: $583.7 million vs analyst estimates of $599.8 million (38.4% year-on-year growth, 2.7% miss) Adjusted EPS: $2.35 vs analyst estimates of $2.28 (3.3% beat) Adjusted EBITDA: $354.7 million vs analyst estimates of $373.9 million (60.8% margin, 5.1% miss) Operating Margin: 29.8%, down from 32.1% in the same quarter last year Active Railcars: up 92,923 year on year Market Capitalization: $6.38 billion While we enjoy listening to the management's commentary, our favorite part of earnings calls are the analyst questions. Those are unscripted and can often highlight topics that management teams would rather avoid or topics where the answer is complicated. Here is what has caught our attention. Andrzej Zenon Tomczyk (Goldman Sachs) asked about integration milestones and synergy capture from the Wells Fargo fleet acquisition. CEO Robert C. Lyons responded that integration is ahead of expectations, with initial synergy targets on track. Ben Moore (Citigroup) inquired about drivers behind the Lease Price Index (LPI) outperformance and the sustainability of rate increases. Paul F. Titterton, President of Rail North America, explained that supply-demand dynamics and net fleet shrinkage support lease pricing. Harrison Bauer (Susquehanna) questioned differences in repricing between legacy and Wells Fargo fleets. Titterton clarified that the LPI currently reflects primarily the legacy fleet, but the Wells Fargo fleet will gradually be included in future periods. Brendan Michael McCarthy (Sidoti) asked about the factors that could cause GAAP EPS to come in at the lower end of guidance. CFO Thomas A. Ellman highlighted remarketing income variability and maintenance expense as key sources of financial fluctuation...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-10GATX Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
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GATX Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
Interested in GATX Corporation? Here are five stocks we like better. GATX reported Q1 2026 diluted EPS of $2.35, up from $2.15 a year earlier, and said results were in line with expectations. Management reaffirmed its full-year outlook despite acknowledging some quarterly volatility from asset sales and engine remarketing timing. Rail North America remained strong, with fleet utilization at 98.1% and solid renewal pricing, while the Wells Fargo fleet integration is tracking ahead of plan. Executives said the acquisition is expanding the customer base and supporting future earnings growth. The company saw a robust secondary market for railcars, generating about $50 million in disposition gains in the quarter and keeping it on track for about $200 million in full-year gains. GATX also said engine leasing results were strong and maintained its full-year Engine Leasing profit target of $180 million to $185 million. 3 transportation stocks gearing up for a new rally GATX (NYSE:GATX) reported first-quarter 2026 diluted earnings per share of $2.35, up from $2.15 in the same period a year earlier, as management said demand remained steady across its rail businesses and strong in aircraft engine leasing despite heightened macroeconomic uncertainty. Shari Hellerman, head of investor relations, said the company’s results were “in line with expectations” for the quarter. Executives also reaffirmed the company’s full-year outlook during the question-and-answer portion of the call, while noting that timing of asset sales and engine remarketing activity can create quarterly variability. → Wells Fargo’s Comeback Is Real—But Not Risk-Free In Rail North America, GATX said demand for railcars in the existing fleet remained steady. The company’s reported metrics now include both its legacy fleet and the Wells Fargo railcar fleet acquired through its recent transaction. At quarter-end, Rail North America fleet utilization was 98.1%. Hellerman said that result was consistent with expectations, given that the Wells Fargo fleet entered 2026 at 96.5% utilization. → Rocket Lab Posts Record Q1 Revenue, Raises Q2 Guidance Renewal activity remained strong. GATX reported a renewal success rate of 79.1%, a Lease Price Index renewal rate change of 22.3% and an average renewal term of 56 months. Hellerman said a little more than two-thirds of the combined fleet has been repriced in the curr...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-08GATX Corporation Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary
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GATX Corporation Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary
Performance was driven by steady demand in Rail North America and strong lease rate increases, with the Lease Price Index (LPI) rising 22.3% on renewals. The integration of the Wells Fargo fleet is ahead of schedule, with all fleet data successfully migrated and approximately 300 new customer accounts added. Management attributes the favorable pricing environment to net fleet shrinkage in North America, caused by low new car production and high scrap prices. Secondary market demand remains exceptionally robust as capital flows toward rail assets, enabling $50 million in asset disposition gains during the quarter. Rail International performance remained steady, particularly in India where policy support and economic growth continue to drive 100% fleet utilization. Engine leasing results were supported by resilient global passenger air travel, though segment earnings were impacted by the inherent lumpiness of remarketing activity timing. Full-year 2026 EPS guidance remains unchanged, assuming no material disruptions to the global economy or long-haul aviation markets. Management expects the Wells Fargo joint venture to contribute $0.20 to $0.30 to full-year earnings as asset disposition activity accelerates in later quarters. The company anticipates total 2026 asset disposition gains of approximately $200 million, split between $130 million from wholly owned assets and $70 million from the joint venture. Maintenance expense for the full year is projected to be approximately $500 million, despite a slightly lower annualized run rate in the first quarter. Strategic fleet procurement will continue through a three-pronged approach: programmatic supply agreements, spot market purchases, and secondary market acquisitions. The inclusion of the Wells Fargo fleet resulted in a slight decline in overall North American utilization to 98.1%, reflecting that fleet's lower entry utilization of 96.5%. Management is closely monitoring the evolving geopolitical environment for potential impacts on global air travel and engine leasing demand, while also noting that the Iran conflict has not significantly impacted market conditions for leased railcars in North America. The first quarter LPI of 22.3% does not yet include material impact from the acquired Wells Fargo fleet, which will be integrated into the metric over time. Remarketing income in the engine leasing joint venture f...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-08GATX (GATX) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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GATX (GATX) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool. Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 11 a.m. ET President and Chief Executive Officer — Robert C. Lyons Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer — Thomas A. Ellman President, Rail North America — Paul F. Titterton Head of Investor Relations — Shari Hellerman Need a quote from a Motley Fool analyst? Email [email protected] Earlier today, GATX Corporation reported 2026 first quarter diluted earnings per share of $2.35. This compares to 2025 first quarter diluted earnings per share of $2.15. I will briefly address each of our business segments. After that, we will open the call up for questions. Despite heightened macroeconomic uncertainty, our businesses delivered results in line with expectations in the first quarter. At Rail North America, demand for railcars in the existing fleet remained steady. As noted in the earnings release, starting this quarter, Rail North America metrics and statistics reflect the combined legacy fleet and the Wells Fargo fleet. At the end of the first quarter, Rail North America's fleet utilization was 98.1%. This was consistent with our expectations given the inclusion of the Wells Fargo fleet, which was at 96.5% utilization entering 2026. Renewal activity remains strong. The renewal success rate was 79.1%, and we continue to achieve lease rate increases while extending term. The renewal rate change of GATX Corporation's Lease Price Index was 22.3%, and the average renewal term was 56 months. With a little over two-thirds of the combined fleet repriced in the current favorable lease rate environment, we see meaningful runway to enhance financial performance across the remaining fleet. We continue to successfully place new railcars from our committed supply agreement with a diverse customer base. Through the first quarter, we have placed over 8.4 thousand railcars from our 2022 Trinity supply agreement. Our earliest available scheduled delivery under the supply agreement is in 2026. Additionally, supported by a robust secondary market, we generated about $50 million in gains on asset dispositions in the quarter. At Rail International, railcar demand in Europe remained steady despite ongoing macroeconomic pressure in the region. Fleet utilization at the end of the first quarter was 94.7%, unchanged from the prior quarter. In India, policy support and economic growth continue to drive strong demand for railca...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-07GATX Q1 Earnings, Revenue Increase
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GATX Q1 Earnings, Revenue Increase
GATX (GATX) reported Q1 earnings Thursday of $2.35 per diluted share, up from $2.15 a year earlier.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-07GATX (NYSE:GATX) Reports Sales Below Analyst Estimates In Q1 CY2026 Earnings
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GATX (NYSE:GATX) Reports Sales Below Analyst Estimates In Q1 CY2026 Earnings
Leasing services company GATX (NYSE:GATX) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2026, but sales rose 38.4% year on year to $583.7 million. Its GAAP profit of $2.35 per share was 1.9% below analysts’ consensus estimates. Is now the time to buy GATX? Find out in our full research report. Revenue: $583.7 million vs analyst estimates of $599.8 million (38.4% year-on-year growth, 2.7% miss) EPS (GAAP): $2.35 vs analyst expectations of $2.40 (1.9% miss) Adjusted EBITDA: $511.7 million vs analyst estimates of $373.9 million (87.7% margin, 36.9% beat) Operating Margin: 58.7%, up from 32.1% in the same quarter last year Active Railcars: up 92,923 year on year Market Capitalization: $7.09 billion Originally founded to ship beer, GATX (NYSE:GATX) provides leasing and management services for railcars and other transportation assets globally. Reviewing a company’s long-term sales performance reveals insights into its quality. Any business can put up a good quarter or two, but the best consistently grow over the long haul. Thankfully, GATX’s 9.4% annualized revenue growth over the last five years was solid. Its growth beat the average industrials company and shows its offerings resonate with customers. Long-term growth is the most important, but within industrials, a half-decade historical view may miss new industry trends or demand cycles. GATX’s annualized revenue growth of 14.5% over the last two years is above its five-year trend, suggesting its demand was strong and recently accelerated. GATX also discloses its number of active railcars, which reached 196,233 in the latest quarter. Over the last two years, GATX’s active railcars averaged 15% year-on-year growth. Because this number aligns with its revenue growth during the same period, we can see the company’s monetization was fairly consistent. This quarter, GATX pulled off a wonderful 38.4% year-on-year revenue growth rate, but its $583.7 million of revenue fell short of Wall Street’s rosy estimates. Looking ahead, sell-side analysts expect revenue to grow 38.4% over the next 12 months, an improvement versus the last two years. This projection is eye-popping and suggests its newer products and services will spur better top-line performance. WHILE YOU’RE HERE: The Next Palantir? One satellite company captures images of every point on Earth. Every single day. The Pentagon wants it. Hedge funds are u...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-07Gatx: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
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Gatx: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — Gatx Corp. (GATX) on Thursday reported earnings of $85.5 million in its first quarter. The Chicago-based company said it had profit of $2.35 per share. The equipment finance company posted revenue of $583.7 million in the period. Gatx expects full-year earnings in the range of $9.50 to $10.10 per share. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GATX at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GATX
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-07GATX Corporation Reports 2026 First-Quarter Results
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GATX Corporation Reports 2026 First-Quarter Results
First-quarter GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.35 Rail North America's utilization for the combined fleet remains high at 98.1% at quarter end First-quarter Lease Price Index (LPI) of 22.3% Demand for aircraft spare engines remains strong Company reiterates 2026 full-year earnings guidance CHICAGO, May 07, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX) today reported 2026 first-quarter net income attributable to GATX of $85.5 million, or $2.35 per diluted share, compared to net income attributable to GATX of $78.6 million, or $2.15 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2025. "Consistent with our expectations entering the year, our global businesses performed well in the first quarter," said Robert C. Lyons, president and chief executive officer of GATX. "Integration of the Wells Fargo rail operating lease fleet is progressing well, positioning us to serve customers with an expanded portfolio supported by our operational and commercial expertise. Beginning this quarter, commercial metrics and fleet statistics for Rail North America reflect the combined legacy and newly acquired fleets, consistent with consolidation in our financial statements. At quarter end, Rail North America's fleet utilization remained high at 98.1%, and the first-quarter renewal success rate was 79.1%, reflecting stable demand for existing railcars. The renewal lease rate change of GATX’s Lease Price Index was 22.3% with an average renewal term of 56 months. Furthermore, we generated first-quarter gains on asset dispositions of approximately $50.0 million, reflecting continued strength in the secondary market and strong asset valuations. "At GATX Rail Europe, fleet utilization remained steady at 94.7% in the first quarter. Our European team achieved increases in renewal lease rates compared to expiring rates across the majority of car types, despite macroeconomic pressures weighing on our customers' fleet planning activities. At GATX Rail India, demand for railcars remained solid, with fleet utilization at 100.0% at quarter end. "Within Engine Leasing, we continued to benefit from strong demand for aircraft spare engines, with solid performance across our engine portfolios in the first quarter. While we are closely monitoring developments related to the Middle East conflict and their implications for global air travel and airline financial performance, based on the...
TranscriptFY2026 Q12026-05-07FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
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FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
Hello. Thank you for standing by. My name is Tiffany, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the GATX 2026 First Quarter Earnings Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during that time, simply press star then the one on your telephone keypad. I would now like to turn the call over to Shari Hellerman, Head of Investor Relations. Shari, please go ahead.
Thank you, Tiffany. Good morning, thank you for joining GATX Corporation's 2026 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call. I'm joined today by Bob Lyons, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tom Ellman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Paul Titterton, Executive Vice President and President of Rail North America. As a reminder, some of the information you'll hear during our discussion today will consist of forward-looking statements. Actual results or trends could differ materially from those statements or forecasts. For more information, please refer to the risk factors included in our earnings release and those discussed in GATX's Form 10-K for 2025 and our other filings with the SEC. GATX assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Earlier today, GATX reported 2026 first quarter diluted earnings per share of $2.35.
This compares to 2025 first quarter diluted earnings per share of $2.15. I'll briefly address each of our business segments. After that, we'll open the call up for questions. Despite heightened macroeconomic uncertainty, our businesses delivered results in line with expectations in the first quarter. At Rail North America, demand for railcars in the existing fleet remained steady. As noted in the earnings release, starting this quarter, Rail North America metrics and statistics reflect the combined legacy fleet and the Wells Fargo fleet. At the end of the first quarter, Rail North America's fleet utilization was 98.1%. This was consistent with our expectations given the inclusion of the Wells Fargo fleet, which was at 96.5% utilization entering 2026. Renewal activity remained strong.
The renewal success rate was 79.1%, and we continue to achieve lease rate increases while extending terms. The renewal rate change of GATX's Lease Price Index was 22.3%, and the average renewal term was 56 months. With a little over two-thirds of the combined fleet repriced in the current favorable lease rate environment, we see meaningful runway to enhance financial performance across the remaining fleet. We continue to successfully place new railcars from our committed supply agreement with a diverse customer base. Through the first quarter, we've placed over 8,400 railcars from our 2022 Trinity supply agreement. Our earliest available scheduled delivery under the supply agreement is in the fourth quarter of 2026. Additionally, supported by a robust secondary market, we generated about $50 million in gains on asset dispositions in the quarter.
At Rail International, railcar demand in Europe remained steady despite ongoing macroeconomic pressure in the region. Fleet utilization at the end of the first quarter was 94.7%, unchanged from the prior quarter. In India, policy support and economic growth continue to drive strong demand for railcars. GATX Rail India fleet utilization remained at 100% at quarter end. Within Engine Leasing, our joint venture with Rolls-Royce and our wholly owned engine portfolio produced excellent operating results in the quarter. Lower earnings at RRPF compared to the prior year quarter were driven by the timing of remarketing activity, which as we've discussed can be lumpy from quarter to quarter. Demand for aircraft spare engines remains strong, supported by resilient global passenger air travel, though we continue to closely monitor the evolving geopolitical environment and its potential impact on air travel trends.
With that quick overview, we can open the line up for questions.
Your first question comes from the line of Andrzej Tomczyk with Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead.
Awesome. Thanks, operator, and morning, everyone. Thanks for taking my questions. Was just curious starting off with the integration of the Wells Fargo fleet and the recent deal. Just wanted to dig a little deeper on how integration is going there, if you're able to share any milestones or updates there. Then just a reminder on how we should think about synergies in 2026 and 2027.
Sure, Andrzej. It's Bob Lyons. I'll take that one to begin with. First of all, the integration is going very well, probably ahead of where we anticipated we would be today. You know, as we noted back in January, we did the cut-over of all of the fleet data in one step on January first. That was a major undertaking, and it was very successful. We've onboarded a number of new employees, many from Wells Fargo. We're thrilled to have them here with us. The original headcount numbers that we laid out and the expectations for that incremental SG&A are all in line. From a customer perspective, the reaction has been very positive. You know, anytime there's a change of this magnitude, there's always things to work through, like contract structures and billing and cash distributions, et cetera.
We're addressing issues as they come up, but there's been zero surprises. On top of that, we've added about 300 new accounts through the acquisition, new customers, bringing our total customer base well over 1,000. Many of those are companies we've done business with before in the past, so we know who they are, and they're all in industries that we know really well, so the learning curve was not very steep. You know, by and large, the largest customers in the portfolio are names that we know very well. As I laid out in terms of back in January, the full year impact of the joint venture would be somewhere in the $0.20-$0.30 range, and we're certainly on target for that.
Great. Thanks. As a follow-up, do you believe there will be more consolidation in the leasing space sort of over the medium term, or is it sort of the case that most of the major players are set in a good place at this point? Maybe just broadly how you're assessing competition in the space and how that shows up in bidding activity of late, whether that's on the buy or sell side.
I wouldn't really want to speculate on, you know, other potential transactions in the marketplace or consolidation in the marketplace. You know, that's a bit difficult for us to predict. Given the size and scale we're at today, we're really focused on making sure we maximize the returns on our portfolio. Competitive landscape, it's a competitive market. That's not going to change. There's a number of big, full-scale lessors that we compete with on a regular basis. There's a far lengthier list of institutions that have fleets, you know, in the sub 100,000, sub 50,000 car range that are extremely active in the marketplace. We see them often when we compete for transactions in the secondary market, other portfolios that get offered, and they're very active buyers of GATX's assets.
We saw that in this quarter, and we expect to see it through the full year where that secondary market is incredibly robust. Capital continues to flow into this market. A lot of people recognize the value proposition that owning railcars presents, and so we're seeing a lot of activity and a lot of interest in our secondary market offerings.
Understood. Just in terms of the overall GATX North America consolidated fleet now, where do you see that overall fleet in sort of, you know, three to five years from now? If you could share, you know, how you're thinking about adds versus selling or scrapping of the fleet over the near to medium term. 'Cause I know historically you sort of balanced out your fleet between what you add and sell over a given period. Sort of just wondering, you know, if we should think the same way going forward, if it's largely flattish for the foreseeable future.
Yeah, just from normal fleet activity, I would say that's a fair assumption right now. Obviously, if we see opportunities to buy additional railcars in the secondary market or direct new cars, we'll do that. And same on the sell side, you know, as we're always looking, what's the best way to generate the most attractive return for our shareholders and optimize our portfolio. We're always gonna look at sell opportunities. From a kind of forecasting, budgeting standpoint, I'd start in the same place we do, which is kind of keeping the fleet generally in the same car count where we're at today.
Got it. Then just one more for me on leasing. One of your peers recently indicated that they believe the market value of their fleet is 35%-45% above its book value. I was just curious if GATX has assessed that same metric in terms of market value versus your lease fleet or the market value of your lease fleet relative to the book. I know you have the Engine Leasing as well, so maybe you possibly break those out. However you guys think about it. Was just curious if you had any thoughts there.
Andrzej, this is Tom. What I'll tell you is obviously we're very active in the secondary market in both the Rail North America market and the Aircraft Engine Leasing market. You can see from the consistent returns that we deliver, you know, if you look over the last decade, we've averaged over $70 million a year in gain on sale of assets. Clearly, there's a lot of value there. A theoretical quantification probably doesn't provide a ton of value since we see it in a very practical way when we receive actual cash for the assets we sell.
Yeah.
And then-
Yeah, I would just add to that, too. You know, I mentioned previously that there's a lot of capital that over the course of the last 10 or 15 years has come into the railcar leasing space. We continue to see it. It's, you know, while we have to deal with that from a competitive standpoint from time to time, we understand the logic. These assets are tremendous stores of value. They generate outstanding cash flow, very high quality cash flow over very long periods of time. They're attractive assets to own for a lot of different types of institutions.
Yeah, we do think about that, and we try to optimize that when we're both buying, you know, as in the most disciplined manner we can and then also optimizing the fleet and taking those opportunities to sell assets to others.
Understood. Thanks for the color. Just last for me, shifting once to Engine Leasing. Was just curious, you know, are there any incremental thoughts related to the airline industry capacity impacts into your Engine Leasing business with Spirit now going away? Also just broadly in the geopolitical and elevated commodity price environment, if that's impacting lease rates at all. I just think the Engine Leasing affiliates was down year-over-year, as you mentioned. Curious what drove that and if you expect Engine Leasing to the affiliates to be back to year-over-year growth here in the near term. Thanks.
Yeah, Andrzej, I'll start with the back half of your question first and then come back to the front half. Income from operations in the Engine Leasing business was actually up year-over-year, and that was due to more engines on lease at higher lease rates. As you know, as those of you who have followed us for a while now, remarketing income in the Engine Leasing business can be very lumpy. Indeed, it was very lumpy in the first quarter. The remarketing income as a percent of earnings from the joint venture was less than 10% in the first quarter. Over the last couple of years, it's been about 1/3 of our total earnings, and indeed, last year it was around 1/3.
If you looked at quarter-to-quarter variations last time, it was between about 15% on the low end and almost 70% on the high end. It can move quite a bit quarter-to-quarter. We expect when the year is over, it will be generally consistent with what we've seen historically. The 1st quarter, the driver of what was a little bit lower quarter than we've seen the last couple was less remarketing income. I want to be very clear that that is unrelated to what's going on in the world right now. It's still a very strong market for remarketing of that asset class. We just expect that that 1st quarter is normal variation in what is historically very lumpy.
As far as the first part of your question, as I mentioned, through the first quarter, the business performed very well. Continue to be strong supply demand dynamics in the industry. A lot of demand for our engines, and we expect that to continue going forward. Having said that, obviously, there's a lot going on in the world right now, and we'll continue to watch and monitor the situation.
Yeah. If you look at the income contribution from RRPF from the joint venture, over the course of the last many years and try to identify a pattern quarter to quarter in earnings, you would find there is no pattern. It can move pretty dramatically each quarter. At the beginning of the year, I said we expected segment profit in Engine Leasing to be in the $180 million-$185 million range, which was up from 2025. We still expect that.
Thanks, Bob and Tom. Appreciate the time and thoughts this morning.
Your next question comes from the line of Ben Mohr with Citigroup. Please go ahead.
Hi. Morning. Thanks for taking my questions. Congrats on the beat. I wanted to ask for some clarification on your NCI that looks like it's additive, that it was subtracting a net loss. Presumably, this is the amount left out going to Brookfield. Just wanted to see whether that should reverse to be a subtraction from net income in future quarters.
Ben, there's kind of two parts to that question that I want to hit. First of all, if you go back to the guidance that Bob provided, it was the total impact of the Wells Fargo rail transaction. In addition to what's going on in the joint venture itself, you need to look at the management fees that are earned and the incremental SG&A that GATX takes on. When you take those items into consideration, the first quarter was a net positive, all of those combined. Importantly, going on to the second part that I want to hit, that was with very low asset disposition gains from the joint venture.
Bob mentioned at the beginning of the year that we expected those gains to be about $70 million over the course of the year. In the first quarter, it was about $2 million and that was expected. We expected that we would not do a lot of asset sales in the very first quarter as we focused on integration. We continue to expect to do that over the course of the year. Again, reiterating, total impact in the quarter was positive, and it should be more positive going forward as we do some of those asset sales.
Great. Appreciate that. Very good print on the LPI, in my opinion, the 22.3 relative to your full year guide of high teens to 20%. We were coming in around the 20% for the quarters. That's a nice beat. Would you say this is indicative of more sustained strength and catch-up renewal rate gains to be expected over the next couple of years? Or is this somewhat high based on lumpiness just for this quarter?
Ben, this is Paul speaking. I'll take that. You know, let me just, I think, start with the broad statement that the North American rail market continues to be supportive of solid performance in our business. The same supply-demand dynamics that we've talked about for a number of quarters now continue to persist, which is to say that we're not seeing a lot of new cars enter the market. High scrap prices are causing a lot of older cars to exit the market, and that is causing net fleet shrinkage across the North American rail fleet. Of course, that's very favorable for us in terms of maintaining utilization and maintaining pricing. Overall, we've said for a while the environment is supportive. We continue to see that supportive environment. You know, we don't talk about specific guidance beyond the current year.
What I'll say is we feel very comfortable with the LPI guidance we provided for the, for the year, for the full year. Again, we continue to see broadly supportive conditions for our business.
Great. Thank you for that, Paul. Next one, I'd like to ask about your renewal success rate, that's now in the high 70s, from the mid-80s average from last year. You had noted 4Q was a step up, just based on sort of, you know, intra-quarter lumpiness, if you will. So would love to hear from you, whether this high 70s could indicate some impact from the Iran conflict, or is it just a step down in the quarter we should expect it to come back to the mid-80s average going forward?
Ben, I'll start. It's Bob, and then Paul will add to that. Coming into the year, you know, back in January, when we gave guidance on the LPI and a host of other metrics, we also provided one for the renewal success rate. At that point, I said it would in all likelihood be in the high 70s to low 80s. That was our expectation coming into the year. You know, the 91% or so, whatever that we achieved in the fourth quarter. In my 30 years at GATX, I've never seen one with a 9 in front of it. You know, around 80% is pretty typical if you took a very long-term average.
That's what we guided to, and that's where we came in for the quarter, and Paul can add any additional color he'd like.
Yeah, sure. I mean, you asked about any impact of the Iran conflict, what I'll say is while certainly our customers expressed concern, we all expressed concern, you know, overall, we're not seeing really any significant deterioration, broadly speaking, in market conditions for leased rail cars across North America. Certainly, again, everyone is concerned, if you look at the first quarter, I wouldn't say we've seen significant impacts on the business so far, broadly speaking.
Okay, great. Next, I'd like to ask about sort of the higher than expected step down in your ending balance of combined Rail North America rail cars. It looks like the 98,535 added would be the, which is a somewhat dramatic step down from the 100K that you started with, and also higher scrapping and higher sold in this quarter. Just wanted to ask about puts and takes there. Why was it that the add is 98 versus 100 versus close to 100?
Thanks, Ben, for the question. This is Paul speaking again. I think you've got to also include the boxcar fleet, which we report on separately from the overall fleet, which is just under 10,000 cars at the end of the quarter. I think that's a part of it. You know, broadly speaking, what I'll say is additions and subtractions from the fleet in the first quarter were more or less as expected. We really, I would say that's kind of the answer to most of the questions on this call, which is that things have gone more or less as expected since the acquisition of the Wells Fargo fleet.
Yeah, if you took.
Great. Thank you.
Yep.
Oh, sorry. Go ahead.
Sorry, Ben. I was gonna say if you took the, you know, the 9,800 or 98,000 on the fleet and the non-boxcar fleet and then roughly another 3,000 or plus on the boxcar side, that gets you to the 101 that we talked about back in January when the transaction closed.
Great. Appreciate that. One last one from me. A pretty remarkable step down in North America. Maintenance expense, looks like that's at 27.6% of revenue. We were at 31, sort of assuming the qualification test would keep it more elevated. How should we think about that going forward that the maintenance expense level as a percentage of revenue, should it revert back up to sort of the 30 range from last quarter? Have you taken additional steps and this is sort of we're seeing more synergy, cost synergy realization play?
Ben, this is Paul speaking. I'll start. You know, basically speaking, in any given quarter, there can be noise in maintenance. For us, what I would say is we are standing by the full year guidance we gave for maintenance. I wouldn't read too much into the performance specifically in the first quarter. I would say we're sticking to the overall full year guide on maintenance.
That guide Ben was in the range of $500 million. If you annualize the first quarter, you'd come out a little less than that. You know, more in the 485 range. As Paul mentioned, you know, things can move around a little bit from quarter to quarter, but for the full year, we still expect to be right in the range we previously guided to.
Great. Thanks so much for the time and for taking my questions.
Thank you.
Your next question comes from the line of Harrison Bauer with Susquehanna. Please go ahead.
Great. Thanks for taking my questions. Maybe starting off just to follow up on the LPI, just wanna confirm that that is on the entire North American fleet and not just the legacy fleet. Then building off of that, could you walk through any differences that you're seeing in repricing on your legacy, you know, versus the Wells fleet as it relates to bringing up the profitability of a lot of that newer fleet that you've brought on? Thank you.
Yeah. The LPI for Q1 does not include any material impact from the acquired Wells Fargo fleet. Going forward, obviously over time, the more and more of that, the Wells Fargo fleet will be included in the LPI. Even with that, in consideration, the full year guidance we provided of high teens to low 20s remains the guidance we're providing.
Okay. That's helpful. Maybe just taking a step back longer term, Paul, at the recent REF conference, you've outlined a fairly credible case of railcar production potentially being lower for longer for at least the medium plus term. I'm curious, as you already have an avenue to growing your fleet through owning more of the Wells portion, you know, this JV, going forward, can you update your views on maybe your long-term supply agreement with some of the railcar manufacturers? Do you expect a difference in maybe your buying new versus used? Just general updates or thoughts on how you expect to replenish your fleet over time.
Sure. What I'll say broadly speaking is nothing about the Wells Fargo acquisition has changed our long-term view of supply, which is we're going to continue to buy railcars in a variety of different ways. We'll have our programmatic multi-year supply agreements. We'll buy in the spot market, and we'll buy in the secondary market. That broad diverse approach to procurement is going to continue to be the case. Obviously, we're not going to comment on any specific procurement efforts, but we would certainly expect that going forward, those same three prongs will apply. Of course, you're aware that we're in the midst of a current long-term supply agreement, which we'll continue to perform on, and then eventually we'll replace that with a subsequent supply agreement when that runs out.
Really nothing has changed in terms of our overall fleet procurement strategy.
Understood. Sort of building off maybe secondary market discussion, you know, gains came in, you know, fairly strong in the quarter, sort of in line with expectations. You mentioned that the Wells fleet wasn't a large contributor of that. Can you give any sense of maybe your assessment of the secondary market if the, maybe the quantity versus the pricing or maybe the gains per railcar, how we should be expecting that going forward? Do you think that a lot of the secondary market has been traded through at elevated asset prices and, you know, therefore, you know, might be a bit headwind to gains as you look out to 2027?
Yeah. Harrison, I'll start quick just to reiterate what the guidance was coming in the year on gains on dispositions, which was in the range of $200 million, and that we still expect that to be the case. As we said at the beginning of the year, we expected that to be split about $130 on the GATX wholly owned side and then about $70 from the joint venture. As Tom mentioned, we really haven't started that sale process for assets out of the joint venture. That will come in the latter three, these three quarters of the year. We still believe we'll be right in that $70 million range.
I'll let Paul comment on just the overall activity in the secondary market.
Yeah. The overall activity remains very robust. Certainly, it's not an original statement on my part to say that there's a lot of capital that wants to invest in railcars. Bob alluded to that earlier. That continues to be the case. What's interesting right now, because we're in such a muted new railcar environment, really the only place that capital can flow is into the secondary market. For us as a seller, that's a very nice position in which to find ourselves. We do see a very eager universe of buyers out there that we're interested in transacting with.
You know, you asked about, you know, gain per car and that sort of thing, what I'll really say to that is we are opportunistic sellers in the sense that we're going to go where the relative value is most attractive to us, and that could be older cars or newer cars. It could be more expensive cars or less expensive cars. There's really no particular metric I could give you in terms of the specific metrics like that. We're going to seek the highest economic value as we sell. You know, we've been very good at that, but that means that what we sell and to whom we sell will be pretty eclectic, depending on where the opportunities are.
Yeah. As we talked about, back at, in January the last time, we hosted a conference call, you know, now with 2x the fleet, that we had previously, we have a lot more options and a lot more, ways to go to market, to meet that demand from those secondary market buyers. We're in a very good spot.
Wonderful. That's it for me today. Thank you for the time, guys.
Your next question comes from the line of Brendan McCarthy with Sidoti. Please go ahead.
Great. Good morning. Thanks for taking my questions here. Just two quick questions from me. I know you mentioned the lease economics continued to support a nice positive LPI for you, right in line with expectations. I did notice the average renewal term has kind of stepped down sequentially a little bit, quarter-over-quarter. Can you discuss general lease renewal conversations, how those have evolved in the past quarter? Are you know, making any concessions on lease term or price or anything?
Yeah. This is Paul. I'll start. You know, that is, I would say, largely noise at this point. You know, every renewal conversation is different. You know, we're certainly not seeing any kind of a significantly negative trend in terms of the achievable lease term that's out there, so I wouldn't read too much into that. You know, some of it may be, and I say may be, related to the fact that we have a different fleet mix right now, having added the Wells Fargo fleet. One of the things is just in different car type markets, sometimes the market term may be different, so some of this may just be mix. If I sound like I'm speculating, I am, because of course we're just in the beginning of digesting this fleet.
Broadly speaking, I would say we feel pretty confident that there is, for the most part, what you're looking at is noise.
Got it. That makes sense. That's helpful. Looking out at guidance, you affirmed 2026 full year guidance EPS. Now that we're one quarter through the year, a little bit through Q2, what at this point would cause, you know, EPS to come in at the lower end of that range versus the higher end?
Yeah. Purely in terms of what drives near term variability, the biggest one is remarketing, either in Rail North America or at the Rolls-Royce joint venture. Having said that, as we've noted several times, both those markets are very strong. It's just the size of it, really what it comes down to when there's variability is almost always timing. You can't always predict exactly what quarter things will close. We also mentioned last quarter that Rail North America has a big maintenance spend. You know, Bob reiterated today that we thought it'd be close to $500 million. Even a relatively small change there can be impactful and can show up.
Importantly, I would also say we're assuming no material disruption to the global economy in general or the global aviation market in particular, and in particular there to the wide body long-haul routes. To date, we haven't seen material impacts, we'll continue to closely monitor the situation in the world and in the Middle East.
Understood. I appreciate the detail. That is all for me.
Your next question comes from the line of Justin Bergner with Gabelli Funds. Please go ahead.
Good morning, Bob, Tom, Paul, and Shari.
Morning.
Morning.
Morning.
It's a pity that Bloomberg misstated or perhaps overstated consensus expectations for the quarter, but it looks like a good start to the year regardless. Just wanted to kick off my questions regarding guidance and the components therein. Has anything changed? Was Rail International stronger than you expected, or was that just a function of kind of a light first quarter comp in 2025?
Yeah, Justin, it's Bob. Thank you for the question, and thank you for the opening comment. We appreciate that and recognize that as well. As far as kind of the overall mix of the elements that drive the full year guidance, the 1st quarter was very much in line with what we expected. As we kind of click through every single key element that drives that guidance, and we look through where we were at in the 1st quarter, whether it's lease revenue, whether it's, you know, gains on disposition or gross maintenance, segment profit at Rail International, everything kind of fell very close to in line. I would say at this point, not a lot of variance from what we expected, and the quarter played out very much the way we expected.
I'll turn it to Tom if he has anything he wants to add.
Bob did a great job. I think, and Paul said it earlier in the call that this recurring theme of things laying out according to our expectations. That's really the key statement is, again, if you, if you went back and pulled up Bob's opening comments from last quarter and kind of ticked through things like he said, you'd see that we're very much on line.
Okay, great. That's helpful. You mentioned, maintenance moves can change financial performance. Are you seeing any pressures on maintenance, I guess, beyond what you may have thought coming into the year from inflationary forces?
Justin, it's Paul. Yeah. The short answer is no. You know, by and large, as I said, there's noise in the first quarter as there often is, but from a maintenance standpoint, again, more or less, it's a boring answer at this point, but the year is playing out about as expected and, you know, we continue to be able to support our existing guidance for that reason.
Okay. That's helpful. Then lastly, if I focus on the Wells JV, kind of excluding the maintenance agreement, and I look at that non-controlling interest line, what will cause that to become, you know, I guess, shall I say, not a source of income, but a source of expected cost as the year progresses besides higher gains on sale. What else would cause that -$6.4 to become closer to breakeven and potentially positive?
Yeah, Justin. I wanna be sure I follow you directionally what we're getting at there. The NCI number indicated a loss for the first quarter. The key reason for that, as noted earlier, was relatively de minimis amounts of asset disposition gains. That really is the key item. Stealing from the theme we keep going back to, if you look at what revenue was for the JV compared to what we expected it to be, very similar. The expense line, very similar. That's not surprising because just like the GATX legacy fleet, most of the railcars in the fleet in a given quarter, nothing happens to. They don't renew. They don't expire.
Similarly, the maintenance expectation for a large number of cars is fairly straightforward. Those things are the items that you could look for to change, but much like the general question on what could drive overall change, the biggest one would be if that $70 million didn't happen. Then there's, as you look for other potential sources, there's a big gap between the impact of what those might be and that very first one of asset disposition gains.
Okay, thank you. That's it for me. Appreciate it.
That concludes our question and answer session. I will now turn the call back over to Shari Hellerman for closing remarks.
I'd like to thank everyone for their participation on the call this morning. Please contact me with any follow-up questions. Have a great day. Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's call. Thank you all for joining. You may now disconnect.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-24GATX Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend
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GATX Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend
CHICAGO, April 24, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The board of directors of GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.66 per common share, payable June 30, 2026, to shareholders of record on June 15, 2026. This quarterly dividend is unchanged from the prior quarter. COMPANY DESCRIPTION At GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX), we empower our customers to propel the world forward. GATX leases transportation assets including railcars, aircraft spare engines and tank containers to customers worldwide. Our mission is to provide innovative, unparalleled service that enables our customers to transport what matters safely and sustainably while championing the well-being of our employees and communities. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois since its founding in 1898, GATX has paid a quarterly dividend, uninterrupted, since 1919. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ON GATX'S WEBSITE Investors and others should note that GATX routinely announces material information to investors and the marketplace using SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls, webcasts and the GATX Investor Relations website. While not all of the information that the Company posts to the GATX Investor Relations website is of a material nature, some information could be deemed to be material. Accordingly, the Company encourages investors, the media and others interested in GATX to review the information that it shares on www.gatx.com under the "Investors" tab. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260424741965/en/ Contacts FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GATX Corporation Shari Hellerman Vice President Investor Relations and Corporate Communications 312-621-4285 [email protected]
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-14GATX Corporation Sets Date for 2026 First-Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call
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GATX Corporation Sets Date for 2026 First-Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call
CHICAGO, April 14, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX) will report 2026 first-quarter results prior to market open on May 7, 2026. GATX will hold a conference call later that morning to review the results. Investors can access the call by telephone or via webcast as follows: Live Teleconference To participate by phone, please dial in approximately 15 minutes prior to the start time and reference the GATX conference call. To listen via webcast, click the link on GATX’s homepage, www.gatx.com. Replay Information COMPANY DESCRIPTION At GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX), we empower our customers to propel the world forward. GATX leases transportation assets including railcars, aircraft spare engines and tank containers to customers worldwide. Our mission is to provide innovative, unparalleled service that enables our customers to transport what matters safely and sustainably while championing the well-being of our employees and communities. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois since its founding in 1898, GATX has paid a quarterly dividend, uninterrupted, since 1919. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ON GATX'S WEBSITE Investors and others should note that GATX routinely announces material information to investors and the marketplace using SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls, webcasts and the GATX Investor Relations website. While not all of the information that the Company posts to the GATX Investor Relations website is of a material nature, some information could be deemed to be material. Accordingly, the Company encourages investors, the media and others interested in GATX to review the information that it shares on www.gatx.com under the "Investors" tab. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260414258102/en/ Contacts GATX Corporation Shari Hellerman Vice President Investor Relations and Corporate Communications 312-621-4285 [email protected]
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-24GATX Q4 Earnings Call Highlights
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GATX Q4 Earnings Call Highlights
GATX reported stronger results in Q4 2025 with net income of $97 million ( $2.66 per diluted share) and full-year 2025 net income of $333.3 million ( $9.12 per diluted share), an ~11% EPS increase versus 2024. The company closed the Wells Fargo Rail transaction creating a JV with Brookfield that acquired 101,000 operating cars (GATX owns 30%) but will be 100% consolidated on GATX’s books as a single managed fleet of 208,000 rail cars. For 2026 GATX guided EPS of $9.50–$10.10 (roughly 10% growth) with Rail North America lease revenue of about $1.6 billion, LPI up high-teens to low-20s and year-end utilization ~98%–99%, while the board approved an 8.2% dividend increase and a new $300 million buyback authorization. Interested in GATX Corporation? Here are five stocks we like better. 3 transportation stocks gearing up for a new rally GATX (NYSE:GATX) reported higher fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings, and management laid out 2026 guidance that reflects the closing of its Wells Fargo Rail acquisition and the resulting step-change in fleet scale. Head of Investor Relations Shari Hellerman said the company posted fourth-quarter 2025 net income of $97 million, or $2.66 per diluted share, compared with $76.5 million, or $2.10 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2024. Results for both periods included net positive impacts from tax adjustments and other items, totaling $0.22 per diluted share in 2025 and $0.17 per diluted share in 2024. → Gold and Silver Pulled Back—Here’s Why the Bull Case Is Intact For the full year, Hellerman said GATX earned $333.3 million, or $9.12 per diluted share, versus $284.2 million, or $7.78 per diluted share, in 2024. Full-year results included a net positive impact of $0.37 per diluted share in 2025 and a net negative impact of $0.11 per diluted share in 2024. CEO Bob Lyons said the company entered 2025 expecting earnings-per-share growth “in the 8% range” over 2024, but ultimately delivered an 11% increase. Lyons also pointed to another year of return on equity above 12% and said leverage remained steady at 3.3-to-1, which he described as a conservative balance-sheet structure. → MarketBeat Week in Review – 02/16 - 02/20 Lyons said the company deployed $1.3 billion of capital during 2025. Within Rail North America, he said utilization held at 99%, and the company closed more than $640 million of new investments. Lyons al...

