Following a meeting with GATX CFO and EVP Robert Lyons and Director of Investor Relations Jennifer McManus, Cowen and Company analyst Matt Elkott “came away with reinforced confidence that this is one of the railcar leasing market’s best operators … well-positioned to compete.“
GATX Corporation, in partnership with Amtrak and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, hosted railcar safety training sessions using its TankTrainer™ and Classroom Boxcar at Union Station in Washington, D.C. from April 12-15, 2016.
GATX Corporation, founded 117 years ago in Chicago, is helping to bring awareness to another iconic Chicago institution, John G. Shedd Aquarium. With support from GATX’s customer, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), a boxcar was custom-designed to display various marine images and was unveiled at Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago on Oct. 13, 2015.
Chicago-based GATX Corp. on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 reported fourth-quarter 2013 earnings of $53.3 million, or $1.14 per diluted share, compared with net income of $29.7 million, or 62 cents per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2012. That handily beat Wall Street consensus analyst estimates of 93 cents.
Chicago-based GATX Corp. Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 reported third-quarter net income of $53.8 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, compared with net income of $53.8 million, or $1.13 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2012.
GATX Corp. Thursday, July 18, 2013, reported higher second-quarter net income of $35.1 million, or 74 cents per share, compared with $23.5 million, or 49 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2012.
GATX Corp. on Wednesday announced a new classroom railcar will be put into service along with its TankTrainer, a tank car developed to provide hands-on training in maintenance and operation.