GATX is a global railcar lessor, owning fleets in North America, Europe, and Asia. Co.'s segments are: Rail North America, which provides railcars pursuant to leases under which it maintains the railcars, pays ad valorem taxes and insurance, and provides other ancillary services; Rail International, which leases railcars to customers throughout Europe pursuant to leases under which it maintains the railcars and provides services according to customer requirements; and Portfolio Management, which is composed of its ownership in a group of joint ventures with Rolls-Royce plc that lease aircraft spare engines, directly-owned aircraft spare engines and five liquefied gas-carrying vessels. The GATX YTD return is shown above.
The YTD Return on the GATX YTD return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the total return for a given investment year-to-date for the current calendar year
(up to the end of prior trading session). Arguably, choosing the current calendar year for a measurement
period is on the one hand completely arbitrary, but on the other hand a year-to-date look can be extremely
useful in the context of our country's tax system which taxes gains and income on a calendar year basis.
Thus, researching Year-To-Date Returns is good practice for investors — whether GATX YTD return or other benchmarks/peers
— and when doing so it is also important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's YTD return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon. Our website aims to empower investors
by performing the GATX YTD return calculation (with any dividends reinvested as applicable), and to provide a
coverage universe of many stocks and ETFs to be able to compare YTD returns.
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