Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for TRN in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Oct 12 close
This week's news centers on Trinity Industries facing an antidumping and countervailing duty petition filed by UTLX Manufacturing, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, targeting railway tank car imports from Mexico, a matter the company says it will vigorously defend against, noting it has produced over 73,000 tank cars in the U.S. Separately, Trinity's CFO Eric Marchetto flagged uncertainty in the North American railcar market, where the fleet is shrinking even as carloads rise, with new production falling short of retirements. The stock also appeared in a comparative industrials piece against Daimler Truck, and the company confirmed its third-quarter earnings release date.
Shares closed at $25.95, up 1.7% on the day, but remain below both the 50-day average of $28.39 and the 200-day average of $31.54, with the 50-day beneath the 200-day. Trailing returns show declines of 8.9% over one month, 28.4% over three months, and 25.8% over six months. The GekkoIndex reads 67.9, placing TRN in the Accumulation zone, while the price sits 14.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $30.30.
Trinity reports third-quarter results on 29 October, 17 days away and within a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior release in July produced a 14.9% reaction. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in their respective windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 7.4% gain over 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Consensus among 2 firms stands at hold, with a $33 target.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Trinity Industries scores 3 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $25.95 is below the 50-day ($28.39) and 200-day ($31.54) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart67.9, Accumulation
Reading 67.9 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex14.4% below
Price is 14.4% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair valueNo data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 17 days
Reports on Oct 29, 2026, 17 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+7.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +7.4% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonalityA description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
Trinity Industries closed at $25.95 on Oct 12, 2026, −6.7% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $24.76 to $38.31.
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Trinity Industries’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 67.9, in the Accumulation zone, down 1.8 points over five sessions.
Down 1.8 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 49 | +0.3% | +1.6% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 177 | +0.9% | +2.5% | ||
| Neutral | 421 | −0.2% | +0.2% | ||
| Distribution | 30 | +0.7% | −5.7% | ||
| Selling | 5 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average TRN share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
Trinity Industries trades 14.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $30.30, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Trinity Industries shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$30.30
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
14.4% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 14.5% below the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Trinity Industries, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for TRN in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in TRN were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Trinity Industries has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
Trinity Industries reports on Oct 29, 2026, before the open (17 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports.
Oct 29, 2026
Expected before the open, 17 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.25 est $1.34 | $485.1M est $474.8M | −14.9% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.32 est $0.28 | $492.0M est $538.9M | +17.8% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $2.31 est $2.30 | $611.2M est $570.5M | +10.7% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.38 est $1.51 | $454.1M est $539.0M | −1.7% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.19 est $0.39 | $506.2M est $556.3M | −3.3% |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.29 est $0.33 | $585.4M est $628.1M | −0.4% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.39 est $0.38 | $629.4M est $676.9M | −11.7% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.37 est $0.38 | $798.8M est $586.2M | −8.8% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Trinity Industries is $33.00, +27.2% from the last close, from 2 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 2 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | Goldman Sachs | $34 | +31.0% |
| Aug 3 | Jefferies | $12.55 | −51.6% |
| Jul 30 | Goldman Sachs | $34 | +31.0% |
| Jul 22 | Goldman Sachs | $35 | +34.9% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Trinity Industries averaged +7.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +0.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +3.9% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +7.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +8.4% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, TRN’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.1%.
Trinity Industries’s market cap is $2.07B, with a P/E ratio of 6 and revenue of $2.04B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Trinity Industries this week reads negative: 0 positive, 2 neutral and 5 negative headlines.
Trinity Industries’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| CATCaterpillar | Accumulation | 4.8% above |
| DEDeere | Accumulation | 14.1% above |
| PCARPACCAR | Accumulation | 3.2% above |
| WABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies | Neutral | 2.9% above |
| CNHCNH Industrial | Accumulation | 17.0% below |
| BWABorgWarner | Accumulation | 9.2% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Trinity Industries’s market cap is $2.07B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $25.95, with 79.67M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 6.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Trinity Industries is $33.00, +27.2% from the last close. Of the 2 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 0 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Trinity Industries is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $25.95 is 14.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $30.30. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Trinity Industries is expected to report on Oct 29, 2026, before the market opens (17 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.27 per share on revenue of $540.4M. Trinity Industries beat the earnings estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports, moving 8.7% on average across the report.
Trinity Industries’s 52-week high is $38.31 and its 52-week low is $24.76; it closed at $25.95 on Oct 12, 2026, −6.7% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $39.83 on Jan 23, 2025.
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