All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-04-23.
From the record
Trinity Industries, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2018-04-23) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-3.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
Trinity Industries, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.1 billion in fiscal 2016 to $2.2 billion in fiscal 2025, down 3.9% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 51% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 0.5% a year. 30% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Trinity Industries, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 30% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-01 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 22%: 22¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 86%: owes 86¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Trinity Industries, Inc. earned about 22 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 7 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 86 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.5% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 30% of 30 in its family; net margin 11.7%.
From the record
Trinity Industries, Inc.'s standing among 30 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 37% by size; a net margin of 11.7% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of 2.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 48% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 35% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.
From the record
Trinity Industries, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Savage, Jean (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-02-18, 6.7 years (top 40% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.2 years (top 50%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 16%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 41% of 30 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Trinity Industries, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $201 million against debt of $5.4 billion leaves -62.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 2% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.6% of revenue (top 2%); a gross margin of 26.6% (top 24%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 46% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Trinity Industries, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.9% a year over the last three filed years against -3.9% over all 10, speeding up (top 16% of its family); the newest year grew -30% (bottom 9%); capital spending grew 6.3% a year (top 29%) (its annual reports). Trinity Industries, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Railcar Leasing and Services Group at $1.2 billion (56%), Rail Products Group at $952 million (44%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 42% of 28 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Trinity Industries, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 43.9% below the $3.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 9% of its family); net income of $253 million against a prior three-year average of $102 million (top 16%); a net margin of 11.7% against 3.7% before (top 20%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made