3 Stocks to Watch From the Transport Equipment & Leasing Industry

The Transportation - Equipment and Leasing industry is struggling with persistent inflation, tariff tensions, supply-chain disruptions, and weak freight rates, resulting in a Zacks Industry Rank #170 (bottom 31%). Despite these challenges, companies like AerCap, Wabtec, and Ryder are implementing shareholder-friendly dividend increases and buybacks. The industry has underperformed the S&P 500 over the past year (19.2% vs 20.1%) and trades at a forward P/E of 15.78X.