Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) Releases Earnings Results

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) issued its earnings results on Tuesday. The transportation company reported $1.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.18 by $0.08, Zacks reports. The company had revenue of $759.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $764.10 million. Greenbrier Companies had a net margin of 6.30% and a return on equity of 13.05%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 27.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.92 EPS. Greenbrier Companies updated its FY 2026 guidance to 3.750-4.750 EPS.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Performance

Shares of GBX opened at $42.01 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.30 billion, a PE ratio of 6.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.76. Greenbrier Companies has a one year low of $37.77 and a one year high of $71.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.48 and a quick ratio of 0.82. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $45.93 and its 200 day moving average price is $46.22.

Greenbrier Companies Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 12th will be issued a $0.32 dividend. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 12th. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 18.13%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director James R. Huffines bought 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 8th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $44.84 per share, for a total transaction of $112,100.00. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 13,909 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $623,679.56. The trade was a 21.91% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 1.78% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 1.6% in the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 28,747 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,324,000 after acquiring an additional 454 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 3.0% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 16,229 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $747,000 after acquiring an additional 470 shares during the period. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co now owns 27,809 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,280,000 after acquiring an additional 526 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 19.9% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 13,053 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $669,000 after acquiring an additional 2,170 shares during the period. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 282.4% in the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 3,040 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $140,000 after acquiring an additional 2,245 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 95.59% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on GBX shares. Susquehanna decreased their target price on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $57.00 to $52.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Greenbrier Companies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Greenbrier Companies in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $57.00.

About Greenbrier Companies

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc designs, manufactures, and markets railroad freight car equipment in North America, Europe, and South America. It operates through three segments: Manufacturing; Maintenance Services; and Leasing & Management Services. The Manufacturing segment offers covered hopper cars, gondolas, open top hoppers, boxcars, center partition cars, tank cars, sustainable conversions, double-stack railcars, auto-max ii, multi-max, and multi-max plus products, intermodal cars, automobile transport, coil steel and metals, flat cars, sliding wall cars, pressurized tank cars, and non-pressurized tank cars.