Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) posted its earnings results on Wednesday. The transportation company reported $1.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.60, Briefing.com reports. The company had revenue of $1.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 8.95% and a net margin of 3.51%. The business’s revenue was up 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.92 earnings per share. Greenbrier Companies updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Performance

Greenbrier Companies stock traded down $0.22 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $59.81. The company had a trading volume of 58,597 shares, compared to its average volume of 321,487. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98. The firm has a market cap of $1.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.71, a PEG ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 1.53. The company has a 50 day moving average of $49.28 and a 200-day moving average of $49.88. Greenbrier Companies has a 52 week low of $32.20 and a 52 week high of $60.26.

Greenbrier Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 6th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 6th. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 31.41%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

GBX has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. StockNews.com downgraded Greenbrier Companies from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, August 23rd. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Bank of America raised their target price on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $42.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Greenbrier Companies currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $60.00.

Insider Transactions at Greenbrier Companies

In related news, SVP Laurie R. Dornan sold 5,935 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $50.92, for a total value of $302,210.20. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 23,226 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,182,667.92. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 2.54% of the company’s stock.

Greenbrier Companies Company Profile

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.