The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) Shares Sold by Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC lessened its stake in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) by 13.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 90,566 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 13,802 shares during the quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC owned about 0.29% of Greenbrier Companies worth $5,524,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. R Squared Ltd acquired a new stake in Greenbrier Companies during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 241.2% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 911 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $56,000 after buying an additional 644 shares during the period. KBC Group NV increased its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 57.8% in the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,466 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $89,000 after acquiring an additional 537 shares in the last quarter. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Greenbrier Companies in the 3rd quarter valued at $107,000. Finally, Westhampton Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Greenbrier Companies during the 4th quarter worth $207,000. 95.59% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total transaction of $126,420.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 42,714 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,699,951.94. This represents a 4.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.78% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Greenbrier Companies Price Performance

GBX opened at $53.13 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $59.53 and a 200 day simple moving average of $59.34. The firm has a market cap of $1.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.27, a PEG ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.62. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a twelve month low of $41.40 and a twelve month high of $71.06.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 8th. The transportation company reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.56. The company had revenue of $875.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $849.51 million. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 12.10% and a net margin of 5.10%. The business’s revenue was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.96 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Greenbrier Companies Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 29th were given a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, January 29th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.26%. Greenbrier Companies’s payout ratio is 20.94%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Bank of America raised their price objective on Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Greenbrier Companies presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $63.00.

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.