Capstone Investment Advisors LLC Buys Shares of 51,621 The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Capstone Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 51,621 shares of the transportation company's stock, valued at approximately $3,148,000. Capstone Investment Advisors LLC owned about 0.16% of Greenbrier Companies at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in GBX. Values First Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Values First Advisors Inc. now owns 4,134 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $252,000 after purchasing an additional 151 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 32,993 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $2,012,000 after acquiring an additional 196 shares during the last quarter. Cullen Investment Group LTD. boosted its stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Cullen Investment Group LTD. now owns 19,675 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $1,200,000 after acquiring an additional 204 shares in the last quarter. Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 13,859 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $845,000 after acquiring an additional 331 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Quarry LP raised its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 892.7% during the fourth quarter. Quarry LP now owns 407 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 366 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 95.59% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Susquehanna dropped their price target on Greenbrier Companies from $75.00 to $52.00 and set a "positive" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th.

Greenbrier Companies Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of NYSE:GBX traded down $0.29 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $44.42. The stock had a trading volume of 296,489 shares, compared to its average volume of 384,960. The company's 50 day moving average is $47.45 and its 200-day moving average is $57.94. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $37.77 and a 12-month high of $71.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.53. The company has a market cap of $1.39 billion, a PE ratio of 7.75, a P/E/G ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.79.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, April 7th. The transportation company reported $1.69 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.78 by ($0.09). The business had revenue of $762.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $898.53 million. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 12.10% and a net margin of 5.10%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.03 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 EPS for the current year.

Greenbrier Companies Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 22nd will be given a $0.32 dividend. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.88%. This is a positive change from Greenbrier Companies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 22nd. Greenbrier Companies's dividend payout ratio is 20.45%.

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.