Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Acquires New Stake in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new stake in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 112,106 shares of the transportation company's stock, valued at approximately $6,837,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH owned approximately 0.36% of Greenbrier Companies at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Quarry LP raised its position in Greenbrier Companies by 892.7% in the 4th quarter. Quarry LP now owns 407 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 366 shares during the last quarter. R Squared Ltd bought a new position in shares of Greenbrier Companies in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Greenbrier Companies by 241.2% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 911 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $56,000 after buying an additional 644 shares in the last quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 812.3% during the 4th quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 967 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $59,000 after acquiring an additional 861 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio acquired a new stake in Greenbrier Companies in the 4th quarter valued at about $65,000. 95.59% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Susquehanna cut 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.

Insider Buying and Selling at Greenbrier Companies

In other Greenbrier Companies news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.00, for a total transaction of $96,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 36,714 shares in the company, valued at $1,762,272. This represents a 5.17% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 1.78% of the company's stock.

Greenbrier Companies Trading Down 1.2%

NYSE:GBX traded down $0.55 on Wednesday, reaching $45.00. The company's stock had a trading volume of 186,698 shares, compared to its average volume of 377,724. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 1-year low of $37.77 and a 1-year high of $71.06. The business's 50-day moving average price is $44.36 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $55.86. The firm has a market cap of $1.41 billion, a PE ratio of 7.85, a PEG ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.53.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 company had revenue of $762.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $898.53 million. Greenbrier Companies had a net margin of 5.10% and a return on equity of 12.10%. The company's revenue was down 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.03 earnings per share. Equities research analysts anticipate that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Greenbrier Companies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.32 per share. This is an increase from Greenbrier Companies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 22nd. Greenbrier Companies's payout ratio is currently 20.45%.

Greenbrier Companies 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.