Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Takes $6.84 Million Position in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH purchased a new stake in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 112,106 shares of the transportation company's stock, valued at approximately $6,837,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH owned 0.36% of Greenbrier Companies at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in GBX. Encompass Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 26.2% in the 4th quarter. Encompass Capital Advisors LLC now owns 930,236 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $56,735,000 after acquiring an additional 193,340 shares in the last quarter. LSV Asset Management raised its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 94.3% in the fourth quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 545,185 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $33,251,000 after purchasing an additional 264,552 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 536,381 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $32,714,000 after purchasing an additional 10,521 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its position in Greenbrier Companies by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 518,819 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $31,643,000 after purchasing an additional 27,683 shares during the period. Finally, Bridgeway Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 31.3% during the fourth quarter. Bridgeway Capital Management LLC now owns 398,226 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $24,288,000 after buying an additional 94,912 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.59% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at Greenbrier Companies

In related 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 value of $96,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 36,714 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,762,272. This represents a 5.17% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 1.78% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Greenbrier Companies Price Performance

NYSE GBX traded down $0.52 on Monday, hitting $44.55. 192,051 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 378,433. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $44.83 and a 200-day moving average of $56.15. The stock has a market cap of $1.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.78, a P/E/G ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.79. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 52 week low of $37.77 and a 52 week high of $71.06. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 7th. The transportation company reported $1.69 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.78 by ($0.09). Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 12.10% and a net margin of 5.10%. The business had revenue of $762.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $898.53 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.03 earnings per share. Greenbrier Companies's quarterly revenue was down 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Greenbrier Companies Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 22nd were paid a $0.32 dividend. This is an increase from Greenbrier Companies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 22nd. Greenbrier Companies's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 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.