Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:GBX) Shares Sold by von Borstel & Associates Inc.

von Borstel & Associates Inc. trimmed its holdings in Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:GBX - Free Report) by 95.2% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,252 shares of the transportation company's stock after selling 25,000 shares during the quarter. von Borstel & Associates Inc.'s holdings in Greenbrier Companies were worth $64,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 147.2% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 8,188 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $499,000 after purchasing an additional 4,876 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 20.5% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 389,406 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $23,750,000 after buying an additional 66,185 shares during the period. NBC Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 108,700.0% in the first quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 1,088 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $55,000 after acquiring an additional 1,087 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in Greenbrier Companies by 6,100.3% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 38,876 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $1,991,000 after acquiring an additional 38,249 shares during the period. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio purchased a new position in Greenbrier Companies in the fourth quarter worth approximately $65,000. 95.59% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Greenbrier Companies Trading Down 0.1%

NYSE GBX traded down $0.07 on Tuesday, reaching $56.00. The stock had a trading volume of 534,218 shares, compared to its average volume of 391,748. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $46.25 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $52.67. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $37.77 and a 12-month high of $71.06. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.71.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 1st. The transportation company reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.87. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 14.56% and a net margin of 6.48%. The firm had revenue of $842.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $785.72 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.06 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 17th will be issued a $0.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 17th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.29%. Greenbrier Companies's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 18.13%.

Insider Transactions at Greenbrier Companies

In other Greenbrier Companies news, COO William J. Krueger sold 4,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $48.00, for a total transaction of $192,000.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer owned 32,714 shares in the company, valued at $1,570,272. This represents a 10.90% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 1.78% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

GBX has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Susquehanna upped their price target on Greenbrier Companies from $52.00 to $57.00 and gave the company a "positive" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Greenbrier Companies from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Saturday.

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.