von Borstel & Associates Inc. Sells 25,000 Shares of Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:GBX)

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

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of GBX. Quarry LP increased its holdings in 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 buying an additional 366 shares during the last quarter. F M Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Greenbrier Companies in the fourth quarter worth about $35,000. Versant Capital Management Inc raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 44.7% during the 1st quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 690 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 213 shares during the period. NBC Securities Inc. lifted its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 108,700.0% during the first quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 1,088 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $55,000 after acquiring an additional 1,087 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 241.2% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 911 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $56,000 after acquiring an additional 644 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 95.59% of the company's stock.

Greenbrier Companies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE GBX traded down $0.07 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $56.00. 534,218 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 385,109. The company has a current ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. The business's fifty day moving average price is $46.52 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $52.70. The company has a market cap of $1.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.93, a PEG ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.71. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $37.77 and a 12-month high of $71.06.

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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.87. Greenbrier Companies had a net margin of 6.48% and a return on equity of 14.56%. The firm had revenue of $842.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $785.72 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.06 EPS. The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts forecast that 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 will be paid on Thursday, August 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 17th will be paid a $0.32 dividend. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 17th. Greenbrier Companies's dividend payout ratio is currently 18.13%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 4,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.00, for a total value of $192,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer owned 32,714 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $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 accessible through this link. 1.78% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Wall Street Zen raised Greenbrier Companies from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Saturday. Susquehanna raised their price target on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $52.00 to $57.00 and gave the company a "positive" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 2nd.

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.