Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) Announces Earnings Results

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX - Get Free Report) posted its earnings results on Monday. The transportation company reported $1.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.78 by ($0.09), Zacks reports. The company had revenue of $762.10 million for 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%. Greenbrier Companies's revenue was down 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.03 EPS. Greenbrier Companies updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE GBX traded up $0.02 during trading on Friday, hitting $40.59. The company had a trading volume of 606,822 shares, compared to its average volume of 369,663. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $53.87 and a 200 day simple moving average of $59.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.56. 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 has a 12 month low of $37.77 and a 12 month high of $71.06.

Greenbrier Companies Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 22nd will be issued a dividend of $0.32 per share. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 22nd. This is a positive change from Greenbrier Companies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. Greenbrier Companies's payout ratio is currently 20.45%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently commented on GBX. Susquehanna cut their price objective on Greenbrier Companies from $75.00 to $52.00 and set a "positive" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 9th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Greenbrier Companies news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total value of $126,420.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 42,714 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,699,951.94. This represents a 4.47 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 1.78% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.