Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. is a transportation equipment manufacturer and services provider focused primarily on the freight rail industry. The company designs, manufactures, and markets a broad range of railcars used to transport commodities and industrial products, including covered hoppers, tank cars, gondolas, boxcars, and intermodal equipment.

Greenbrier also provides railcar leasing and fleet management services, as well as repair, refurbishment, maintenance, parts, and wheel services. Its operations support railroads, leasing companies, shippers, and other transportation customers. The company has also been involved in the design and construction of marine barges and related equipment.

Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, Greenbrier serves customers across North America and Europe through manufacturing, maintenance, and service facilities. Its business combines railcar production with aftermarket services intended to support freight car fleets throughout their operating lifecycles.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $40.33 to $41.24
• 50-Day Range: $40.06 to $51.89
• 52-Week Range: $38.23 to $59.19
• Volume: 397,570 shs
• Average Volume: 401,838 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.26 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.05
• Dividend Yield: 3.35%
• Price Target: $45.00
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Greenbrier Companies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Greenbrier Companies scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 254th out of 653 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Greenbrier Companies has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.75, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Greenbrier Companies has a consensus price target of $45.00, representing about 10.8% upside from its current price of $40.63.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Greenbrier Companies has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.74%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Greenbrier Companies are expected to grow by 17.74% in the coming year, from $3.10 to $3.65 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Greenbrier Companies is 12.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Greenbrier Companies is 12.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.65.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Greenbrier Companies has a P/B Ratio of 0.74. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

9.58% of the float of Greenbrier Companies has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Greenbrier Companies has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.19.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Greenbrier Companies has recently decreased by 1.26%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Greenbrier Companies pays a meaningful dividend of 3.35%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Greenbrier Companies has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Greenbrier Companies is 40.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Greenbrier Companies will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.26% next year. This indicates that Greenbrier Companies will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Greenbrier Companies has a news sentiment score of 1.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.49 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Greenbrier Companies this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for GBX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Greenbrier Companies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Greenbrier Companies insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.71% of the stock of Greenbrier Companies is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

95.59% of the stock of Greenbrier Companies is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/01/2026
• Record date for 8/6 Dividend: 7/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/6 Dividend: 7/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/05/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 8/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Machinery
• Sub-Industry: Construction Machinery & Heavy Transportation Equipment
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GBX
• CIK: 923120
• Web: www.gbrx.com
• Phone: (503) 684-7000
• Fax: 503-684-7553
• Employees: 11,000
• Year Founded: 1981

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Greenbrier Companies: $45.00
• High Price Target: $52.00
• Low Price Target: $38.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.8%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.75
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.05
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.10
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $204.10 million
• Net Margins: 4.07%
• Pretax Margin: 4.83%
• Return on Equity: 6.49%
• Return on Assets: 2.55%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.60
• Quick Ratio: 0.34

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.24 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.39
• Cash Flow: $10.80 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.76
• Book Value: $54.97 per share
• Price / Book: 0.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 30,940,000
• Free Float: 30,411,000
• Market Cap: $1.26 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.45