The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) Shares Purchased by LSV Asset Management

LSV Asset Management increased its stake in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX - Free Report) by 94.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 545,185 shares of the transportation company's stock after purchasing an additional 264,552 shares during the period. LSV Asset Management owned 1.74% of Greenbrier Companies worth $33,251,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in GBX. R Squared Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 241.2% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 911 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $56,000 after purchasing an additional 644 shares in the last quarter. KBC Group NV raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 57.8% in the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,466 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $89,000 after purchasing an additional 537 shares during the period. Westhampton Capital LLC purchased a new position in Greenbrier Companies during the fourth quarter worth approximately $207,000. Finally, Sloy Dahl & Holst LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $211,000. 95.59% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Greenbrier Companies Price Performance

Shares of Greenbrier Companies stock traded up $0.44 on Thursday, hitting $42.85. 233,795 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 372,786. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $52.45 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.81. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.56. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 1-year low of $37.77 and a 1-year high of $71.06.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, April 7th. The transportation company reported $1.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.78 by ($0.09). Greenbrier Companies had a net margin of 5.10% and a return on equity of 12.10%. The company had revenue of $762.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $898.53 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.03 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Greenbrier Companies Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 22nd will be paid a $0.32 dividend. This is a boost from Greenbrier Companies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 22nd. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.99%. Greenbrier Companies's dividend payout ratio is 20.45%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

GBX has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Bank of America upped their price objective on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on Greenbrier Companies from $75.00 to $52.00 and set a "positive" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th.

Insider Activity

In other Greenbrier Companies news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total transaction of $126,420.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 42,714 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,699,951.94. This trade represents a 4.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 1.78% of the company's stock.

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.