Greenbrier Companies - GBX Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Greenbrier Companies in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" GBX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GBX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Greenbrier Companies' shares. Their GBX share price forecasts range from $31.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $42.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.0% from the stock's current price.
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Greenbrier Companies' stock was trading at $33.53 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GBX stock has decreased by 5.1% and is now trading at $31.83.
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Greenbrier Companies saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,650,000 shares, an increase of 13.0% from the February 13th total of 1,460,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 299,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.5 days. Approximately 5.2% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 5th 2023.
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The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January, 6th. The transportation company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.42. The transportation company had revenue of $766.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $736.80 million. Greenbrier Companies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.66% and a net margin of 0.61%.

Greenbrier Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 26th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Thursday, February 16th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 25th.
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Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.02%. GBX has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 192.86%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, GBX will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.37% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Greenbrier Companies issued an update on its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 22nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.95-$1.00 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.36. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.10 billion-$1.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $782.27 million.

32 employees have rated Greenbrier Companies Chief Executive Officer William A. Furman on Glassdoor.com. William A. Furman has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

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Greenbrier Companies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GBX."

Greenbrier Companies' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.27%), Franklin Resources Inc. (7.12%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (5.12%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.85%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.85%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.75%). Insiders that own company stock include Alejandro Centurion, Antonio O Garza, Brian J Comstock, Charles J Swindells, Duane Charles Mcdougall, Mark J Rittenbaum, Martin Raymond Baker and William A Furman.
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Shares of GBX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GBX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.83.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion and generates $2.98 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $46.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.56 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,400 workers across the globe.

Greenbrier Companies' mailing address is ONE CENTERPOINTE DRIVE STE 200, LAKE OSWEGO OR, 97035. The official website for the company is www.gbrx.com. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (503) 684-7000, via email at investor.relations@gbrx.com, or via fax at 503-684-7553.