Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.56 EPS

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The transportation company reported $1.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.56, Briefing.com reports. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 10.86% and a net margin of 4.52%. The company had revenue of $875.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $849.51 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.96 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Greenbrier Companies updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Up 0.4 %

Greenbrier Companies stock opened at $60.44 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $64.57 and a two-hundred day moving average of $54.53. Greenbrier Companies has a twelve month low of $41.40 and a twelve month high of $69.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.16, a PEG ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.54. The company has a current ratio of 1.58, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91.

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 6th were paid a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, November 6th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.99%. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 24.14%.

Insider Activity

In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.78, for a total value of $117,560.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 48,714 shares in the company, valued at $2,863,408.92. This trade represents a 3.94 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Ricardo Galvan sold 4,950 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $65.00, for a total transaction of $321,750.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 27,472 shares in the company, valued at $1,785,680. The trade was a 15.27 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 12,703 shares of company stock valued at $790,338. Company insiders own 1.78% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on GBX shares. Susquehanna upped their price objective on Greenbrier Companies from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Monday, October 21st. Bank of America increased their price target on Greenbrier Companies from $42.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $60.00.

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.