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

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

Greenbrier Companies Price Performance

NYSE GBX opened at $60.44 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $64.59 and its 200 day moving average is $54.57. Greenbrier Companies has a fifty-two week low of $41.40 and a fifty-two week high of $69.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.58. The company has a market capitalization of $1.90 billion, a PE ratio of 12.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.54.

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 6th were paid a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 20.94%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Susquehanna boosted their price target on Greenbrier Companies from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Bank of America lifted their price objective on Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday. 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.com, Greenbrier Companies currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $63.00.

Insider Transactions at Greenbrier Companies

In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,389 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $62.94, for a total value of $150,363.66. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 50,714 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,191,939.16. This represents a 4.50 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, SVP Ricardo Galvan sold 1,388 shares of Greenbrier Companies stock in a transaction on Monday, October 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $62.00, for a total transaction of $86,056.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 32,388 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,008,056. This trade represents a 4.11 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 12,703 shares of company stock valued at $790,338 over the last quarter. 1.78% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Greenbrier Companies

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.