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

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) posted its earnings results on Wednesday. The transportation company reported $1.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 firm had revenue of $875.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $849.51 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.96 EPS. Greenbrier Companies’s revenue was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. Greenbrier Companies updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Performance

Shares of GBX stock opened at $60.44 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.58 and a quick ratio of 0.87. Greenbrier Companies has a 12-month low of $41.40 and a 12-month high of $69.12. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $64.57 and a 200 day simple moving average of $54.53. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.54.

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Transactions at Greenbrier Companies

In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $58.78, for a total transaction of $117,560.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 48,714 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,863,408.92. This trade represents a 3.94 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Ricardo Galvan sold 4,950 shares of Greenbrier Companies stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $65.00, for a total value of $321,750.00. Following the completion of 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 quarter, insiders sold 12,703 shares of company stock valued at $790,338. 1.78% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Susquehanna lifted their target price on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Monday, October 21st. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $42.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price 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.