Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) Announces Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.60 EPS

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) announced its earnings results on Wednesday. The transportation company reported $1.92 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.60, Briefing.com reports. Greenbrier Companies had a net margin of 3.51% and a return on equity of 8.95%. The business had revenue of $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.05 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.92 earnings per share. Greenbrier Companies’s quarterly revenue was up 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. Greenbrier Companies updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Up 1.9 %

NYSE:GBX traded up $1.12 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $61.15. 710,793 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 324,638. Greenbrier Companies has a one year low of $32.20 and a one year high of $61.54. The company has a market cap of $1.90 billion, a PE ratio of 16.01, a PEG ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 1.53. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $49.58 and its 200-day simple moving average is $49.93. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98.

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 6th. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 31.41%.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Laurie R. Dornan sold 5,935 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.92, for a total transaction of $302,210.20. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 23,226 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,182,667.92. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders own 2.54% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

GBX has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $42.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Susquehanna lifted their price target on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Greenbrier Companies from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, August 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Greenbrier Companies currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $60.00.

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.