Capula Management Ltd Purchases Shares of 5,783 The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Capula Management Ltd bought a new stake in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 5,783 shares of the transportation company's stock, valued at approximately $353,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 147.2% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 8,188 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $499,000 after purchasing an additional 4,876 shares during the period. M3 Advisory Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Greenbrier Companies during the fourth quarter valued at $225,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies in the 4th quarter valued at $2,527,000. Point72 Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies in the 3rd quarter worth about $639,000. Finally, Centiva Capital LP bought a new position in Greenbrier Companies during the 3rd quarter valued at about $408,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.59% of the company's stock.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Up 0.0 %

GBX traded up $0.02 during trading on Friday, reaching $40.59. The company had a trading volume of 606,822 shares, compared to its average volume of 369,663. The business's fifty day moving average price is $53.87 and its 200 day moving average price is $59.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 12 month low of $37.77 and a 12 month high of $71.06. The company has a market cap of $1.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.08, a PEG ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.56.

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Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, April 7th. The transportation company reported $1.69 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.78 by ($0.09). The company had revenue of $762.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $898.53 million. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 12.10% and a net margin of 5.10%. Greenbrier Companies's revenue for the quarter was down 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.03 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 EPS for the current year.

Greenbrier Companies Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 22nd. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.15%. This is an increase from Greenbrier Companies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. Greenbrier Companies's dividend payout ratio is 20.45%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently weighed in on GBX shares. Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a report on Thursday, January 9th. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $75.00 to $52.00 and set a "positive" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th.

Insider Transactions at Greenbrier Companies

In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total value of $126,420.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 42,714 shares in the company, valued at $2,699,951.94. This trade represents a 4.47 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 1.78% of the company's stock.

Greenbrier Companies 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.