Empowered Funds LLC Has $10.17 Million Stock Position in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Empowered Funds LLC boosted its holdings in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX - Free Report) by 9.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 166,726 shares of the transportation company's stock after buying an additional 14,912 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC owned approximately 0.53% of Greenbrier Companies worth $10,169,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of GBX. International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its position in Greenbrier Companies by 4,988.9% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 23,460 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $11,940,000 after acquiring an additional 22,999 shares during the period. De Lisle Partners LLP raised its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 36.3% during the third quarter. De Lisle Partners LLP now owns 93,949 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $4,777,000 after buying an additional 25,000 shares during the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 125.9% in the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 47,476 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $2,416,000 after buying an additional 26,457 shares during the period. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 112.6% in the third quarter. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC now owns 16,050 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $817,000 after buying an additional 8,500 shares during the period. Finally, M3 Advisory Group LLC acquired a new stake in Greenbrier Companies during the fourth quarter worth about $225,000. 95.59% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Greenbrier Companies

In other Greenbrier Companies 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 transaction of $126,420.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 42,714 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,699,951.94. This trade represents a 4.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 1.78% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on GBX. Susquehanna raised 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 upped their target price on Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 9th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Greenbrier Companies has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $63.00.

Greenbrier Companies Price Performance

GBX stock traded down $0.68 during trading on Thursday, hitting $61.19. The company had a trading volume of 429,012 shares, compared to its average volume of 411,580. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $64.80 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $57.62. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $41.40 and a fifty-two week high of $71.06. The company has a market cap of $1.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.68, a P/E/G ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 8th. The transportation company reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.56. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 12.10% and a net margin of 5.10%. The business had revenue of $875.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $849.51 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.96 EPS. Greenbrier Companies's revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Greenbrier Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 29th will be given a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 29th. Greenbrier Companies's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.94%.

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.