15,944 Shares in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) Purchased by Fox Run Management L.L.C.

Fox Run Management L.L.C. bought a new position in shares of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 15,944 shares of the transportation company's stock, valued at approximately $972,000. Fox Run Management L.L.C. owned 0.05% of Greenbrier Companies at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GBX. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC grew its stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 1.5% in the third quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 104,368 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $5,311,000 after purchasing an additional 1,498 shares during the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 51.7% during the 3rd quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 14,819 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $754,000 after buying an additional 5,050 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 628,923 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $32,006,000 after buying an additional 2,536 shares during the last quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 15.5% in the third quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC now owns 66,480 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $3,383,000 after buying an additional 8,916 shares during the period. Finally, Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 112.6% during the third quarter. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC now owns 16,050 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $817,000 after acquiring an additional 8,500 shares during the last quarter. 95.59% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Bank of America increased their target price on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $63.00.

Insider Activity at Greenbrier Companies

In other Greenbrier Companies news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total value of $126,420.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 1.78% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Greenbrier Companies Trading Down 0.9 %

Shares of GBX stock traded down $0.50 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $53.85. The company's stock had a trading volume of 571,493 shares, compared to its average volume of 320,666. The company has a market cap of $1.69 billion, a PE ratio of 9.40, a P/E/G ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.53. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $60.32 and its 200-day simple moving average is $59.37. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 52 week low of $41.40 and a 52 week high of $71.06.

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

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 29th were issued a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, January 29th. Greenbrier Companies's dividend payout ratio is currently 20.94%.

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.