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

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX - Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings data 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $849.51 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.96 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter 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 NYSE GBX traded up $0.25 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $60.44. 466,963 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 388,273. The company's 50-day moving average price is $64.57 and its 200-day moving average price is $54.53. Greenbrier Companies has a 1-year low of $41.40 and a 1-year high of $69.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.16, a PEG ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.54. 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 Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 6th were given a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, November 6th. Greenbrier Companies's dividend payout ratio is currently 24.14%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently commented on GBX shares. Susquehanna increased their price target on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Bank of America raised their target price on Greenbrier Companies from $42.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Two 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 presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $60.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at Greenbrier Companies

In other news, SVP Ricardo Galvan sold 4,950 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.00, for a total transaction of $321,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 27,472 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,785,680. This represents a 15.27 % 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. Also, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.78, for a total value of $117,560.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 48,714 shares in the company, valued at $2,863,408.92. This represents a 3.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 12,703 shares of company stock valued at $790,338 in the last 90 days. 1.78% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.