Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC Has $5.52 Million Position in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC cut its position in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX - Free Report) by 13.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 90,566 shares of the transportation company's stock after selling 13,802 shares during the quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC owned about 0.29% of Greenbrier Companies worth $5,524,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GBX. Values First Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 3.8% in the 4th quarter. Values First Advisors Inc. now owns 4,134 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $252,000 after acquiring an additional 151 shares in the last quarter. Cullen Investment Group LTD. raised its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Cullen Investment Group LTD. now owns 19,675 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $1,200,000 after purchasing an additional 204 shares in the last quarter. Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 13,859 shares of the transportation company's stock valued at $845,000 after purchasing an additional 331 shares in the last quarter. Swiss National Bank lifted its position in Greenbrier Companies by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 61,200 shares of the transportation company's stock worth $3,733,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares during the period. Finally, R Squared Ltd acquired a new stake in Greenbrier Companies during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. 95.59% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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Greenbrier Companies Price Performance

NYSE:GBX traded down $0.24 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $50.98. The company's stock had a trading volume of 598,300 shares, compared to its average volume of 349,918. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a twelve month low of $41.40 and a twelve month high of $71.06. 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 stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $58.59 and a 200-day simple moving average of $59.64. The company has a market capitalization of $1.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.90, a PEG ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.62.

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

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 29th were given a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, January 29th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.35%. Greenbrier Companies's dividend payout ratio is currently 20.94%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of Greenbrier Companies stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were 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. The trade was a 4.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.78% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Bank of America upped their price target 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. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $63.00.

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.