Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) Reaches New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:GBX)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $59.19 and last traded at $58.0750, with a volume of 176350 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $58.87.

Analyst Ratings Changes

GBX has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Greenbrier Companies in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on shares of Greenbrier Companies in a report on Friday, November 21st. They issued a “sell” rating and a $38.00 price target for the company. Susquehanna raised their price objective on Greenbrier Companies from $52.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Wall Street Zen cut Greenbrier Companies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 1st. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Greenbrier Companies from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, December 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $49.00.

Greenbrier Companies Trading Down 1.4%

The stock’s 50 day moving average is $51.24 and its two-hundred day moving average is $47.36. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.47 and a beta of 1.68.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 8th. The transportation company reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.30. The company had revenue of $706.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $641.52 million. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 11.53% and a net margin of 6.03%.The company’s quarterly revenue was down 19.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.72 earnings per share. Greenbrier Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.750-4.75 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Greenbrier Companies Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 27th were given a dividend of $0.32 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, January 27th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.2%. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio is 22.38%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Greenbrier Companies

In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 6,000 shares of Greenbrier Companies stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $50.00, for a total value of $300,000.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 59,262 shares in the company, valued at $2,963,100. This trade represents a 9.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 1.71% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. XTX Topco Ltd increased its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 191.5% in the 4th quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 17,517 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $819,000 after buying an additional 11,508 shares during the last quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 572.5% in the 4th quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 51,261 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $2,396,000 after acquiring an additional 43,638 shares in the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank increased its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 254.6% in the fourth quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 1,859,224 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $86,900,000 after acquiring an additional 1,334,891 shares during the last quarter. Freestone Grove Partners LP bought a new stake in Greenbrier Companies during the fourth quarter worth about $483,000. Finally, Guggenheim Capital LLC bought a new stake in Greenbrier Companies during the fourth quarter worth about $588,000. Institutional investors own 95.59% of the company’s stock.

About Greenbrier Companies

The Greenbrier Companies, headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, is a leading supplier of freight transportation equipment and services. The company designs, engineers and manufactures railroad freight cars—such as intermodal well cars, covered hoppers, tank cars and double-stack cars—as well as marine barges for domestic and international customers. Beyond original equipment production, Greenbrier provides aftermarket services including maintenance, repair, refurbishment and mechanical overhauls under long-term service agreements.

Greenbrier’s operations are organized into OEM and aftermarket segments, with manufacturing facilities and engineering centers across North America, Europe and Russia.