Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Projected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Monday

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) will likely be releasing its earnings data before the market opens on Monday, April 7th. Analysts expect Greenbrier Companies to post earnings of $1.78 per share and revenue of $898.53 million for the quarter. Greenbrier Companies has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS.Investors that wish to listen to the company’s conference call can do so using this link.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last released 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. Greenbrier Companies had a net margin of 5.10% and a return on equity of 12.10%. The firm had revenue of $875.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $849.51 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.96 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts expect Greenbrier Companies to post $6 EPS for the current fiscal year and $6 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Performance

Shares of Greenbrier Companies stock opened at $45.60 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $1.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.96, a P/E/G ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.56. Greenbrier Companies has a twelve month low of $41.40 and a twelve month high of $71.06. The company’s fifty day moving average is $57.30 and its 200 day moving average is $59.48. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89.

Greenbrier Companies Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 22nd will be given a $0.32 dividend. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 22nd. This is a positive change from Greenbrier Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. Greenbrier Companies’s payout ratio is 20.94%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Greenbrier Companies

In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of Greenbrier Companies stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total value of $126,420.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 42,714 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,699,951.94. This trade represents a 4.47 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 1.78% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Bank of America lifted their price objective on Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 9th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $63.00.

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.