The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) Shares Bought by Vanguard Group Inc.

Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) by 0.2% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 3,595,089 shares of the transportation company’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,538 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. owned about 0.12% of Greenbrier Companies worth $158,831,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of GBX. Gladius Capital Management LP acquired a new position in Greenbrier Companies during the 3rd quarter worth $31,000. Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Greenbrier Companies in the fourth quarter valued at about $57,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 404.0% during the fourth quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,253 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $100,000 after buying an additional 1,806 shares in the last quarter. Apella Capital LLC bought a new position in Greenbrier Companies during the 4th quarter worth approximately $277,000. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. bought a new position in Greenbrier Companies during the 4th quarter worth approximately $442,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.59% of the company’s stock.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Up 2.4 %

GBX stock opened at $50.22 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $51.41 and its 200 day simple moving average is $49.51. The stock has a market cap of $1.56 billion, a PE ratio of 14.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.68 and a beta of 1.57. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $32.00 and a fifty-two week high of $58.00.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April 5th. The transportation company reported $1.03 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.75 by $0.28. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 9.05% and a net margin of 2.97%. The company had revenue of $862.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $841.58 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.99 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 23.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 4.25 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on GBX shares. Stephens upped their price target on Greenbrier Companies from $62.00 to $65.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, April 8th. Susquehanna increased their target price on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $56.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 9th. Finally, TD Cowen lifted their price target on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $53.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $54.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at Greenbrier Companies

In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 8,800 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $52.87, for a total value of $465,256.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 36,529 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,931,288.23. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 8,800 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.87, for a total value of $465,256.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 36,529 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,931,288.23. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Lorie Tekorius sold 9,642 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.00, for a total transaction of $501,384.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 226,611 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,783,772. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 40,176 shares of company stock valued at $2,104,013 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 2.54% of the company’s stock.

Greenbrier Companies 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.