Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado Sells 468 Shares of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado decreased its holdings in shares of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBXFree Report) by 9.5% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 4,438 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 468 shares during the period. Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado’s holdings in Greenbrier Companies were worth $220,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of GBX. Intech Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Greenbrier Companies during the second quarter valued at approximately $484,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its position in Greenbrier Companies by 44.6% during the 2nd quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 6,075 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $300,000 after acquiring an additional 1,875 shares in the last quarter. Sierra Summit Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 28.5% in the 2nd quarter. Sierra Summit Advisors LLC now owns 13,152 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $652,000 after acquiring an additional 2,917 shares during the period. TradeLink Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Greenbrier Companies in the 2nd quarter worth $594,000. Finally, Meeder Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies during the 2nd quarter worth $67,000. Institutional investors own 95.59% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP Laurie R. Dornan sold 5,935 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.92, for a total value of $302,210.20. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 23,226 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,182,667.92. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 2.54% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Greenbrier Companies from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, August 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $62.67.

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Greenbrier Companies Stock Up 0.8 %

Greenbrier Companies stock opened at $50.04 on Friday. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 1-year low of $32.00 and a 1-year high of $58.00. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $47.78 and a 200-day moving average price of $49.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.73 and a quick ratio of 0.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.10, a PEG ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 1.53.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBXGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 8th. The transportation company reported $1.06 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.08 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $820.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $928.73 million. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 8.95% and a net margin of 3.51%. Greenbrier Companies’s revenue was down 21.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.02 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 4.35 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Greenbrier Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 23rd were paid a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 23rd. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.40%. Greenbrier Companies’s payout ratio is currently 31.41%.

Greenbrier Companies Company Profile

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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.

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