Fisher Asset Management LLC Cuts Stake in Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) $GBX

Fisher Asset Management LLC lowered its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:GBX) by 51.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 241,029 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 251,673 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC owned approximately 0.78% of Greenbrier Companies worth $11,128,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GBX. First Trust Advisors LP raised its position in Greenbrier Companies by 65.7% in the 2nd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 872,748 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $40,190,000 after buying an additional 346,039 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 42.6% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 510,505 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $23,509,000 after acquiring an additional 152,524 shares during the last quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. grew its stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 256.8% in the second quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. now owns 91,340 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $4,206,000 after acquiring an additional 65,739 shares during the period. LSV Asset Management grew its stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 10.2% in the second quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 655,464 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $30,184,000 after acquiring an additional 60,400 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 1.3% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,894,314 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $179,800,000 after purchasing an additional 51,624 shares during the last quarter. 95.59% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE GBX opened at $56.65 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $1.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.90, a P/E/G ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.62. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $37.77 and a 52-week high of $59.19. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $52.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $47.73.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last posted its 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. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 11.53% and a net margin of 6.03%.The firm had revenue of $706.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $641.52 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.72 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 19.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Greenbrier Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.750-4.75 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Greenbrier Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 27th were issued a dividend of $0.32 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, January 27th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.3%. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 22.38%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, COO William J. Krueger sold 6,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.00, for a total transaction of $300,000.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer owned 59,262 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,963,100. This trade represents a 9.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 1.71% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

GBX has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Susquehanna increased their target price on Greenbrier Companies from $52.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Monday, January 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on shares of Greenbrier Companies in a research note on Friday, November 21st. They issued a “sell” rating and a $38.00 price objective on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Greenbrier Companies in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Greenbrier Companies from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, December 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $49.00.

Greenbrier Companies Company Profile

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.