Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) $GBX Shares Purchased by Public Sector Pension Investment Board

Public Sector Pension Investment Board grew its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:GBX) by 12.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 120,427 shares of the transportation company’s stock after buying an additional 13,655 shares during the quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board owned 0.39% of Greenbrier Companies worth $5,560,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies in the second quarter valued at about $1,982,000. Entropy Technologies LP acquired a new stake in Greenbrier Companies in the second quarter valued at approximately $280,000. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies during the third quarter valued at approximately $1,183,000. Summit Global Investments acquired a new position in shares of Greenbrier Companies during the second quarter worth $489,000. Finally, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 19.9% in the second quarter. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC now owns 137,113 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $6,314,000 after purchasing an additional 22,760 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.59% of the company’s stock.

Greenbrier Companies Price Performance

Shares of GBX opened at $57.74 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.78 billion, a PE ratio of 10.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 1.68. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $50.11 and its 200 day moving average price is $46.88. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $37.77 and a 12-month high of $58.69.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, January 8th. The transportation company reported $1.14 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.30. Greenbrier Companies had a net margin of 6.03% and a return on equity of 11.53%. The company had revenue of $706.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $641.52 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.72 earnings per share. The firm’s 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, research analysts anticipate that Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Greenbrier Companies news, COO William J. Krueger sold 6,000 shares of the firm’s 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 owned 59,262 shares in the company, valued at approximately $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 can be accessed 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 analyst reports. 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 objective on the stock. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Greenbrier Companies in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Wall Street Zen lowered Greenbrier Companies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 1st. Susquehanna upped their target price on Greenbrier Companies from $52.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Greenbrier Companies from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, December 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $49.00.

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.