The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) Shares Bought by De Lisle Partners LLP

De Lisle Partners LLP boosted its holdings in shares of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) by 36.3% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 93,949 shares of the transportation company’s stock after purchasing an additional 25,000 shares during the period. De Lisle Partners LLP’s holdings in Greenbrier Companies were worth $4,777,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new position in shares of Greenbrier Companies during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in Greenbrier Companies by 60.9% during the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 547 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 207 shares during the period. Gladius Capital Management LP purchased a new position in Greenbrier Companies during the third quarter valued at $32,000. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new position in Greenbrier Companies during the third quarter valued at $55,000. Finally, Meeder Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies in the second quarter valued at about $67,000. 95.59% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Greenbrier Companies news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.78, for a total transaction of $117,560.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 48,714 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,863,408.92. This trade represents a 3.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, SVP Ricardo Galvan sold 1,976 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.00, for a total transaction of $114,608.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 33,776 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,959,008. The trade was a 5.53 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 12,703 shares of company stock worth $790,338. Corporate insiders own 1.78% of the company’s stock.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of NYSE GBX opened at $68.10 on Thursday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $57.36 and its two-hundred day moving average is $51.87. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $36.22 and a 52-week high of $68.90. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91. The firm has a market cap of $2.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.70, a PEG ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.51.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The transportation company reported $1.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.60. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 10.86% and a net margin of 4.52%. The company had revenue of $1.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.05 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.92 EPS. Greenbrier Companies’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts predict that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.2 EPS for the current year.

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 6th were given a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, November 6th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.76%. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 24.14%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

GBX has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Bank of America increased their target price on Greenbrier Companies from $42.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Susquehanna upped their price objective on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Monday, October 21st. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Greenbrier Companies from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, August 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $60.00.

About Greenbrier Companies

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.