Fox Run Management L.L.C. Makes New $972,000 Investment in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Fox Run Management L.L.C. bought a new position in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 15,944 shares of the transportation company’s stock, valued at approximately $972,000. Fox Run Management L.L.C. owned approximately 0.05% of Greenbrier Companies at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Values First Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Values First Advisors Inc. now owns 4,134 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $252,000 after acquiring an additional 151 shares in the last quarter. Cullen Investment Group LTD. lifted its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Cullen Investment Group LTD. now owns 19,675 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,200,000 after purchasing an additional 204 shares in the last quarter. Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 13,859 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $845,000 after purchasing an additional 331 shares in the last quarter. Swiss National Bank lifted its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 61,200 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $3,733,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Finally, R Squared Ltd bought a new position in shares of Greenbrier Companies during the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. 95.59% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Down 1.9 %

Greenbrier Companies stock opened at $53.78 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $1.69 billion, a PE ratio of 9.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.53. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a one year low of $41.40 and a one year high of $71.06. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $60.51 and a 200 day moving average of $59.24.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 8th. The transportation company reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.16 by $0.56. The company had revenue of $875.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $849.51 million. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 12.10% and a net margin of 5.10%. Greenbrier Companies’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.96 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 EPS for the current year.

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 29th were given a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.23%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, January 29th. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.94%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Bank of America upped their price target on Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday, January 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Greenbrier Companies presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $63.00.

Insider Activity at Greenbrier Companies

In related news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total transaction of $126,420.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 42,714 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,699,951.94. This represents a 4.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.78% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.