Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) $GBX Stake Decreased by De Lisle Partners LLP

De Lisle Partners LLP lessened its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:GBX) by 8.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 116,740 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 11,114 shares during the period. De Lisle Partners LLP owned 0.38% of Greenbrier Companies worth $5,455,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in GBX. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 19.9% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 13,053 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $669,000 after buying an additional 2,170 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 3.8% during the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 84,399 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $4,323,000 after purchasing an additional 3,121 shares in the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 22.4% during the first quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 33,244 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,703,000 after purchasing an additional 6,073 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 85.3% during the second quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 12,002 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $557,000 after purchasing an additional 5,525 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 9.0% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 477,218 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $21,976,000 after purchasing an additional 39,350 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 95.59% of the company’s stock.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Performance

NYSE GBX opened at $48.02 on Friday. Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a twelve month low of $38.23 and a twelve month high of $59.19. The stock has a market cap of $1.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.37 and a beta of 1.44. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $49.04 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $50.15.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 7th. The transportation company reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.82 by ($0.35). Greenbrier Companies had a net margin of 5.12% and a return on equity of 8.94%. The company had revenue of $587.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $667.02 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.56 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was down 22.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts forecast that Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 3.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Greenbrier Companies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, May 11th. Investors of record on Monday, April 20th were paid a $0.34 dividend. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 20th. This is a boost from Greenbrier Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 29.37%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

GBX has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Zacks Research raised Greenbrier Companies from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Weiss Ratings cut Greenbrier Companies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Friday, June 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Greenbrier Companies currently 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.