Yousif Capital Management LLC Sells 267 Shares of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Yousif Capital Management LLC lowered its stake in shares of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) by 2.2% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 11,862 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 267 shares during the quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Greenbrier Companies were worth $723,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. R Squared Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 207 shares in the last quarter. Gladius Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of Greenbrier Companies during the third quarter worth about $32,000. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Greenbrier Companies in the third quarter worth $55,000. Finally, KBC Group NV grew its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 57.8% during the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,466 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $89,000 after purchasing an additional 537 shares during the last quarter. 95.59% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have commented on GBX. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday, January 9th. Susquehanna boosted their price target on Greenbrier Companies from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Monday, October 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Greenbrier Companies currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $63.00.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Down 3.3 %

Shares of NYSE GBX opened at $58.97 on Friday. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 1 year low of $41.40 and a 1 year high of $71.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The company has a market capitalization of $1.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.29, a P/E/G ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.52. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $64.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of $57.75.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 8th. The transportation company reported $1.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.16 by $0.56. The company had revenue of $875.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $849.51 million. Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 12.10% and a net margin of 5.10%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.96 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts predict that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 29th will be issued a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 29th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.04%. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 20.94%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total value of $126,420.00. Following the completion of the transaction, 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 position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 1.78% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Greenbrier Companies Company Profile

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.