Amundi Grows Stock Holdings in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Amundi lifted its position in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) by 184.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 15,740 shares of the transportation company’s stock after buying an additional 10,197 shares during the period. Amundi owned approximately 0.05% of Greenbrier Companies worth $951,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of GBX. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC grew its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 1.5% in the third quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 104,368 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $5,311,000 after purchasing an additional 1,498 shares during the last quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. grew its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 24,950 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,270,000 after buying an additional 500 shares during the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC increased its position in Greenbrier Companies by 51.7% during the 3rd quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 14,819 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $754,000 after buying an additional 5,050 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 0.4% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 628,923 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $32,006,000 after buying an additional 2,536 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Truvestments Capital LLC boosted its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 15.5% in the third quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC now owns 66,480 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $3,383,000 after acquiring an additional 8,916 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 95.59% of the company’s stock.

Greenbrier Companies Price Performance

NYSE GBX opened at $55.01 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $60.80 and its 200 day moving average price is $59.15. 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 cap of $1.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.60, a PEG ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.62.

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

Greenbrier Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 29th were given a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.18%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, January 29th. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 20.94%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Greenbrier Companies

In other Greenbrier Companies news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total value of $126,420.00. Following 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 1.78% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Bank of America upped their price objective 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. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Greenbrier Companies has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $63.00.

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.