Sloy Dahl & Holst LLC Makes New Investment in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Sloy Dahl & Holst LLC acquired a new position in shares of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 3,455 shares of the transportation company’s stock, valued at approximately $211,000.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cullen Investment Group LTD. increased its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 1.0% in the 4th 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. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 60.9% in the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 547 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 207 shares during the last quarter. Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Carolina Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 13,859 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $845,000 after acquiring an additional 331 shares during the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 9,939 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $506,000 after acquiring an additional 363 shares during the last quarter. Finally, R Squared Ltd acquired a new stake in Greenbrier Companies in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.59% of the company’s stock.

Greenbrier Companies Price Performance

Greenbrier Companies stock opened at $62.91 on Tuesday. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $41.40 and a 12-month high of $71.06. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.98, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.52. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $65.43 and its two-hundred day moving average is $56.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 0.84.

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

Greenbrier Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 29th will be given a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 29th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.91%. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 20.94%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Ricardo Galvan sold 4,950 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.00, for a total value of $321,750.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 27,472 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,785,680. This trade represents a 15.27 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 1.78% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Susquehanna increased their price objective on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Greenbrier Companies presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus 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.