Greenbrier Cos., Inc (NYSE: GBX) is -29.73% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $37.77 and a high of $71.06 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The GBX stock was last observed hovering at around $42.41 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.45%.
Currently trading at $42.86, the stock is -9.12% and -19.22% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.1 million and changing 1.06% at the moment leaves the stock -22.50% off its SMA200. GBX registered -16.48% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -17.21%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $53.0554 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $55.3057.
The stock witnessed a -21.99% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -35.59%, and is 5.64% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.64% over the week and 5.06% over the month.
Greenbrier Cos., Inc (GBX) has around 14200 employees, a market worth around $1.35B and $3.51B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 6.79 and Fwd P/E is 9.12. Profit margin for the company is 5.78%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.48% and -39.68% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.14%).
with sales reaching $785.72M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 7.36% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -9.28% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -4.20% in year-over-year returns.
Greenbrier Cos., Inc (GBX) Top Institutional Holders
377.0 institutions hold shares in Greenbrier Cos., Inc (GBX), with institutional investors hold 108.34% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 31.39M, and float is at 30.11M with Short Float at 6.98%. Institutions hold 104.72% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 5.04 million shares valued at $249.9 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.2002% of the GBX Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 3.53 million shares valued at $175.04 million to account for 11.3524 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 2.48 million shares representing 7.9746% and valued at over $122.96 million, while BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC holds 5.1934 of the shares totaling 1.62 million with a market value of $80.11 million.
Greenbrier Cos., Inc (GBX) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Krueger William J., the company’s SVP, COO, The Americas. SEC filings show that Krueger William J. sold 2,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 01 ’25 at a price of $50.98 per share for a total of $0.1 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 38714.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 03 ’25, Krueger William J. (SVP, COO, The Americas) disposed off 2,000 shares at an average price of $55.06 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 40,714 shares of Greenbrier Cos., Inc (GBX).
