EntryPoint Capital LLC Acquires Shares of 11,792 The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

EntryPoint Capital LLC bought a new position in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund bought 11,792 shares of the transportation company’s stock, valued at approximately $719,000. Greenbrier Companies comprises approximately 0.3% of EntryPoint Capital LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 24th biggest holding.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in GBX. R Squared Ltd purchased a new position in Greenbrier Companies during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 241.2% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 911 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $56,000 after buying an additional 644 shares during the period. KBC Group NV grew its holdings in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 57.8% during the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,466 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $89,000 after buying an additional 537 shares in the last quarter. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. acquired a new position in Greenbrier Companies during the third quarter valued at $107,000. Finally, Westhampton Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Greenbrier Companies in the 4th quarter worth about $207,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.59% of the company’s stock.

Greenbrier Companies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE GBX opened at $54.28 on Tuesday. 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 Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a one year low of $41.40 and a one year high of $71.06. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $60.32 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $59.37. The company has a market capitalization of $1.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.62.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 8th. The transportation company reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.56. The business had revenue of $875.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 business posted $0.96 EPS. Analysts anticipate that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Greenbrier Companies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 29th were issued a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, January 29th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.21%. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 20.94%.

Insider Activity at Greenbrier Companies

In other Greenbrier Companies news, COO William J. Krueger sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total transaction of $126,420.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 42,714 shares in the company, valued at $2,699,951.94. This trade represents a 4.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 1.78% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Bank of America upped their target price on Greenbrier Companies from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday, January 9th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Greenbrier Companies presently has an average 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.