Voya Investment Management LLC Has $558,000 Holdings in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX)

Voya Investment Management LLC decreased its position in The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) by 8.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 9,153 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 858 shares during the quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Greenbrier Companies were worth $558,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in Greenbrier Companies by 11.9% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 18,844 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,150,000 after buying an additional 2,008 shares during the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC lifted its position in shares of Greenbrier Companies by 89.6% in the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 18,252 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,112,000 after purchasing an additional 8,627 shares in the last quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in Greenbrier Companies by 7.7% during the fourth quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC now owns 18,515 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,129,000 after purchasing an additional 1,320 shares during the last quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board grew its position in Greenbrier Companies by 466.7% in the fourth quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 1,700 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $104,000 after purchasing an additional 1,400 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP increased its stake in Greenbrier Companies by 472.2% in the 4th quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 44,633 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $2,722,000 after buying an additional 36,833 shares during the last quarter. 95.59% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Greenbrier Companies Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of Greenbrier Companies stock opened at $44.42 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.53. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $47.45 and a 200-day moving average of $57.89. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $37.77 and a 52-week high of $71.06. The stock has a market cap of $1.39 billion, a PE ratio of 7.75, a PEG ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.79.

Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 7th. The transportation company reported $1.69 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.78 by ($0.09). Greenbrier Companies had a return on equity of 12.10% and a net margin of 5.10%. The company had revenue of $762.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $898.53 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.03 EPS. Greenbrier Companies’s revenue was down 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will post 5.9 EPS for the current year.

Greenbrier Companies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share. This is an increase from Greenbrier Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.88%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 22nd. Greenbrier Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 20.45%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Susquehanna lowered their price target on Greenbrier Companies from $75.00 to $52.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th.

Greenbrier Companies 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.