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GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC
GBX
$1.7B
Mkt Cap
$52.12
+1.13%
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) has a current P/E ratio of 9.0, compared to its historical median P/E of 9.7. The stock is currently considered Fair based on its historical valuation range.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 5.0%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) has a market capitalization of $1.6B. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 2.36%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 1.41%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) appears fair. The current P/E of 9.0 is 7% below its historical median of 9.7. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 16.3%.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) operates in the Railroad Equipment industry, within the Industrials sector.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) reported annual revenue of $3.2 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
We are a leading international supplier of equipment and services to global freight transportation markets. Through our wholly-owned subsidiaries and consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures, we design, build and market freight railcars in North America, Europe and Brazil. We are a leading provider of freight railcar wheel services, component parts, maintenance and sustainable conversion services in North America. We own a lease fleet of railcars that originate primarily from our manufacturing operations. We offer railcar management, regulatory compliance services and leasing services to railroads and other railcar owners in North America. We operate an integrated business model that combines freight car manufacturing, wheel services, railcar maintenance, component parts, leasing and fleet management services.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 0 | 3.2B | 3.5B | 3.9B | 3.0B | 1.7B |
| Net Income | 0 | 204M | 160M | 63M | 47M | 32M |
| EPS | $0.00 | $6.35 | $4.96 | $1.89 | $1.40 | $0.96 |
| Free Cash Flow | 0 | -15M | -69M | -291M | -531M | -180M |
| ROIC | 0.0% | 7.5% | 6.8% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 2.4% |
| Gross Margin | - | 18.7% | 15.8% | 11.2% | 10.3% | 13.3% |
| Debt/Equity | 1.12 | 1.16 | 1.53 | 1.28 | 1.23 | 0.92 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | $1.23 | $1.19 | $1.09 | $1.07 | $1.05 |
| Operating Income | 0 | 360M | 325M | 176M | 118M | 41M |
| Operating Margin | 0.0% | 11.1% | 9.2% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 2.3% |
| ROE | 0.0% | 14.0% | 12.2% | 4.9% | 3.6% | 2.5% |
| Shares Outstanding | 31M | 32M | 32M | 33M | 34M | 34M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 2.2B | 2.6B | 2.7B | 2.2B | 2.5B | 3.0B | 2.8B | 1.7B | 3.0B | 3.9B | 3.5B | 3.2B | 0 |
| Gross Margin | 14.6% | 20.6% | 20.6% | 19.4% | 16.2% | 12.1% | 12.6% | 13.3% | 10.3% | 11.2% | 15.8% | 18.7% | N/A |
| R&D | 3.6M | 2.5M | 2.7M | 4.2M | 6.0M | 5.4M | 5.8M | 6.3M | 5.4M | 4.0M | 5.2M | 5.5M | 5.5M |
| SG&A | 125M | 152M | 159M | 171M | 200M | 213M | 205M | 192M | 225M | 235M | 247M | 263M | 263M |
| EBIT | 240M | 387M | 409M | 260M | 253M | 184M | 168M | 41M | 118M | 176M | 325M | 360M | 0 |
| Op. Margin | 10.9% | 14.9% | 15.2% | 12.0% | 10.0% | 6.1% | 6.0% | 2.3% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 9.2% | 11.1% | 0.0% |
| Net Income | 112M | 193M | 183M | 116M | 152M | 71M | 49M | 32M | 47M | 63M | 160M | 204M | 0 |
| Net Margin | 5.1% | 7.4% | 6.8% | 5.4% | 6.0% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 4.5% | 6.3% | 0.0% |
| Non-Recurring | 17M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 18.7% | 27.7% | 25.9% | 16.3% | 16.5% | 7.4% | 5.9% | 2.4% | 4.0% | 4.3% | 6.8% | 7.5% | 0.0% |
| ROE | 23.8% | 31.0% | 22.8% | 12.3% | 13.4% | 5.6% | 3.8% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 4.9% | 12.2% | 14.0% | 0.0% |
| ROA | 8.0% | 11.7% | 10.1% | 5.5% | 6.2% | 2.6% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 3.9% | 4.7% | 0.0% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 136M | 192M | 337M | 286M | 103M | -21M | 272M | -41M | -150M | 71M | 330M | 266M | 0 |
| Free Cash Flow | 66M | 86M | 198M | 200M | -74M | -219M | 205M | -180M | -531M | -291M | -69M | -15M | 0 |
| Owner Earnings | 84M | 128M | 250M | 194M | -329K | -116M | 153M | -156M | -268M | -47M | 197M | 127M | -139M |
| CapEx | 70M | 106M | 139M | 86M | 177M | 198M | 67M | 139M | 381M | 362M | 398M | 280M | 0 |
| Maint. CapEx | 40M | 45M | 63M | 65M | 74M | 84M | 110M | 101M | 102M | 106M | 116M | 122M | 122M |
| Growth CapEx | 30M | 61M | 76M | 21M | 102M | 115M | 0 | 38M | 279M | 256M | 283M | 159M | 0 |
| D&A | 40M | 45M | 63M | 65M | 74M | 84M | 110M | 101M | 102M | 106M | 116M | 122M | 122M |
| CapEx/OCF | 51.7% | 55.1% | 41.9% | 30.1% | 171.1% | N/A | 24.6% | N/A | N/A | 508.6% | 120.8% | 105.5% | 0.0% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 4.1M | 16M | 23M | 25M | 30M | 33M | 35M | 36M | 36M | 36M | 38M | 40M | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.4% | 1.2% | 3.2% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 2.7% | 2.4% | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 34M | 70M | 33M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20M | 0 | 57M | 1.3M | 23M | 23M |
| Buyback Yield | 2.0% | 7.1% | 4.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.5% | N/A | 4.4% | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 11M | 19M | 24M | 26M | 29M | 11M | 9.0M | 15M | 16M | 12M | 17M | 18M | 18M |
| Debt Repayment | 73M | 49M | 49M | 4.3M | 23M | 105K | 147M | 197M | 101M | 30M | 28M | 24M | 24M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 273M | 204M | 79M | -49M | -67M | 520M | 322M | 552M | 1.0B | 1.3B | 1.8B | 1.5B | 1.2B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 185M | 173M | 223M | 611M | 531M | 330M | 834M | 647M | 543M | 282M | 352M | 306M | 522M |
| Long-Term Debt | 445M | 326M | 302M | 558M | 436M | 823M | 804M | 827M | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.8B |
| Debt/Equity | 0.90 | 0.51 | 0.35 | 0.55 | 0.37 | 0.67 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 1.23 | 1.28 | 1.53 | 1.16 | 1.12 |
| Interest Coverage | 31.5 | 101.2 | 117.4 | 99.3 | 138.7 | 40.3 | 46.5 | 4.8 | 13.6 | 28.0 | 67.6 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
| Equity | 511M | 733M | 874M | 1.0B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.6B |
| Total Assets | 1.5B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 2.4B | 2.5B | 3.0B | 3.2B | 3.4B | 3.9B | 4.0B | 4.3B | 4.4B | 4.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.0B | 1.1B | 961M | 1.4B | 1.2B | 1.7B | 1.9B | 2.1B | 2.6B | 2.7B | 2.9B | 2.7B | -66M |
| Intangibles | 35M | 31M | 28M | 40M | 39M | 68M | 60M | 53M | 47M | 39M | 32M | 25M | 22M |
| Retained Earnings | 283M | 459M | 618M | 709M | 831M | 868M | 885M | 882M | 898M | 898M | 1.0B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Working Capital | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Current Assets | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Current Liabilities | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 652M | 581M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 3.44 | 5.93 | 5.73 | 3.65 | 4.68 | 2.14 | 1.46 | 0.96 | 1.40 | 1.89 | 4.96 | 6.35 | 0.00 |
| Owner EPS | 2.59 | 3.93 | 7.81 | 6.10 | -0.01 | -3.50 | 4.57 | -4.62 | -8.00 | -1.43 | 6.10 | 3.94 | -4.49 |
| Book Value | 15.72 | 22.54 | 27.34 | 32.02 | 38.55 | 38.44 | 38.53 | 38.75 | 38.12 | 37.94 | 42.63 | 47.68 | 50.57 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 4.18 | 5.91 | 10.55 | 8.98 | 3.19 | -0.64 | 8.11 | -1.20 | -4.49 | 2.15 | 10.21 | 8.27 | 3.93 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.15 | 0.60 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.96 | 1.00 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.09 | 1.19 | 1.23 | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 32.5M | 32.5M | 32.0M | 31.8M | 32.4M | 33.2M | 33.6M | 33.8M | 33.5M | 33.1M | 32.3M | 32.1M | 30.9M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 15.3 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 16.2 | 41.6 | 19.5 | 20.8 | 9.2 | 7.3 | N/A |
| P/FCF | 26.0 | 11.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | N/A | N/A | 3.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | 7.5 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 30.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 7.8 | 7.3 | N/A |
| Price/Book | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Price/Sales | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | N/A |
| FCF Yield | 3.8% | 8.7% | 23.7% | 18.6% | -4.8% | -36.9% | 25.9% | -13.3% | -58.1% | -22.4% | -4.7% | -1.0% | N/A |
| Market Cap | 1.7B | 992M | 836M | 1.1B | 1.5B | 594M | 793M | 1.3B | 915M | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.6B |
| Avg. Price | 31.68 | 41.81 | 23.10 | 32.44 | 39.65 | 31.93 | 20.86 | 34.72 | 37.05 | 30.31 | 43.71 | 51.96 | 52.12 |
| Year-End Price | 52.52 | 30.51 | 26.16 | 33.78 | 47.67 | 17.89 | 23.65 | 39.95 | 27.30 | 39.30 | 45.77 | 46.37 | 52.12 |
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC passes 3 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC trades at 9.0x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 9.7x, suggesting it is currently Fair relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 12.6x vs a median of 4.2x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 5.0% with a gross margin of 13.8%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 3.8%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -3.2%.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) has a net profit margin of 6.3%. This is a modest margin.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) generated $-15 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. This indicates moderate leverage.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $6.35 in its most recent fiscal year.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) has a return on equity (ROE) of 14.0%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) has a 5-year average gross margin of 13.8%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 15 years of financial data for GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) has a book value per share of $47.68, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.