Stocks · Industrials · Railroads
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. GBX
$40.58 +1.22% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.26B
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.40, down 51.7% year over year.
- Net debt is 5.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $2.63B, down 25.6% from a year earlier, slowing from -17.6% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth3Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 3%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 41%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 8%
Quality15Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 39%
- Gross marginBottom 18%
- Operating marginTop 50%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 16%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Interest coverBottom 45%
Value79Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 6%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 14%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 15%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 23%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 28%
Momentum22Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 33%
- 6-month returnBottom 16%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 32%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 38%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Revisions13Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 34%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 21%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 47%
Stability64Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 25%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -17.6% | -25.6% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -25.3% | -51.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 18.4% | 15.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 7.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 2.3% | -4.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -25.6% | -17.6% | ↓ | Bottom 3% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -51.7% | -25.3% | ↓ | Bottom 17% |
| Gross margin | 15.0% | 18.4% | ↓ | Bottom 18% |
| Operating margin | 7.1% | 11.1% | ↓ | Top 50% |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 6.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -4.5% | 2.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.6% | — | Bottom 39% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.8% | — | Bottom 41% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.98×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +14.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.21×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.34%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.14%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.48%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 1, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -0.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $54.40
- Target vs current price
- +34.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 24
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 38%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | +0.0% | -2.3% | -5.4% | +3.5% | -12.9% |
| Apr 7, 2026 | -42.9% | -1.5% | +9.4% | +1.7% | -1.0% |
| Jan 8, 2026 | +35.7% | +5.4% | -3.9% | +6.3% | -4.4% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +6.8% | -1.0% | -8.4% | -5.3% | +10.8% |
| Jul 1, 2025 | +116.3% | +2.1% | +21.5% | +1.4% | -1.5% |
| Apr 7, 2025 | -5.1% | -1.9% | -10.7% | -4.0% | +24.8% |
| Jan 8, 2025 | +48.3% | +0.4% | +11.2% | +8.4% | -24.2% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | +45.5% | -1.5% | +17.3% | +23.8% | +29.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.60 | $0.60 | +0.0% | $576.5M |
| Apr 7, 2026 | $0.47 | $0.82 | -42.9% | $587.5M |
| Jan 8, 2026 | $1.14 | $0.84 | +35.7% | $706.1M |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $1.26 | $1.18 | +6.8% | $755.8M |
| Jul 1, 2025 | $1.86 | $0.86 | +116.3% | $842.7M |
| Apr 7, 2025 | $1.69 | $1.78 | -5.1% | $762.1M |
| Jan 8, 2025 | $1.72 | $1.16 | +48.3% | $875.9M |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $1.92 | $1.32 | +45.5% | $1.05B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 11.9× | 15.7× | 33th | Top 6% |
| P/E (forward) | 13.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.5× | — | — | Top 15% |
| EV / Sales | 1.06× | — | — | Top 23% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -9.45% | — | — | Bottom 14% |
| Earnings yield | 8.38% | — | — | Top 6% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.3× – 51.0× since Aug 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -12.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -51.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +74.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -17.3%
- RSI (14)
- 31.7
- Relative volume
- 0.96×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 21th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.54
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.23
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -31.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -43.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | -54.5% | 130 days | 377 days (Apr 3, 2024) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -44.0% | 51 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Jan 21, 2022 | -24.3% | 218 days | 31 days (Mar 8, 2022) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | -21.7% | 15 days | 17 days (Nov 23, 2020) |
| May 31, 2024 | Jul 10, 2024 | -21.3% | 26 days | 75 days (Oct 24, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.26B
- P/E (TTM)
- 11.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.40
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.63B
- Dividend yield
- 3.25%
- 52-week range
- $38.23 – $59.19
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.75B | $2.98B | $3.94B | $3.54B | $3.23B |
| Gross profit | $232.3M | $305.6M | $442.1M | $553.1M | $600.4M |
| Operating income | $40.5M | $80.4M | $206.8M | $306.0M | $337.1M |
| Net income | $32.5M | $46.9M | $62.5M | $160.1M | $204.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.96 | $1.40 | $1.88 | $4.96 | $6.35 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.05B | $874.6M | $762.4M | $840.4M | $755.8M | $706.1M | $587.5M | $576.5M |
| Net income | $61.6M | $55.3M | $51.9M | $60.1M | $36.8M | $36.4M | $12.8M | $16.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.90 | $1.72 | $1.56 | $1.86 | $1.19 | $1.14 | $0.47 | $0.60 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$35.2M | -$146.9M | $78.0M | $332.5M | $265.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$139.0M | -$380.7M | -$362.1M | -$398.3M | -$280.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$174.2M | -$527.6M | -$284.1M | -$65.8M | -$14.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$35.7M | -$35.8M | -$36.1M | -$38.4M | -$39.6M |
| Net share buybacks | -$20.0M | -$3.7M | -$56.9M | -$1.3M | -$22.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $273.7M
- Total assets
- $4.35B
- Total liabilities
- $2.65B
- Total debt
- $1.81B
- Net debt
- $1.53B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.57B
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 1, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 | $0.34 | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | $0.34 | May 11, 2026 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | $0.32 | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.32 | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Jul 17, 2025 | $0.32 | Aug 7, 2025 |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $0.32 | May 13, 2025 |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.30 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.30 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,912,513
- Days to cover
- 7.19
- Change vs previous report
- -1.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.