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GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC GBX
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC (GBX) earns a Piotroski F-score of 7/9 (strong financial health). It pays a dividend yielding 2.73% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $2.5B at a 3.2% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 2081 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 7/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBX | GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC | 7/9 | — | 19.7 | -24% |
| TRN | TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC | 5/9 | — | 11.3 | -30% |
| RAIL | FreightCar America, Inc. | 4/9 | 0.13 | — | -10.4% |
| RVSN | Rail Vision Ltd. | 5/9 | -3.66 | — | — |
| WAB | WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP | 5/9 | 2.36 | 39.5 | +7.5% |
| VFS | VinFast Auto Ltd. | 4/9 | -13.01 | — | +57.9% |
| TM | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP/ | 7/9 | 2.55 | — | -1% |
About GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets railroad freight car equipment in North America, Europe, and South America. It operates through Manufacturing, and Leasing & Management Services. The Manufacturing segment offers covered hopper cars, gondolas, open top hoppers, boxcars, center partition cars, tank cars, sustainable conversions, intermodal railcars, and railcar equipment; reconditioning of wheels and axles, new axle machining and finishing, and downsizing; operates a railcar maintenance network; and reconditions and manufactures railcar cushioning units, couplers, yokes, side frames, bolsters, and various other parts. The Leasing & Management Services segment offers operating leases and per diem leases for a fleet of approximately 17,000 railcars; and management services comprising railcar maintenance management, railcar accounting services, fleet management and logistics, administration, and railcar re-marketing. This segment provides management services for railroads, shippers, carriers, institutional investors, and other leasing and transportation companies. It serves railroads, leasing companies, financial institutions, shippers, carriers, and transportation companies. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
FAQ
Is GBX financially healthy?
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC's Piotroski F-score is 7/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak).
Does GBX pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC pays a dividend yielding about 2.73% with a 19.4% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is GBX?
In FY2025, GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC had a net margin of 3.2% and a return on equity of 4.7%.
Is GBX overvalued or undervalued?
GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC trades at about 16.6× trailing earnings — near its 10-year norm (10-year range 7.3×–44.8×, median 16.1×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for GBX?
The average Wall-Street price target for GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC is $44.67, about 7.9% above the recent price, from 3 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is GBX a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC: a Piotroski F-score of 7/9, a P/E of about 19.7×, a dividend yield of 2.73%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-08-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.