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Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The)
GBX Industrials Railroads
Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended August 2025) was $3.2 billion, down 8.59% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to May 2026, revenue fell 31.6%, EPS fell 68.2% and free cash flow fell 412.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to August
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 19.89 | 39.10 | 37.44 | 21.30 | 12.89 | 33.29 | 23.80 | 25.41 | 41.40 | 37.77 |
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| High | 44.30 | 54.45 | 64.87 | 45.95 | 37.99 | 50.21 | 53.46 | 48.21 | 69.12 | 71.06 | |||||
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| People | Employees | 9,418 | 11,917 | 13,400 | 17,100 | 10,600 | 10,300 | 14,400 | 13,800 | 14,200 | 11,000 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.29 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 2,680 | 2,169 | 2,519 | 3,034 | 2,792 | 1,748 | 2,978 | 3,944 | 3,545 | 3,240 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 20.58 | 19.42 | 16.24 | 12.08 | 12.65 | 13.25 | 10.28 | 11.18 | 15.76 | 18.75 | |||||
| EBT | 395 | 236 | 224 | 153 | 125 | (9) | 61 | 91 | 224 | 284 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 14.74 | 10.89 | 8.88 | 5.05 | 4.47 | (0.49) | 2.04 | 2.31 | 6.31 | 8.78 | |||||
| Net income | 285 | 160 | 172 | 106 | 88 | 35 | 54 | 76 | 173 | 213 | |||||
| Depreciation | 63 | 67 | 79 | 98 | 115 | 108 | 102 | 106 | 116 | 122 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 91.90 | 74.22 | 81.65 | 93.01 | 85.47 | 53.54 | 91.43 | 123.32 | 113.97 | 103.95 | ||||
| Earnings | 6.28 | 3.97 | 4.92 | 2.18 | 1.50 | 0.99 | 1.44 | 1.95 | 5.15 | 6.55 | |||||
| Cash flow | 11.56 | 9.77 | 3.35 | (0.65) | 8.33 | (1.24) | (4.62) | 2.23 | 10.60 | 8.52 | |||||
| Capex | (1.21) | (2.12) | (0.77) | (2.23) | 0.51 | (3.77) | (6.91) | (8.86) | (10.39) | (6.52) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 10.35 | 7.65 | 2.58 | (2.88) | 8.84 | (5.01) | (11.53) | (6.63) | 0.20 | 2.01 | |||||
| Book value | 34.88 | 40.34 | 44.86 | 44.20 | 45.09 | 45.22 | 43.88 | 44.09 | 49.41 | 54.46 | |||||
| Shares, m | 29 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 5.41 | 10.78 | 11.65 | 10.26 | 18.01 | 43.66 | 19.80 | 21.60 | 9.19 | 7.10 | ||||
| P/S | 0.37 | 0.58 | 0.71 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.82 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.45 | |||||
| P/B | 0.97 | 1.06 | 1.29 | 0.51 | 0.60 | 0.98 | 0.65 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.85 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 0.39 | 0.55 | 0.67 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.91 | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.81 | 0.89 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 3.46 | 5.33 | 21.16 | (12.91) | 2.94 | (9.75) | (4.36) | (11.17) | 453.85 | 45.88 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 337 | 286 | 103 | (21) | 272 | (40) | (150) | 71 | 330 | 266 | ||||
| Capex | (35) | (62) | (24) | (73) | 17 | (123) | (225) | (283) | (323) | (203) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 302 | 224 | 80 | (94) | 289 | (164) | (376) | (212) | 6 | 63 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 476 | 881 | 843 | 781 | 796 | 722 | 894 | 658 | 977 | 934 | ||||
| Total debt | 302 | 558 | 436 | 823 | 804 | 827 | 1,269 | 1,312 | 1,756 | 1,751 | |||||
| Net debt | 55 | (62) | (103) | 484 | (38) | 155 | 710 | 1,009 | 1,387 | 1,425 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 1,017 | 1,179 | 1,384 | 1,442 | 1,473 | 1,476 | 1,429 | 1,410 | 1,537 | 1,698 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 10.10 | 5.48 | 6.24 | 2.61 | 1.59 | 0.99 | 1.30 | 1.60 | 3.89 | 4.74 | ||||
| ROIC | 23.83 | 14.58 | 12.34 | 5.97 | 7.33 | 1.57 | 3.45 | 4.56 | 6.94 | 7.21 | |||||
| ROE | 19.49 | 10.57 | 11.84 | 5.03 | 3.36 | 2.20 | 3.23 | 4.40 | 10.87 | 12.62 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Aug 2025 · latest quarter May 2026
Charts ten years each
Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) vs peers in Railroads (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSX CSX Corporation | $87.7B | 27.4× | 24.6× | +10.10% (above 0%: growing) | +22.73% (above 0%: growing) | +816.52% (above 0%: growing) | 69.83% | 38.27% | Compare |
| CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited | $74.2B | 27.1× | 25.5× | +12.46% (above 0%: growing) | −13.40% (below 0%: shrinking) | +54.79% (above 0%: growing) | 67.51% | 35.35% | Compare |
| NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation | $71.2B | 27.1× | 26.4× | +11.41% (above 0%: growing) | −4.40% (below 0%: shrinking) | −3.08% (below 0%: shrinking) | 66.32% | 32.44% | Compare |
| WAB Wabtec | $47.4B | 38.3× | 27.7× | +17.48% (above 0%: growing) | +18.88% (above 0%: growing) | +122.94% (above 0%: growing) | 36.52% | 18.87% | Compare |
| TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. | $2.0B | 6.0× | 14.2× | −4.17% (below 0%: shrinking) | +623.53% (above 0%: growing) | +75.30% (above 0%: growing) | 22.66% | 41.19% | Compare |
| GBX Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) | $1.2B | 11.1× | 14.8× | −31.59% (below 0%: shrinking) | −68.23% (below 0%: shrinking) | −412.32% (below 0%: shrinking) | 14.07% | 5.53% | |
| FSTR L.B. Foster Company | $372.6M | 31.5× | 23.9× | −3.49% (below 0%: shrinking) | +7.14% (above 0%: growing) | +83.84% (above 0%: growing) | 22.28% | 4.44% | Compare |
| RAIL Freightcar America, Inc. | $202.3M | — (loss-making) | 4.4× | −4.62% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +33.43% (above 0%: growing) | 5.45% | (3.80%) | Compare |
| SWVL Swvl Holdings Corp. | $76.3M | — (loss-making) | — | — | n/m | +99.68% (above 0%: growing) | 13.65% | (77.75%) | Compare |
| Median of peers | $24.7B | 27.2× | 24.6× | +10.10% | +13.01% | +79.57% | 29.59% | 25.66% |
Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (GBX) key facts
- Concern: Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended August 2025) was $3.2 billion, down 8.59% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $213.1 million, or $6.55 per share (basic), a net margin of 6.30%.
- Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) (GBX) is a Railroads company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 9, 2026, GBX traded at $38.43, a market capitalization of $1.2 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 11.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.5× sales; its P/E is higher than 41% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share, a yield of 3.43%, with a payout ratio of 39.2%.
- Return on equity was 12.6% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.99 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.