With 0.83 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.41 million shares. During the session, the Railroads company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $50.635 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $48.92. The 52-week range on GBX shows that it touched its highest point at $71.06 and its lowest point at $37.77 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $53.50. With its current market cap of 1.53 billion, GBX has annualized dividend of $1.22 while the current yield stands at 2.46%. GBX paid its most recent dividend on 1745280000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1752710400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.67.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of GBX was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -10.31%, but this was up by 9.45% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 21.34% while six-month performance fell -22.77%. The stock lost -18.71% in the past year, while it has gained 9.09% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GBX yields 7.12 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.97. For the next quarter, that number is 1.18. This implies an EPS growth rate of 30.54% for this year and -23.17% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 30.88 million GBX shares are outstanding with a float of 29.96 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-13, short shares totaled 1.62 million, which was 517.0 higher than short shares on 1747267200. In addition to Ms. Lorie L. Tekorius as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Michael J. Donfris serves as its Senior VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.0557901 of GBX’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-02-28, GBX reported revenue of $842700000.0 and operating income of $85600000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $115300000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.86.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for GBX since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With GBX analysts setting a high price target of 52.0 and a low target of 46.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 49.0. Based on these targets, GBX could surge 4.88% to reach the target high and fall by -7.22% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a decline of -1.17% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $4.52362 being high and $4.32638 being low. For GBX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.425.