The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (GBX) Key Metrics
GBX valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $1.21B
- Enterprise value
- $2.94B
- P/E (TTM)
- 11.6 10-yr median 12.3
- Forward P/E
- 11.1
- PEG ratio
- 0.58
- Price / sales
- 0.5 10-yr median 0.4
- Price / book
- 0.8 10-yr median 1.1
- EV / EBITDA
- 9.0 10-yr median 5.7
- Dividend yield
- 3.48% $1.36 a year
- Beta
- 1.44
GBX key metrics, FY2016–FY2025
Fiscal year ended August 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsGBX valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
GBX returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
GBX per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
GBX financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
GBX efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
GBX valuation history
GBX returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
GBX debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
GBX cash returned to shareholders
GBX price vs earnings per share
GBX key metrics
FY2016–FY2025| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.50B | $1.57B | $1.44B | $958.8M | $1.48B | $909.3M | $772.4M | $1.90B | $1.40B | $1.10B |
| Enterprise value | $3.01B | $3.39B | $2.82B | $2.02B | $2.05B | $1.36B | $1.28B | $1.83B | $1.34B | $1.27B |
| P/E ratio | 7.3 | 9.8 | 23.0 | 20.4 | 45.7 | 18.6 | 10.9 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 6.0 |
| Price / sales | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Price / book | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Price / free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | 4.4 | — | — | 7.2 | 5.6 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 5.6 | 4.7 | 20.2 | — | — | 3.3 | — | 17.6 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
| EV / sales | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.8 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 15.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| EV / free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | 6.6 | — | — | 6.9 | 6.5 |
| Earnings yield | 13.6% | 10.2% | 4.3% | 4.9% | 2.2% | 5.4% | 9.2% | 8.0% | 8.3% | 16.7% |
| Free cash flow yield | −1.0% | −4.2% | −20.2% | −55.4% | −12.1% | 22.6% | −28.1% | −3.6% | 14.0% | 17.8% |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 2.4% | 3.4% | 5.5% | 4.1% | 8.2% | 4.3% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 2.1% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 4.2% | 2.5% | 7.4% | 7.2% | 5.5% | 8.4% | 5.1% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 5.2% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $46.63 | $48.45 | $42.56 | $28.51 | $44.10 | $27.19 | $23.29 | $58.00 | $42.90 | $33.89 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $100.59 | $109.37 | $116.64 | $88.56 | $51.94 | $83.49 | $91.45 | $76.67 | $66.83 | $82.56 |
| Earnings per share | $6.35 | $4.95 | $1.85 | $1.39 | $0.96 | $1.46 | $2.14 | $4.62 | $3.56 | $5.64 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $8.27 | $10.27 | $2.11 | −$4.47 | −$1.20 | $8.14 | −$0.58 | $3.29 | $8.63 | $10.38 |
| Free cash flow per share | −$0.46 | −$2.03 | −$8.61 | −$15.79 | −$5.33 | $6.14 | −$6.55 | −$2.10 | $5.98 | $6.05 |
| Cash per share | $10.15 | $10.87 | $8.96 | $16.62 | $19.94 | $24.93 | $10.21 | $16.43 | $19.05 | $6.86 |
| Book value per share | $47.68 | $42.52 | $37.12 | $37.97 | $38.85 | $38.67 | $38.50 | $38.07 | $31.27 | $31.32 |
| Tangible book value per share | $42.79 | $37.51 | $32.08 | $32.70 | $33.28 | $32.89 | $32.36 | $34.35 | $27.91 | $27.85 |
| Dividends per share | $1.23 | $1.19 | $1.45 | $1.57 | $1.81 | $2.22 | $1.00 | $0.91 | $0.76 | $0.72 |
| Capex per share | $8.72 | $12.31 | $10.71 | $11.32 | $4.13 | $2.00 | $5.98 | $5.39 | $2.64 | $4.28 |
| Debt per share | $57.12 | $67.16 | $49.74 | $48.23 | $36.87 | $38.41 | $25.63 | $14.13 | $17.28 | $12.19 |
| Shares outstanding | 32.1M | 32.4M | 33.8M | 33.6M | 33.7M | 33.4M | 33.2M | 32.8M | 32.6M | 32.5M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −0.7% | −4.2% | +0.5% | −0.1% | +0.7% | +0.8% | +1.0% | +0.8% | +0.3% | −2.6% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 14.0% | 12.2% | 4.9% | 3.6% | 2.5% | 3.8% | 5.6% | 13.4% | 11.4% | 20.9% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 7.6% | 7.7% | 6.3% | 2.9% | 1.8% | 5.8% | 7.4% | 16.3% | 17.1% | 26.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.7% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 2.6% | 6.2% | 5.5% | 10.1% |
| Return on tangible assets | 4.9% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 2.6% | 6.5% | 5.1% | 10.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | −0.5% | −1.9% | −7.4% | −17.8% | −10.3% | 7.4% | −7.2% | −2.7% | 9.0% | 7.3% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.30 | 2.08 | 1.14 | −3.21 | −1.25 | 5.56 | −0.27 | 0.71 | 2.42 | 1.84 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $1.84B | $2.17B | $1.68B | $1.62B | $1.24B | $1.28B | $850.0M | $463.9M | $562.6M | $395.7M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $326.4M | $351.8M | $302.7M | $559.1M | $671.4M | $833.7M | $338.5M | $539.5M | $620.4M | $222.7M |
| Net debt | $1.51B | $1.82B | $1.38B | $1.06B | $569.9M | $450.9M | $511.5M | −$75.5M | −$57.8M | $173.0M |
| Debt / equity | 1.20 | 1.58 | 1.34 | 1.27 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 0.67 | 0.37 | 0.55 | 0.39 |
| Debt / assets | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.28 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.22 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.92 | 4.05 | 4.42 | 4.97 | 4.33 | 1.65 | 1.92 | −0.23 | −0.18 | 0.36 |
| Current ratio | 2.80 | 2.57 | 1.75 | 1.98 | 1.85 | 2.15 | 2.31 | 2.76 | 3.10 | 2.29 |
| Quick ratio | 1.58 | 1.41 | 0.90 | 1.14 | 1.21 | 1.44 | 1.20 | 1.86 | 2.15 | 1.30 |
| Interest coverage | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 10.9 | 22.9 |
| Working capital | $1.02B | $1.04B | $730.0M | $950.1M | $764.1M | $860.3M | $781.1M | $842.6M | $881.1M | $475.5M |
| Invested capital | $3.04B | $3.20B | $2.63B | $2.34B | $1.88B | $1.74B | $1.79B | $1.17B | $960.3M | $1.19B |
| Tangible asset value | $1.58B | $1.42B | $1.30B | $1.28B | $1.32B | $1.31B | $1.27B | $1.29B | $1.11B | $904.1M |
| Net current asset value | −$1.04B | −$967.8M | −$814.2M | −$479.3M | −$221.0M | −$58.4M | −$140.8M | $268.7M | $117.8M | $24.2M |
| Graham number | $82.54 | $68.80 | $39.30 | $34.52 | $29.04 | $35.69 | $43.08 | $62.93 | $50.08 | $63.06 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$47.54 | −$46.73 | −$40.50 | −$30.39 | −$18.19 | −$11.72 | −$17.08 | −$1.05 | −$4.68 | −$7.43 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $39.6M | $38.4M | $49.1M | $52.7M | $61.0M | $74.1M | $33.2M | $29.9M | $24.9M | $23.3M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $22.7M | $1.3M | $56.9M | $16.7M | $20.0M | $2.2M | $6.3M | $7.7M | $5.2M | $33.5M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 19.4% | 24.0% | 78.6% | 112.4% | 187.7% | 151.4% | 46.7% | 19.7% | 21.4% | 12.7% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | 37.2% | — | — | 15.4% | 28.9% |
| Capex / revenue | 8.7% | 11.3% | 9.2% | 12.8% | 7.9% | 2.4% | 6.5% | 7.0% | 4.0% | 5.2% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 105.5% | 119.8% | 508.6% | — | — | 24.6% | — | 163.7% | 30.6% | 41.2% |
| Capex / depreciation | 2.31 | 3.45 | 3.41 | 3.73 | 1.38 | 0.61 | 2.42 | 2.38 | 1.32 | 2.19 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| R&D / revenue | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| SG&A / revenue | 8.1% | 7.0% | 6.0% | 7.6% | 11.0% | 7.3% | 7.0% | 8.0% | 7.8% | 5.9% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 64.4 | 58.8 | 51.5 | 58.8 | 68.6 | 40.0 | 43.4 | 45.6 | 43.0 | 29.2 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 101.1 | 97.4 | 85.5 | 94.8 | 132.8 | 89.4 | 75.1 | 72.4 | 80.8 | 70.2 |
| Days payables outstanding | 44.0 | 46.9 | 41.6 | 45.5 | 49.8 | 33.8 | 36.2 | 35.4 | 38.3 | 38.6 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 121.5 | 109.4 | 95.4 | 108.1 | 151.6 | 95.7 | 82.3 | 82.6 | 85.5 | 60.8 |
| Receivables turnover | 5.67 | 6.20 | 7.08 | 6.21 | 5.32 | 9.12 | 8.40 | 8.01 | 8.49 | 12.51 |
| Payables turnover | 8.30 | 7.78 | 8.77 | 8.02 | 7.32 | 10.81 | 10.09 | 10.31 | 9.54 | 9.45 |
| Inventory turnover | 3.61 | 3.75 | 4.27 | 3.85 | 2.75 | 4.08 | 4.86 | 5.04 | 4.52 | 5.20 |
| Asset turnover | 0.75 | 0.86 | 1.01 | 0.82 | 0.53 | 0.91 | 1.11 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.48 |
| Average receivables | $570.1M | $570.5M | $556.5M | $479.8M | $328.8M | $306.2M | $360.9M | $314.2M | $256.2M | $214.3M |
| Average payables | $317.4M | $383.8M | $399.1M | $333.3M | $207.0M | $225.5M | $264.2M | $203.5M | $181.5M | $223.0M |
| Average inventory | $729.6M | $797.2M | $819.5M | $694.4M | $551.6M | $597.1M | $548.5M | $416.2M | $383.0M | $405.7M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 3.6% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 5.5% | 6.1% | 6.8% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
Computed from GBX's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed October 28, 2025) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
GBX valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (August 31, 2025), Greenbrier traded at 7.3 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 12.3. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 11.6 and the forward P/E is 11.1. Greenbrier earned a return on equity of 14.0% and a return on invested capital of 7.6% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.8 billion of debt and $326.4 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $1.5 billion. It returned $62.3 million to shareholders: $39.6 million in dividends and $22.7 million in share buybacks.
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GBX key metrics FAQ
What is Greenbrier's P/E ratio?
Greenbrier's trailing P/E ratio is 11.6 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 11.1. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 7.3, compared with a 10-year median of 12.3.
What is Greenbrier's EV/EBITDA?
Greenbrier's enterprise value was 5.8 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $3.0 billion, EBITDA $517.8 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 9.0.
What is Greenbrier's return on equity?
Greenbrier's return on equity (ROE) was 14.0% in fiscal 2025: net income of $204.1 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.5 billion.
What is Greenbrier's ROIC?
Greenbrier's return on invested capital was 7.6% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Greenbrier have?
Greenbrier had total debt of $1.8 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20 and $1.5 billion of net debt (2.92 times EBITDA).
What is Greenbrier's dividend yield?
Greenbrier's forward dividend yield is 3.48%. Greenbrier paid $39.6 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($1.23 per share), a payout ratio of 19.4%.
Does Greenbrier buy back its shares?
Yes. Greenbrier spent $22.7 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −0.7% over the year, to 32.1M..
What is Greenbrier's free cash flow yield?
Greenbrier generated -$14.7 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of −1.0% on its market value at year-end ($1.5 billion).
What is Greenbrier's current ratio?
Greenbrier's current ratio was 2.80 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.80 times current liabilities.