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Greenbrier Companies Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Greenbrier Companies Inc had return on equity of 5.1%, an operating margin of 5.8% and debt equal to 117.9% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Aug 20102011Aug 20112012Aug 20122013Aug 20132014Aug 20142015Aug 20152016Aug 20162017Aug 20172018Aug 20182019Aug 20192020Aug 20202021Aug 20212022Aug 20222023Aug 20232024Aug 20242025Aug 20252026Aug 2026
Gross margin13.5%11.2%11.9%11.7%14.6%20.6%20.6%19.4%16.2%12.1%12.6%13.3%10.3%11.2%15.8%18.7%13.6%
Operating margin6.9%5.4%6.6%2.4%10.9%14.9%15.2%12.0%10.0%6.1%6.0%2.3%4.0%4.5%9.2%11.1%5.8%
Net margin0.6%0.5%3.2%−0.6%5.1%7.4%6.8%5.4%6.0%2.3%1.8%1.9%1.6%1.6%4.5%6.3%3.2%
Free-cash-flow margin0.5%−9.5%−0.1%2.5%3.0%3.3%7.4%9.2%−2.9%−7.2%7.4%−10.3%−17.8%−7.4%−1.9%−0.5%−9.7%
Return on equity1.4%2.0%14.8%−2.6%23.8%31.0%22.8%12.3%13.4%5.6%3.8%2.5%3.6%4.9%12.2%14.0%5.1%
Return on assets0.4%0.5%4.4%−0.8%8.0%11.7%10.1%5.5%6.2%2.6%1.6%1.0%1.3%1.6%3.9%4.7%1.8%
Asset turnover0.701.051.351.311.571.581.481.021.041.110.910.530.821.010.860.750.56
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%34.8%58.7%37.6%67.4%64.5%70.0%101.0%106.0%127.6%115.1%117.9%
Effective tax rate−10.7%23.9%34.5%—32.8%29.9%28.4%27.1%14.7%27.1%32.2%—29.9%27.0%27.7%32.1%22.1%
R&D as % of revenue0.3%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.4%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.2%
SG&A as % of revenue9.2%6.5%5.8%5.9%5.7%5.8%5.9%7.9%8.0%7.0%7.3%11.0%7.6%6.0%7.0%8.1%9.3%
Capital spending as % of revenue5.2%6.8%6.5%3.5%3.2%4.1%5.2%4.0%7.0%6.5%2.4%8.0%12.8%9.2%11.2%8.7%11.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income83.5%<−999%−3.1%—58.7%44.8%108.2%171.9%−48.4%−308.8%419.0%−554.0%<−999%−465.4%−42.9%−7.2%−303.4%
Dividends ÷ net income————3.7%8.6%12.7%21.4%19.7%46.7%71.8%109.9%76.3%57.8%24.0%19.4%53.9%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow————57.4%100.1%28.7%12.5%——17.1%——————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

0 of 3 checks passed · August 31, 2026
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities The company doesn't report a short-term split. Not assessable.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $235m of cash against $1.8bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 117% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $40m of operating cash flow against $1.8bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Greenbrier Companies Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

34 /100

Weak moat

How hard Greenbrier Companies's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median 2.1% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 7 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 13.4%, moving by 3.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 6 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 6.1%; its worst year was 2.3%.

  • Cash conversion 2 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 10 years, at a median -5.1% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 5.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Greenbrier Companies Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 27, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Greenbrier Companies Inc.