Greenbrier Q2 Earnings Preview: Investors Await Tariff Commentary

Greenbrier (GBX) stock was down 14.5% in premarket trading ahead of the firm’s quarterly earnings report after the bell on Monday.

According to FinChat data, Wall Street expects the company to post earnings per share of $1.78 on revenue of $898.5 million for the fiscal second quarter. The stock has topped analysts' expectations in three of the last four quarters.

The company builds and markets freight railcars in North America, Europe, and Brazil and owns a lease fleet of approximately 16,700 railcars.

Investors would be keen to know the company’s views about the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. The company has manufacturing operations in Mexico.

“We have a strong, experienced leadership team that has been in the space for decades. So they're used to dealing with the kind of whipsaws and crises and navigating uncertainty,” a company executive had said at a Stifel conference in February.

Trump also imposed 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to the U.S., which could raise costs for the company.

Last week, the company raised its quarterly dividend by 7% to $0.32 per share.

Retail sentiment on Stocktwits was in the neutral (50/100) territory, while retail chatter was ‘extremely low.’

Greenbrier shares have fallen 25.8% year-to-date (YTD).

The company had affirmed its 2025 revenue forecast between $3.35 billion and $3.65 billion earlier in January.

Its fiscal first quarter revenue had grown to $875.9 million from $808.8 million, a year earlier.

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