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Greenbrier posts $9 million in fourth-quarter net income, diluted EPS of 27 cents

Key Facts

1Greenbrier posted fourth-quarter net income of $9 million, or 27 cents per diluted share, while core EPS was 39 cents.
2Actual revenue was $591 million, compared with $759.5 million in the corresponding period of fiscal 2025.
3The quarter brought orders for 3,400 railcars worth $600 million and ended with a backlog of 14,000 railcars valued at an estimated $2.1 billion.
4Greenbrier expects revenue of $2.8 billion to $3.2 billion and diluted EPS of $2.75 to $3.75 in fiscal 2027.

Greenbrier reported net income of $9 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, equivalent to 27 cents per diluted share, while core EPS was 39 cents. Investing.com reported the results in a story on the rail freight car company’s performance. The difference between the two figures reflects items excluded from the core earnings measure, so 39 cents is not the reported diluted profit. The company posted actual revenue of $591 million for the quarter. According to market estimates cited by Investing.com, analysts had expected earnings of about 80 cents per share and revenue of $605.1 million.

Year over year, revenue fell from $759.5 million in the corresponding quarter of fiscal 2025, while the pre-results estimate pointed to a 20.3% contraction. But actual revenue of $591 million came in below those reduced expectations, Investing.com reported. Diluted EPS was $1.26 in the year-earlier period. The average pre-results estimate pointed to a 36% annual decline in EPS, according to the same report. Compared with the previous quarter, market estimates had forecast a 37% improvement in EPS from 60 cents and a 6% increase in revenue from $576.5 million in the third quarter.

Order and delivery activity showed that business continued to flow during the quarter: Greenbrier received new orders for 3,400 railcars worth $600 million, according to Investing.com. The company, in turn, delivered 3,600 railcars during the period. This activity left a backlog of 14,000 railcars as of August 31, 2026, with an estimated value of up to $2.1 billion. That backlog represents a substantial volume of work on the company’s books at quarter-end, even as revenue declined from the year-earlier period and came in below the estimates cited in the report. The quarter’s new orders were also valued at $600 million, allowing a direct comparison between new orders and deliveries recorded during the period.

Greenbrier shares fell 2.3% in after-hours trading on October 26, reaching $37.44, according to Investing.com. The move followed revenue figures below the analyst estimates cited by the site and per-share earnings below the average forecast referenced in its report. The company also had a $2.1 billion backlog, alongside $600 million in new orders during the quarter. The figures present a mixed picture: quarterly results were weak against estimates, while the order book remained substantial. The share-price move cited here was limited to trading after the announcement that day.

For fiscal 2027, Greenbrier set a revenue range of $2.8 billion to $3.2 billion and a diluted EPS range of $2.75 to $3.75, according to a summary of the company’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published by Stock Titan. The guidance frames the company’s expectations for the next fiscal year after revenue of $591 million in the fourth quarter of 2026. It also comes as the backlog stood at 14,000 railcars, with an estimated value of $2.1 billion, on August 31. The EPS range provides the company’s low and high estimates rather than a single figure. Revenue and EPS are the two performance measures included in the fiscal 2027 guidance.