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How The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. stacks up
GBX · against 845 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #535 of 846 · scores higher than 36% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score90 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including GBX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 38?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital, which is weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 62% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.8% vs peer median 7.1%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.5% vs peer median 3.1%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 7.2% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GBX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GBX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 815 reported | 4.8% | 7.0% | 38% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 846 reported | 7.2% | 7.7% | 46% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 798 reported | 2.5% | 3.2% | 42% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 791 reported | 6.3% | 8.0% | 41% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 848 reported | 15.1% | 25.2% | 22% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GBXScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score