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How The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. stacks up
GBX · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #1,501 of 2,440 · scores higher than 38% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score244 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 · 2,323 reported | 4.8% | 7.1% | 38% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 7.2% | 7.7% | 47% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | 2.5% | 3.1% | 43% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | 6.3% | 8.0% | 42% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 15.1% | 25.8% | 23% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GBX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 5.5B CNY (≈$769M) | 100 | 83 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 51M MYR (≈$11M) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1,501 | 47.9B JPY (≈$325M) | 38 | 47 | |
| 1,501 | 23.5B EUR (≈$25.8B) | 38 | 54 | |
| 1,501 | 3.21T CLP (≈$3.5B) | 38 | 53 | |
| 1,501 | 3.0B USD | 38 | 51 | |
| 1,501 | 1.3B USD | 38 | 38 | |
| 1,501 | 1.6B EUR (≈$1.8B) | 38 | 28 | |
| 1,501 | 5.7B USD | 38 | 49 | |
| 1,501 | 1.1B USD | 38 | 39 | |
| 1,501 | 964M USD | 38 | 60 |
Scores 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