---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-095751"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GBX"
cik: "0000923120"
company_name: "GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T04:25:43.813596+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Greenbrier posts Q2 GAAP EPS $0.97, revenue $1.1B; backlog $3.1B, fleet utilization 98.7%

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.97, adjusted EPS $0.99 (excl. Gunderson exit costs); revenue $1.1B vs $766.5M in Q1.
- New railcar orders 4,500 units ($580M); deliveries 7,600; backlog 25,900 units valued at $3.1B.
- Fiscal 2023 guidance: deliveries 23,000-25,000 units, revenue $3.4-3.7B, gross margin low-double-digits.
- Fleet utilization 98.7%; liquidity $816M; repurchased 575k shares for $17M; $75M authorization remaining.
- Board declares $0.27/quarter dividend payable May 16; 36th consecutive quarterly dividend.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-095751
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GBX
- cik: 0000923120
- company_name: GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312523095751/0001193125-23-095751-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312523095751/d451989d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC updated its second fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2023 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: second fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2023
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 10, 2023, The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting the Company’s financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923120/000119312523095751/0001193125-23-095751-index.htm

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