Greenbrier: Take Advantage Of 20% Share Price Pullback

Summary

• Greenbrier's recent 20% stock price pullback, solid fundamentals, and favorable market trends present a good re-entry point despite challenges in revenue growth and shrinking order backlog.
• Earnings have surged due to improved profit margins, but future growth depends on increasing sales, which in turn depends on the orders backlog, which is currently shrinking.
• Positive external factors, like the global energy landscape and European rail transport expansion, support potential long-term demand for Greenbrier's railcars.
• Risks include potential prolonged stock price decline due to potentially lower oil prices, global economic slowdown, higher interest rates, and Europe's stagnant industrial output since 2008.

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Investment thesis: Greenbrier (NYSE:GBX) has favorable external trends working in its favor, while the company's internal metrics continue to remain solid. It has become a growth company, when it comes to its earnings, but revenue growth is less than impressive, along

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