The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX)

edge

transportation: Railroad. upside when economy recovers. good to consider near q1

growth still exists here

Recovering economy should increase the number of cars on the rails...could help GBX build/sell more cars, WILL help GBX lease more cars.

Throwing darts at this point!!!

follows nyse railroads

Costs are too high, they are not generating enough cash. Look at their numbers compared to some of their competitors (Westinghouse Air Brake for example) and they cannot compete in the long run. I like trains, but GBX is going to have a tough go of it.

EPS 09: -1.21 p/e:0
EPS 10: .15 p/e: 66.66

Lots of insider buying and I figure it will plod along and appreciate over time.

This company recently bought out Meridian Rail and is in transition.

Their stock has been down in cyclic times and has always comeback. They had a 4% dividend paid out even in this time of recession and previously had 8% dividends paid out each quarter consistently in the year before. They have managers and vice presidents with over 25 years of experience in the industry and they have all weathered the down cycle and know that it will pass and they will be on top again. Combined with the recession it took a big dive but that only means when it's the boom time again the stock will be headed up with a bullet. My inexperienced opinion from interpretting the history, is that this is a buy and hold in order to make a very very lucrative profit. This company has crushed the competitors in the area and bought up the others and is always looking to the future and building on it's strengths and management.

You will not regret this investment, rail is here to stay and this company is vital to it's continuation.

Railroads are finally coming back, and GBX provides a range of freight cars and components, as well as servicing and refurbishing their cars and cars for other companies. It also leases cars, and manufacturers ocean-going barges.. Sounds like a very well-rounded company.

Greenbrier is owned by CSX. Greenbrier owns many short line railroads and they are making record profits and will continue as long as fuel prices are high.

High gas prices will lead to shift towards rail for moving freight.

Upward pressure on oil will continue to fuel the railroad sector's continued climb this summer, and the upcoming confirmation of an American recession this summer along with a continuation of the dollars fall here at home will only accelerate the integration of business and railroad to offset higher energy prices.

I'm going with the fast money railroad tip. This one was flagged as a winner of the group

This company is positioned right in the middle of an alternative energy boom in north America and the dire need for rail shipping fuel around the country and around the world. It's a bedrock company for the next few years until it reaches a zenith in capitalization.

Working to even out their workflows beyond cyclical rail

railroads are cheaper to transport with th eincrease in gas

Warren Buffet just bought other railroads