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December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Investment Thesis
While market sentiment towards the railroad industry, and in turn, the railcar manufactur-ing industry, has turned exceptionally bearish, we believe Greenbrier’s ability to remain financially healthy during a soft market environment and its efforts to diversify its product base and geographical revenue stream enable it to emerge from the industry-wide rout successful and profitable. We see value in GBX stock for these reasons, despite over-whelming market fear of low crude oil prices decreasing the volume of oil shipments by rail.
Thesis Highlights
Strong Fundamentals in a Tough Environment
Depressed oil prices have contributed to a steep, industry-wide earnings decline. Green-brier’s revenue has fallen from 2015 highs which aligned with the peak of US oil produc-tion. Despite industry woes, GBX has maintained a very strong balance sheet with a net debt-to-EBITDA ratio of 0.18, approximately $570 million of cash, and a stable credit re-volver. It has an industry leading ROIC of 22.95%; management is targeting 25.0% for the second half of FY2016 (note: management compensation is tied to ROIC).
Diversifying Product Base and Revenue Stream
Greenbrier has established a strong backlog that allows it to operate efficiently through “softer” markets—the backlog sits at 27,500 units ($3.2 billion), 80% of which is non-energy related. The growing repairs and leasing businesses stabilize cash flows in times of slower manufacturing. Last quarter, revenue from Leasing & Services totaled $76.6M, up 116% YoY and accounted for 12.2% of total revenue. Joint ventures and strategic acqui-sitions have expanded operations into new foreign markets such as Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and Eastern Europe. The international segment currently brings in 14% of revenues but management is looking to increase this figure to 20% in the near future.
Industry Concerns may be Unjustified and/or Overstated
We believe the markets are currently overreacting to the lower price of oil and the uncer-tainty around its future. The decline of oil prices has negatively altered the perception of US oil production, and therefore one of GBX’s main sources of income. While prices have declined nearly 50% in the last two years, US domestic oil production has only dropped about 10% from its peak in early 2015 and has stabilized over the last 4 months at around 8.5 million barrels a day.
Thesis Risks
Product Base Still Dependent on Oil and Not Yet Fully Diversified
Approximately 80% of Greenbrier’s revenue comes from its manufacturing segment, and 40% of segment revenue comes from tankers, which are primarily used for transporting oil. Over 90% of its revenue comes from within the US. While GBX is working towards diversifying its revenue stream on both fronts, short-term profits are exposed to an eco-nomic shock that would affect US manufacturing or US domestic production of oil. While President-Elect Donald Trump will likely be a tailwind for US manufacturing, the price and output of oil is still subject to the negotiations of international bureaucrats.
Must Rise above Struggling Industry
The long-term outlook of the rail industry is underwhelming. Greenbrier must outperform and out-diversify the industry to demand a higher valuation. Greenbrier has distanced itself from coal transportation, the segment most likely to struggle in the long term, but it could still suffer alongside other rail companies if pipelines become more prevalent in the transportation of oil, as pipelines are shown to be safer despite being considered political-ly toxic.
Analyst Team
Company Information
Price-Based Multiples
Price Target $42.71
Dec-2 Price $40.70
Michael Carola Jack Williamson
Garrett Finn Jon Haugen
Susanna Manziaris
Sector Industrials
Industry Railroad Equipment
Market Cap $1.15 B
Sales (LTM) $2.68 B
Beta 1.6
Recommendation:
Buy
Selected Information
Metric GBX Peers
P/E 12.1x 18.9x
P/B 1.3x 1.1x
EV/Sales 0.7x 1.3xx
EV/EBITDA 4.8x 7.1x
Metric GBX Peers
ROIC 22.95% 10.38%
Div. Yield 2.06% 3.03%
EBITDA Margin 17.0% 26.85%
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.17 1.64
EBITDA/Interest — 7.19
December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Business Overview1
Railcar and Marine Vessel Manufacturing
Intermodal Railcars, the most important being the double-stock railcar, which are de-
signed to transport containers stacked two-high on a single platform.
A variety of tank cars, including both general and certain pressurized tank cars, which are
designed for the transportation of products such as crude oil, ethanol, liquefied petroleum gas, caustic soda, urea ammonium nitrate, vegetable oils, bio-diesel and various other products.
Full line of railcar equipment designed for the transportation of automotive products.
Conventional railcars, such as boxcars, which are used in the transport of forest products,
perishables, general merchandise and commodities. Covered hopper cars, which are used for the grain, fertilizer, sand, cement and petrochemical industries as well as gondolas for the steel, metals and aggregate markets. Flat car products include center partition cars for the forest products industry, bulkhead flat cars and solid waste service flat cars.
Marine Vessels—Greenbrier manufactures a broad range of Jones Act1 ocean-going and
river barges for transporting merchandise between ports within the U.S. including conven-tional deck barges, double-hull tank barges, railcar/deck barges, barges for aggregates and other heavy industrial products and dump barges.
Ten (10) Wheels and Parts shops provide complete wheel servicing including recondition-
ing of wheels and axles in addition to new axle machining and finishing and axle downsiz-ing. Component parts facilities recondition and manufacture railcar cushioning units, cou-plers, yokes, side frames, bolsters and various other parts. Facilities also produce roofs, doors and associated parts for boxcars
Leasing and Services
Greenbrier’s relationships with financial institutions, combined with our ownership of a
lease fleet of approximately 8,900 railcars enables it to offer operating leases and “by the mile” leases to customers. The company frequently originates leases of railcars, which are either newly built or refurbished by Greenbrier, or bought from the secondary market and subsequently sold with attached leases to financial institutions. Greenbrier then provides such institutions with management services under multi-year agreements. Assets from the lease fleet are periodically sold to take advantage of market conditions, manage risk and maintain liquidity.
The management services business offers a broad array of software and services that
include railcar maintenance management, railcar accounting services (such as billing and revenue collection, car hire receivable and payable administration), total fleet manage-ment (including railcar tracking using proprietary software), administration and railcar remarketing. The company currently owns or provides management services for a fleet of approximately 273,000 railcars for railroads, shippers, carriers, institutional investors and other leasing and transportation companies in North America.
1FY 2016 10-K
Freight Manufacturing 77.70%
Leasing & Services 12.60%
Other 9.70%
Revenue Segmentation
Backlog Highlights
Total manufacturing backlog
27,500 units
Estimated future reve-nue (millions) $3,200
Units scheduled for de-livery in 2017 12,000
Marine backlog (millions) $114 Covered hopper cars for use in energy related sand transportation 3,800 units
December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Industry Overview
Rail Manufacturing The Rail Manufacturing industry manufactures equipment used pri-marily in the transportation and freight segments. The aggregate industry is segmented into two main groups, Equipment Manufac-turing and Servicing. Equipment manufacturing is segmented into four primary offerings: railcars, tankers, flatbeds, and marine barg-es. These various equipment offerings are designed to ensure com-panies are able to transport their goods regardless of being liquid, or solid across the country, or globe.
Servicing is broken up into three categories, which includes after-market refurbishment & repairs, management consulting, and leas-ing.
Industry Valuation The total industry market capitalization is $14.25 billion, with LTM revenue totaling $14.04 billion. The average P/E multiple is 18.9x and EV/EBITDA 7.1x.
From 2011 until 2014 GBX has remained relatively aligned to the industry EV/EBITDA. Although, in mid-2014 GBX ‘s EV/EBITDA mul-tiple fell below the industry average. The gap has since widened over the last two years; this could be indicative of GBX’s relative value.
Total Market Cap $14.25 B
TTM Revenue $14.04B
Relevant Industry Metrics
Industry Valuation
Metric GBX Peers
P/E 12.1x 18.9x
P/B 1.3x 1.1x
EV/Sales 0.7x 1.3xx
EV/EBITDA 4.8x 7.1x
December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Industry Overview (cont.)
Competitors
Greenbrier’s main competitors are Trinity Industries (TRN), American Railcar Industries (ARII), and FreightCar America (RAIL). Trinity In-dustries is the largest player in the industry, with a market capitaliza-tion of $3.27B. Furthermore, TRN has the most diversified business model along with industry leading margins.
American Railcar Industries (ARII) has a market capitalization of $704M. Unlike GBX and TRN, ARII does not have a well-diversified revenue stream, and as a result is more exposed and correlated to the tanker and car market. ARII also offers a very limited offering of intermodal transport, which increases cost associated with inefficien-cy, and also increases the chances of damage to the products that are being transported.
FreightCar America (RAIL) has the smallest market capitalization in the industry. FreightCar America focuses on manufacturing aluminum and steel bodied freight rail cars. The company also manufactures parts and refurbishes railcars. FreightCar America’s primary custom-ers are leasing companies and railroads.
Industry Returns
The graph below compares GBX’s 5-YR Returns (%) to the entire Rail Manufacturing industry. Between the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2013 GBX’s returns were below the industry average. In 2013 when oil hit $91.17/ barrel GBX and the industry achieved over 200% returns. Despite the record high returns, when oil dropped in price throughout 2014 until present (2016), revenues fell dramatically. From the graph it can be inferred that Greenbrier and the industry clearly have a positive correlation to the price of oil.
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Competitor Highlights
Trinity Industries (TRN)
Biggest player in the industry
Most diversified business model
Industry leading margins American Railcar Industries (ARII)
Relatively more exposure and correlation to the tanker car market
Limited intermodal offerings FreightCar America (RAIL)
All manufacturing
Similar manufactured product offerings
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12/5/2011 12/5/2012 12/5/2013 12/5/2014 12/5/2015
GBX 5Y Returns vs. Industry
GBX Industry Average
Sources:
Company 10K
Earnings call
December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Management Overview
Chief Executive Officer, William Furman William A. Furman is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Greenbrier. Mr. Furman has served Chief Executive Of-ficer of the company since 1994, and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company since January 2014. Mr. Furman was Vice President of the Greenbrier from 1974 to 1994, and he currently serves as a director of Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., a steel recy-cling and manufacturing company1.
Management compensation incentives tied to ROIC Prior to 2014, Greenbrier’s Compensation Committee established per-formance goals related to adjusted Corporate EBITDA for the purpos-es of the company’s short-term cash incentive program for executive officers. Beginning in FY 2014, the Committee adopted Corporate Re-turn on Invested Capital (ROIC) as an additional financial perfor-mance measure to determine executive compensation because ROIC is more closely aligned with shareholder interests2. ROIC has more than doubled since the implementation of the plan, resulting in en-hanced shareholder returns.
William A. Furman $3,025,095
Lorie L. Tekorius $851,545
Mark J. Rittenbaum $1,252,031
Alejandro Centurion $1,483,440
Victoria McManus $988,007
James T. Sharp $433,717
FY 2016 NEO Compensation
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8/31/2006 8/31/2007 8/31/2008 8/31/2009 8/31/2010 8/31/2011 8/31/2012 8/31/2013 8/31/2014 8/31/2015
10Y Returns vs. ROIC
Stock Price ROIC
Insiders’ Last Transaction
William A. Furman3 -20,450 shares
Lorie L. Tekorius -1,361 shares
Mark J. Rittenbaum -6,250 shares
Alejandro Centurion3 -3,162 shares
Victoria McManus3 -2,383 shares
James T. Sharp -2,996 shares
December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Strong Fundamentals in a Tough Environment
The decline of US oil has spared few US oil production peaked in 2015, and since then, companies with close ties to oil have seen steep declines in their stock prices. Green-brier is no stranger to this phenomena; its stock price is down over 50% since September 2014. From 25% and 18% growth in 2014 and 2015, respectively, Greenbrier’s revenue growth grinded to an abrupt halt in FY 2016, expanding just 2.85% YoY. Analysts expect revenue to decline by over 20% over the next two years.
Healthy balance sheet will help weather the storm Greenbrier’s management has kept net-debt levels fairly low at just 18% of LTM EBITDA, well below the industry average. The company holds approximately $570 million in cash with a stable credit revolver which allows Greenbrier to be extremely flexible during “softer” mar-kets like the one the company currently finds itself in. Since Greenbri-er’s board had implemented an executive compensation structure tied to Return on Invested Capital, the company has generated an ROIC of 23%, and management plans to keep this high level of re-turn stable over the next year by strategically managing costs.
Historical Valuation Despite the steep fall in Greenbrier’s stock price, the company maintains its financial health. Management’s conservative use of debt and its ability to squeeze out high returns out of every dollar of invested capital have kept the company afloat during this tough market environment. The overselling of GBX stock had depressed its EV/EBITDA multiple to a 5-year low by the end of 2015. Recently, the stock has picked up momentum, but still trades below it’s 5-year multiple average.
Fundamental Data
Price-Based Multiples
Metric GBX Peers
P/E 12.1x 18.9x
P/B 1.3x 1.1x
EV/Sales 0.7x 1.3xx
EV/EBITDA 4.8x 7.1x
Metric GBX Peers
ROIC 22.95% 10.38%
Div. Yield 2.06% 3.03%
EBITDA Margin 17.0% 26.85%
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.17 1.64
EBITDA/Interest Exp.
— 7.19
FCF Yield 19.5% 9.5%
Asset Turnover 1.48 0.58
December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Diversifying Product Base and Revenue Stream
Expanding Product Base GBX has been focusing on growing its intermodal railcar manufacturing seg-ment. Intermodal units are specifically designed to be moved from railcars, to trucks, and to large barges. This ensures a more efficient and secure delivery of a wide range of products due to the ease of transporting the intermodal unit. Greenbrier’s offering of intermodal railcars has significantly expanded the company’s product base.
Geographical Diversification The international rail manufacturing industry had a total revenue of $14.04B. Domestic countries account for 95% of revenue, while interna-tional companies only made up 5% of revenue. Greenbrier has the most internationally diverse revenue stream amongst competitors, with the Unit-ed States market comprising of 86% of total revenues, and international businesses totaling 14% of revenues. Greenbrier has been utilizing its buy-ing power to expand into emerging railcar markets in Europe, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia. The Europe manufacturing facility uses advanced fabrication technologies to provide a vast array of high quality railcars to a diverse set of clients. The manufactured railcars cross a variety of different purposes ranging from car wagons, all the way to tank wagons. In 2015, Greenbrier agreed to purchase a 19.5% stake in Brazilian Rail manufacturer Amsted– Maxion Hortolandia (AMH) for $15 million. The deal also allows Greenbrier to purchase another 40% before September 2017. AMH controls an annual 70% market share of the South American railroad freight car market. This could mean significant future growth for Greenbrier in the South American market.
Leasing stabilizes cash flows The leasing segment has become a favored revenue segment for rail manu-facturers. The market typically assigns a higher multiple to companies that earn a significant portion of their revenue from leasing because companies that diversify their revenue stream through a leasing segment help manage cyclical risk.
GBX ARII TRN RAIL
Freight Manu-facturing
77.70% 78.70% 84.80% 99.70%
Leasing & Ser-vices
12.60% 21.30% 13.80% 0.30%
Other 9.70% 0 1.40% 0
Revenue Segmentation
Sources:
December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Industry Concerns May be Unjustified and/or Overstated
Oil Rigs Online
The US oil rig count has increased in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 30 OPEC meeting. Despite the lower US oil prices, the industry has remained resilient. Extensive financing has been performed for operations in the Permian Ba-sin, which is one of the more efficient basins for operations. The Permian rig count is currently up approximately 70% since the end of April. The more shale basins such as Eagle Ford and Williston have not seen this level of increase, but this still shows a sign of improvement in US oil production. This growth is likely to continue given the optimistic agreement from the recent OPEC meeting.
Over-Reaction to Declining Oil Prices
The stock price of GBX has been significantly affected by the price of oil in recent years. The stock has lost much of its gains from before the US oil production boom. The drop in US oil production due to the declining oil prices has negatively affected the perception of the US railcar industry given the recent rise in the need for crude by rail trans-portation. However, while prices have declined approximately 50% in the last two years, US oil production has only dropped around 10% from its peak in early 2015 and has stabilized at current levels. The market also seems to be pricing in a severe decrease in the railcar orders market. While we a decline is likely, we believe that the market seems to be already pricing this drop in and is missing any potential upside.
Continuing Demand for Crude by Rail
Many of the more efficient oil rigs that are successful in a low price environment like we are in today utilize pipelines. However, there will always be a need for crude by rail. Pipelines do decrease costs, but the political fallout can be endless as we are currently seeing from the DAPL situation and have seen from the axing of the Keystone Pipeline. Crude by Rail will be heavily relied for crude transportation from the Midwest to the gulf and transports to each coast.
Regulation
A new rule has been put in place that requires the retirement of DOT-111 tanker cars by 2017-2018. As of 2013, DOT-111 tanker cars made up about 69% of the American tanker car fleet and about 80% of the Canadian tanker car fleet. This is due to the high profile disasters that can follow any crude by rail accident considering the flammable contents and the speed at which they travel. Greenbrier is set up well for this move, as its DOT-117 car was dubbed “The Tank Car of the Future”. The Canadian transport minister has pushed the retirement deadline of DOT-111 cars up 6 months due to the country’s reliance of crude by rail because of the nixing of the Keystone pipeline. Despite these regulations Greenbrier has yet to see many orders come to fruition most likely due to the struggling operations of oil producers. It seems that many of Greenbrier’s customers are merely kicking the can down the road since declin-ing oil production has seen a decrease in tanker car orders.
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December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Product Base Still Dependent on Oil and Not Yet Fully Diversified
Connection to Oil
The shale revolution and increase in US oil production brought upon unprecedented railcar orders for Greenbrier in correlation with the crude by rail phenomenon. Railroads needed tanker cars and sand cars in order to meet the rising production at many of the oil fields in the US. However, prolonged low crude oil prices have forced many of the less efficient production operations to shut down. This is not a good thing for Greenbrier as many of the more efficient oil rigs and basins utilize pipelines to transport oil.
Lacking Revenue Diversification
Currently, 80% of Greenbrier’s revenue comes from its manufacturing segment and 40% of this segment revenue comes from tankers. Greenbrier does not break out what percentage of the tankers are crude tanker cars, but it can be assumed that it has been a sizable portion in recent years. Also, the company currently has 80%-90% of its revenue coming from the US meaning that it is very susceptible to any economic shock that could worsen the decline of US oil production or US manufacturing.
Order Cancellations
During the last earnings call, Greenbrier announced the settlement on the order cancellation of 1,200 sand cars. This is worrisome because it points to the struggle of current fracking operations due to its reliance on sand transports. Greenbrier states that they do not allow order cancellations, but say that they work with their customers to find fitting accommodations during tough environments like we are seeing today. This brings concern to how much can Greenbrier rely on its backlog, which is marketed as very strong.
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December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Must Rise above the Struggling Industry
▪ Expanded market share increases risk Railcar manufacturing as an industry has stagnated after the boom in 2014-2015 and will likely decline in the near future. Greenbrier is expecting this but is not immune to industry wide concerns. In order for Greenbrier to be a value pick, it must excel within the industry. In recent years, Greenbrier has done just so, increasing its backlog market share from 13% to 30% and maintaining a positive net income where its competitors have failed. This increased market share does mean that Greenbrier is more susceptible to industry wide risk and limits its ability to function as a niche supplier and avoid macro issues. This is partially mitigated by Greenbrier’s new tankers being some of the best for conforming to DOT 117 specification regulations, as a decrease in demand will have less of an affect on Greenbrier. Tankers in general are the second most common type of car behind covered hoppers and make up 21% of all railcars currently being operated.
▪ Dependent on backlog staying healthy A large part of Greenbrier’s potential upside comes from the fact that they have a very strong backlog in tough market environment. This backlog cur-rently sits at over 27,500 units valued at over $3.2 billion. If this backlog were to shrink via canceled orders, Greenbrier would lose a significant amount of future revenue and would lose one of its distinct advantages over its competitors from an investor’s perspective. A significant loss of backlog is unlikely as has never happened to Greenbrier to date, but it is possible if the rail transportation industry severely underperforms or if Greenbrier’s reputa-tion among its customers were to worsen for any reason. The primary con-cern is that much of their future earnings are dependent on orders in the future that can be canceled, although it is much more likely for orders to be delayed rather than canceled.
▪ Not outperforming means possible heavy downside There is a larger inherent risk when investing in a company within a strug-gling, volatile industry. We believe Greenbrier has qualities that allow it to be a value pick despite industry woes, but nevertheless, the company must significantly outperform the competition in order for us to see real upside. If it simply performs or even underperforms then the losses will likely be high-er for Greenbrier than they would be for an investment in a similar relative position within a different industry.
December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Valuation—Perpetuity Growth Method
Revenue Growth Our conservative discounted cash flow model forecasts negative rev-enue growth over the next four years. Analysts expect revenues to decline nearly 20% YoY in 2017 and 2018. Based on Greenbrier’s healthy backlog that management believes is stronger than it was during the last “soft” market environment eight years ago, we expect revenues to bottom out at $1.3bn in FY 2020. We do not foresee much difficulty in Greenbrier’s ability to beat the extremely low ana-lyst and market forecasts. Transportation by rail has been and will continue to be a mainstay of American infrastructure, and so we be-lieve growth will eventually normalize. President-Elect Donald Trump’s effect on the industry’s growth is unclear. Investment in do-mestic infrastructure should be a tailwind to manufacturers, but the Republican controlled Congress may prove to be friendly to oil pipe-lines, an obvious risk to railroad companies for the reasons we previ-ously outlined.
Terminal Value Our Terminal Value calculation considers Greenbrier’s excess returns and it’s industry-leading return on invested capital using the formula below: Our selected perpetuity growth rate of 1.6% is intended to reflect the growth rate at a normalized point in the business cycle, which we estimate to be around the rate of inflation. Again, this conservative number should not be difficult to beat.
Discount Rate Greenbrier’s forecasted cash flows and terminal value are discounted at 11%, it’s weighted average cost of capital according to Bloomberg.
Valuation Our DCF model returned a value of $42.71 per share of GBX stock.
Discount Rate 11.03%
5Y Revenue CAGR -7.65%
5Y Avg. EBITDA Margin 11.97%
Perpetuity Growth Rate 1.6%
Reinvestment Rate 6%
Key Assumptions
Summary
Enterprise Value 1,612 M
Less: Non-Equity In-terests (224 M)
Equity Value 1,388M
Equity Value Per Share $42.71
Current Price $40.70
Upside/(Downside) 5%
Comparable Companies
Company Forward EV/
EBITDA Forward
P/E
Greenbrier 7.7x 21.8x
Trinity 7.4x 22.8x
American Railcar 7.4x 14.0x
FreightCar 9.4x 61.7x
Average 8.0x 28.9x
GBX Implied Share Price $58.37 $45.50
Upside/(Downside) 43.92% 11.79%
December 28, 2016 Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
Value Risks to the Downside
Revenue
Oil prices stay lower for longer and fewer drillers are produc-ing oil
As oil rigs come back online, the time between discovery and oil in the barrel takes longer than anticipated
A potentially friendly stance towards oil pipelines by the Trump administration
Oil pipelines continue to capture market share from rail trans-portation
An interest rate hike, and in turn a stronger US dollar, puts downward pressure on oil prices
Inflationary concerns, sparked by the election of Donald Trump, materialize, resulting in higher oil prices to the point where producers have trouble remaining competitive
Costs
Unfulfilled backlog orders can result in potentially large inven-tory write-downs.
A stronger US dollar dampens the advantages of sourcing rev-enue from oversees, creating foreign exchange losses
Terminal Value
The terminal value used in our DCF makes up 60% of our val-uation
Management could have difficulty in reaching their 25% ROIC target
Our selected perpetuity growth rate (1.6%) is a highly subjec-tive figure
Higher than anticipated revenue declines will negatively im-pact terminal year cash flow and therefore terminal value
Discount Rate 11.03%
5Y Revenue CAGR -7.65%
5Y Avg. EBITDA Margin 11.97%
Perpetuity Growth Rate 1.6%
Reinvestment Rate 6%
Key Assumptions
Summary
Comparable Companies
Company Forward EV/
EBITDA Forward
P/E
Greenbrier 7.7x 21.8x
Trinity 7.4x 22.8x
American Railcar 7.4x 14.0x
FreightCar 9.4x 61.7x
Average 8.0x 28.9x
GBX Implied Share Price $58.37 $45.50
Upside/(Downside) 43.92% 11.79%
Enterprise Value 1,612 M
Less: Non-Equity In-terests (224 M)
Equity Value 1,388M
Equity Value Per Share $42.71
Current Price $40.70
Upside/(Downside) 5%
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