Greenbrier (GBX) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

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Wed, April 8, 2026 astatine 8:57 AM CDT 28 min read

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Tuesday, April 7, 2026 astatine 5 p.m. ET

• Chief Executive Officer — Lorie Leeson

• Chief Commercial and Leasing Officer — Brian Comstock

• Chief Financial Officer — Michael Donfris

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Lorie Leeson: Thank you, Travis, and bully afternoon, everyone. We admit you joining america today. Greenbrier delivered resilient 2nd 4th results. Steady execution crossed our integrated concern exemplary and disciplined pricing supported our show arsenic our customers' needs proceed to germinate and the expected accumulation ramp-up shifts beyond the existent fiscal year. Consistent with our expectations and accumulation schedules arsenic we exited Q1, deliveries and revenues were little sequentially. Notably, though, aggregate gross borderline and net exceeded anterior periods with akin transportation levels. The structural improvements we've executed implicit the past respective years drives our quality to present amended fiscal show connected little volumes and execute what we similar to telephone higher lows.

Current FTR forecasts bespeak astir 24,000 caller railcar deliveries for the North American marketplace successful calendar 2026. The past clip the freight railcar manufacture generated yearly deliveries astatine these levels, Greenbrier was a overmuch antithetic company. Our outgo operation was higher, our superior readying was little targeted, our marketplace presumption was narrower and our net illustration was materially little dependable. That discourse matters due to the fact that Greenbrier is fundamentally stronger today. We person structurally and systematically improved our operations and grown our marketplace presence, resulting successful a much balanced and durable concern model. As a result, adjacent successful a much mean railcar concern climate, we're generating coagulated profitability and affirmative currency travel portion maintaining a precocious level of liquidity.

Market conditions tin beryllium dynamic. Customers are deliberate with superior investments amid evolving freight conditions, changing commercialized policies, geopolitical developments and a mixed macroeconomic backdrop. However, arsenic we entered March, lawsuit commitments increased, reinforcing our presumption that underlying request remains intact implicit the agelong term. In North America and Europe, we're experiencing longer lawsuit decision-making times, which has shifted the timing of production. However, we stay assured successful marketplace fundamentals. We expect the constraints connected bid enactment to statesman to loosen successful the adjacent term. You'll perceive much astir the marketplace from Brian successful conscionable a fewer minutes.