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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($)
 12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2024
Aug. 31, 2023
Aug. 31, 2022
Aug. 31, 2021
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure, Table
Pay Versus Performance
As required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act, and Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K,
we are providing certain information, including information about the relationship between executive compensation actually paid to certain individuals by the Company and certain financial performance of the Company. For further information concerning the Company’s
pay-for-performance
philosophy and how the Company aligns executive compensation with the Company’s performance, refer to the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement.
 
 
 
    
 
      
 
      
 
      
 
    
Average
Summary
Compensation
Table Total
for
Non-PEO

NEOs
(5)
(d)
    
Average
Compensation
Actually Paid
to
Non-PEO

NEOs
(6)
(e)
    
Value of Initial Fixed $100
Investment Based On:
      
 
      
 
  
Fiscal Year
(a)
  
Summary
Compensation
Table Total
for First
PEO
(1)
(b)
    
Summary
Compensation
table Total
for Second
PEO
(2)
(b)
    
Compensation
Actually Paid
to First PEO
(3)
(c)
    
Compensation
Actually Paid
to Second
PEO
(4)
(c)
    
Total
Shareholder
Return
(7)
(f)
    
Peer Group
Total
Shareholder
Return
(8)
(g)
    
Net Income
($MM)
(9)
(h)
    
Company
EBITDA
($MM)
(10)
 
(i) 
  
2024
  
 
N/A
 
  
$
6,500,650
 
  
 
N/A
 
  
$
9,514,546
 
  
$
2,509,768
 
  
$
3,330,451
 
  
 
$200.30
 
  
 
$167.51
 
  
 
$160.1
 
  
$
451.1
 
2023
  
 
N/A
 
  
$
5,639,481
 
  
 
N/A
 
  
$
8,638,530
 
  
$
2,350,565
 
  
$
3,229,980
 
  
 
$171.31
 
  
 
$142.79
 
  
 
$ 62.5
 
  
$
340.3
 
2022
  
$
6,633,675
 
  
 
N/A
 
  
$
2,293,623
 
  
 
N/A
 
  
$
3,058,323
 
  
$
1,618,067
 
  
 
$111.03
 
  
 
$135.31
 
  
 
$ 46.9
 
  
$
231.3
 
2021
  
$
5,580,229
 
  
 
N/A
 
  
$
9,401,783
 
  
 
N/A
 
  
$
2,487,885
 
  
$
3,769,096
 
  
 
$167.05
 
  
 
$153.97
 
  
 
$ 32.4
 
  
$
150.3
 
 
(1)
 
This column represents the amount of total compensation reported for William A. Furman (our former Chief Executive Officer and former Executive Chairman) for each corresponding fiscal year in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable fiscal year (such total for the applicable executive, “total compensation”). Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the applicable fiscal year.
 
(2)
This column represents the amount of total compensation reported for Lorie L. Tekorius (our Chief Executive Officer and President) for each corresponding fiscal year in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement
.
 
(3)
 
This column represents the amount of “compensation actually paid” to Mr. Furman, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K.
The amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Mr. Furman during the applicable fiscal year.
 
(4)
 
This column represents the amount of “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K.
The amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Ms. Tekorius during the applicable fiscal year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K,
the following adjustments were made to Ms. Tekorius’ total compensation for fiscal year 2024 to determine the “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius in fiscal year 2024:
 
Fiscal Year
   
Reported
Summary
Compensation
Table Total
for Second PEO
(a)
   
Reported
Summary
Compensation
Table Value of
Second PEO
Equity
Awards
(b)
   
Adjusted
Value of
Second PEO
Equity
Awards
(c)
   
Compensation   
Actually Paid   
to Second PEO   
2024
     
$
6,500,650
     
$
3,594,634
     
 
$6,608,530
     
$
9,514,546
 
 
(a)
 
This column represents the amount of total compensation reported for Ms. Tekorius for fiscal year 2024 in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement.
 
 
(b)
 
This column represents the aggregate grant date fair value of equity awards reported in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement. The amount in this column for fiscal year 2024 is replaced with the corresponding amount reported under the Adjusted Value of Second PEO Equity Awards column in order to arrive at compensation actually paid for fiscal year 2024.
 
 
(c)
 
This column represents an adjustment to the amounts in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2024. For fiscal year 2024, the adjusted amount replaces the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for Ms. Tekorius to arrive at “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius for fiscal year 2024. The adjusted amount is determined by adding (or subtracting, as applicable) the following for fiscal year 2024: (i) the fiscal
year-end
fair value of any equity awards granted in fiscal year 2024 that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of fiscal year 2024; (ii) the amount of change as of the end of fiscal year 2024 (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in the fair value of any awards granted in prior fiscal years that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of fiscal year 2024; (iii) for awards that are granted and vest in fiscal year 2024, the fair value as of the vesting date; (iv) for awards granted in prior fiscal years that vest in fiscal year 2024, the amount equal to the change as of the vesting date (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in the fair value; (v) for awards granted in prior fiscal years that are determined to fail to meet the applicable vesting conditions during fiscal year 2024, a deduction for the amount equal to the fair value at the end of the prior fiscal year; and (vi) the dollar value of any dividends or other earnings paid on stock awards in fiscal year 2024 prior to the vesting date that are not otherwise reflected in the fair value of such award or included in any other component of total compensation for fiscal year 2024. The amounts added or subtracted to determine the adjusted amount are as follows:
 
Fiscal Year
  
Fiscal Year End
Fair Value of Equity
Awards Granted
in the Fiscal Year
  
Fiscal Year over
Fiscal Year Change in
Fair Value of Outstanding
and Unvested Equity Awards
at FYE Granted in
Prior Fiscal Years
  
Fair Value as of Vesting
Date of Equity Awards
Granted and Vested
in the Fiscal Year
  
Change in Fair Value
of Equity Awards
Granted in Prior Fiscal
Years that Vested
in the Fiscal Year
  
Fair Value at the End
of the Prior Fiscal Year
of Equity Awards that
Failed to Meet
Vesting Conditions
in the Fiscal Year
  
Value of Dividends or
other Earnings Paid on
Stock Awards not Otherwise
Reflected in Fair Value or
Total Compensation in the
Summary Compensation Table
for the Fiscal Year
  
Adjusted Value   
of Equity Awards   
2024
    
$
4,181,561
    
 
$2,370,695
    
$
0
    
$
116,491
    
$
183,424
    
$
123,207
    
 
$6,608,530
 
 
The fair value or change in fair value, as applicable, of stock awards was determined by reference to (x) for RSU awards, the closing price of our common stock on the applicable measurement date, (y) for performance-based RSUs (excluding market-conditioned (relative
TSR-based)
performance-based RSUs), the closing price of our common stock on the applicable measurement date multiplied by the probability of achievement as of such date and (z) for market-conditioned performance-based RSUs, a Monte Carlo simulation with reference to the risk free rate, dividend yield and volatility assumptions as of the applicable measurement date.
 
 
 
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(5)
 
This column represents the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable fiscal year. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the applicable fiscal year. The names of each of the NEOs included for purposes of calculating the average amounts in each applicable fiscal year are as follows: (i) for fiscal year 2024, Michael J. Donfris, Adrian J. Downes, Brian J. Comstock, William Krueger and William Glenn; (ii) for fiscal year 2023, Adrian J. Downes, Brian J. Comstock, William Krueger and Martin R. Baker; (iii) for fiscal year 2022, Lorie L. Tekorius, Alejandro Centurion, Brian J. Comstock and Adrian J. Downes; and (iv) for fiscal year 2021, Lorie L. Tekorius, Mark J. Rittenbaum, Alejandro Centurion, Brian J. Comstock and Adrian J. Downes.
 
(6)
 
This column represents the average amount of “compensation actually paid” to the NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius), as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K.
The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual average amount of compensation earned by or paid to the NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius) during the applicable fiscal year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K,
the following adjustments were made to average total compensation for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024 to determine the “compensation actually paid” in fiscal year 2024, using the same adjustment methodology described above in Note 4(c):
 
Fiscal Year
   
Average Reported
Summary Compensation
Table Total for
Non-PEO NEOs
(a)
  
Average Reported
Summary Compensation
Table Value of
Non-PEO

NEO Equity Awards
(b)
  
Average Non-
PEO NEO
Adjusted Value of
Equity Awards
(c)
  
Average  
Compensation  
Actually Paid to  
Non-PEO NEOs  
2024
     
$
2,509,768
     
$
1,228,616
     
$
2,049,299
     
$
3,330,451
 
 
(a)
 
This column represents the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement.
 
 
(b)
 
This column represents the average of the total amounts reported for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Executive Compensation Tables section of this Proxy Statement. The amount in this column is replaced with the amount reported under the Average
Non-PEO
NEO Adjusted Value of Equity Awards column in order to arrive at compensation actually paid for fiscal year 2024.
 
 
(c)
 
This column represents an adjustment to the average of the amounts reported for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024 determined using the same methodology described above in Note 4(c). For fiscal year 2024, the adjusted amount replaces the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for each NEO (excluding Ms. Tekorius) to arrive at “compensation actually paid” to each NEO (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024, which is then averaged to determine the average “compensation actually paid” to the NEOs (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024. The amounts added or subtracted to determine the adjusted average amount are as follows:
 
Fiscal Year
  
Average Fiscal Year End
Fair Value of Equity
Awards Granted
in the Fiscal Year
  
Average Fiscal Year
over Fiscal Year Change in
Fair Value of Outstanding
and Unvested Equity Awards
at FYE Granted in
Prior Fiscal Years
  
Average Fair Value as of
Vesting Date of Equity
Awards Granted in the
Fiscal Year and Vested
in the Fiscal Year
  
Average Change in
Fair Value of Equity
Awards Granted in
Prior Fiscal Years that
Vested in the Fiscal Year
  
Average Fair Value at the
End of the Prior Fiscal
Year of Equity Awards
that Failed to Meet
Vesting Conditions in
the Fiscal Year
  
Average Value of Dividends or
other Earnings Paid on
Stock Awards not Otherwise
Reflected in Fair Value or
Total Compensation in the
Summary Compensation Table
for the Fiscal Year
  
Adjusted Average   
Value of Equity   
Awards  
2024
    
$
1,397,392
    
$
633,133
    
$
0
    
$
39,246
    
$
61,748
    
$
41,276
    
$
2,049,299
 
 
The fair value or change in fair value, as applicable, of stock awards was determined using the same methodology described above in Note 4(c).
 
(7)
 
Company total shareholder return (“TSR”) is calculated by assuming that a $100 investment was made on the day prior to the first fiscal year reported and reinvesting all dividends until the last day of each reported fiscal year.
 
(8)
 
This column represents cumulative peer group TSR computed in accordance with Note 7. The peer group used for this purpose is the following published industry index: S&P 600 Index.
 
(9)
 
This column represents the amount of net income reflected in the Company’s audited financial statements for the applicable fiscal year.
 
(10)
 
This column represents
Company EBITDA
. See Compensation Discussion and Analysis above for additional information regarding the use of this metric and a reconciliation to GAAP.
     
Company Selected Measure Name Company EBITDA      
Named Executive Officers, Footnote This column represents the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable fiscal year. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the applicable fiscal year. The names of each of the NEOs included for purposes of calculating the average amounts in each applicable fiscal year are as follows: (i) for fiscal year 2024, Michael J. Donfris, Adrian J. Downes, Brian J. Comstock, William Krueger and William Glenn; (ii) for fiscal year 2023, Adrian J. Downes, Brian J. Comstock, William Krueger and Martin R. Baker; (iii) for fiscal year 2022, Lorie L. Tekorius, Alejandro Centurion, Brian J. Comstock and Adrian J. Downes; and (iv) for fiscal year 2021, Lorie L. Tekorius, Mark J. Rittenbaum, Alejandro Centurion, Brian J. Comstock and Adrian J. Downes.      
Peer Group Issuers, Footnote
(8)
 
This column represents cumulative peer group TSR computed in accordance with Note 7. The peer group used for this purpose is the following published industry index: S&P 600 Index.
     
Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote
(3)
 
This column represents the amount of “compensation actually paid” to Mr. Furman, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K.
The amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Mr. Furman during the applicable fiscal year.
 
(4)
 
This column represents the amount of “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K.
The amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Ms. Tekorius during the applicable fiscal year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K,
the following adjustments were made to Ms. Tekorius’ total compensation for fiscal year 2024 to determine the “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius in fiscal year 2024:
 
Fiscal Year
   
Reported
Summary
Compensation
Table Total
for Second PEO
(a)
   
Reported
Summary
Compensation
Table Value of
Second PEO
Equity
Awards
(b)
   
Adjusted
Value of
Second PEO
Equity
Awards
(c)
   
Compensation   
Actually Paid   
to Second PEO   
2024
     
$
6,500,650
     
$
3,594,634
     
 
$6,608,530
     
$
9,514,546
 
 
(a)
 
This column represents the amount of total compensation reported for Ms. Tekorius for fiscal year 2024 in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement.
 
 
(b)
 
This column represents the aggregate grant date fair value of equity awards reported in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement. The amount in this column for fiscal year 2024 is replaced with the corresponding amount reported under the Adjusted Value of Second PEO Equity Awards column in order to arrive at compensation actually paid for fiscal year 2024.
 
 
(c)
 
This column represents an adjustment to the amounts in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2024. For fiscal year 2024, the adjusted amount replaces the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for Ms. Tekorius to arrive at “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius for fiscal year 2024. The adjusted amount is determined by adding (or subtracting, as applicable) the following for fiscal year 2024: (i) the fiscal
year-end
fair value of any equity awards granted in fiscal year 2024 that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of fiscal year 2024; (ii) the amount of change as of the end of fiscal year 2024 (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in the fair value of any awards granted in prior fiscal years that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of fiscal year 2024; (iii) for awards that are granted and vest in fiscal year 2024, the fair value as of the vesting date; (iv) for awards granted in prior fiscal years that vest in fiscal year 2024, the amount equal to the change as of the vesting date (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in the fair value; (v) for awards granted in prior fiscal years that are determined to fail to meet the applicable vesting conditions during fiscal year 2024, a deduction for the amount equal to the fair value at the end of the prior fiscal year; and (vi) the dollar value of any dividends or other earnings paid on stock awards in fiscal year 2024 prior to the vesting date that are not otherwise reflected in the fair value of such award or included in any other component of total compensation for fiscal year 2024. The amounts added or subtracted to determine the adjusted amount are as follows:
 
Fiscal Year
  
Fiscal Year End
Fair Value of Equity
Awards Granted
in the Fiscal Year
  
Fiscal Year over
Fiscal Year Change in
Fair Value of Outstanding
and Unvested Equity Awards
at FYE Granted in
Prior Fiscal Years
  
Fair Value as of Vesting
Date of Equity Awards
Granted and Vested
in the Fiscal Year
  
Change in Fair Value
of Equity Awards
Granted in Prior Fiscal
Years that Vested
in the Fiscal Year
  
Fair Value at the End
of the Prior Fiscal Year
of Equity Awards that
Failed to Meet
Vesting Conditions
in the Fiscal Year
  
Value of Dividends or
other Earnings Paid on
Stock Awards not Otherwise
Reflected in Fair Value or
Total Compensation in the
Summary Compensation Table
for the Fiscal Year
  
Adjusted Value   
of Equity Awards   
2024
    
$
4,181,561
    
 
$2,370,695
    
$
0
    
$
116,491
    
$
183,424
    
$
123,207
    
 
$6,608,530
 
 
The fair value or change in fair value, as applicable, of stock awards was determined by reference to (x) for RSU awards, the closing price of our common stock on the applicable measurement date, (y) for performance-based RSUs (excluding market-conditioned (relative
TSR-based)
performance-based RSUs), the closing price of our common stock on the applicable measurement date multiplied by the probability of achievement as of such date and (z) for market-conditioned performance-based RSUs, a Monte Carlo simulation with reference to the risk free rate, dividend yield and volatility assumptions as of the applicable measurement date.
     
Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount $ 2,509,768 $ 2,350,565 $ 3,058,323 $ 2,487,885
Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount $ 3,330,451 3,229,980 1,618,067 3,769,096
Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote
(6)
 
This column represents the average amount of “compensation actually paid” to the NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius), as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K.
The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual average amount of compensation earned by or paid to the NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius) during the applicable fiscal year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K,
the following adjustments were made to average total compensation for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024 to determine the “compensation actually paid” in fiscal year 2024, using the same adjustment methodology described above in Note 4(c):
 
Fiscal Year
   
Average Reported
Summary Compensation
Table Total for
Non-PEO NEOs
(a)
  
Average Reported
Summary Compensation
Table Value of
Non-PEO

NEO Equity Awards
(b)
  
Average Non-
PEO NEO
Adjusted Value of
Equity Awards
(c)
  
Average  
Compensation  
Actually Paid to  
Non-PEO NEOs  
2024
     
$
2,509,768
     
$
1,228,616
     
$
2,049,299
     
$
3,330,451
 
 
(a)
 
This column represents the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement.
 
 
(b)
 
This column represents the average of the total amounts reported for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Executive Compensation Tables section of this Proxy Statement. The amount in this column is replaced with the amount reported under the Average
Non-PEO
NEO Adjusted Value of Equity Awards column in order to arrive at compensation actually paid for fiscal year 2024.
 
 
(c)
 
This column represents an adjustment to the average of the amounts reported for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024 determined using the same methodology described above in Note 4(c). For fiscal year 2024, the adjusted amount replaces the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for each NEO (excluding Ms. Tekorius) to arrive at “compensation actually paid” to each NEO (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024, which is then averaged to determine the average “compensation actually paid” to the NEOs (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024. The amounts added or subtracted to determine the adjusted average amount are as follows:
 
Fiscal Year
  
Average Fiscal Year End
Fair Value of Equity
Awards Granted
in the Fiscal Year
  
Average Fiscal Year
over Fiscal Year Change in
Fair Value of Outstanding
and Unvested Equity Awards
at FYE Granted in
Prior Fiscal Years
  
Average Fair Value as of
Vesting Date of Equity
Awards Granted in the
Fiscal Year and Vested
in the Fiscal Year
  
Average Change in
Fair Value of Equity
Awards Granted in
Prior Fiscal Years that
Vested in the Fiscal Year
  
Average Fair Value at the
End of the Prior Fiscal
Year of Equity Awards
that Failed to Meet
Vesting Conditions in
the Fiscal Year
  
Average Value of Dividends or
other Earnings Paid on
Stock Awards not Otherwise
Reflected in Fair Value or
Total Compensation in the
Summary Compensation Table
for the Fiscal Year
  
Adjusted Average   
Value of Equity   
Awards  
2024
    
$
1,397,392
    
$
633,133
    
$
0
    
$
39,246
    
$
61,748
    
$
41,276
    
$
2,049,299
 
 
The fair value or change in fair value, as applicable, of stock awards was determined using the same methodology described above in Note 4(c).
     
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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES
As described in greater detail in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement, the Company’s executive compensation program reflects a
pay-for-performance
philosophy. The metrics that the Company uses for both our long-term and short-term incentive awards are selected based on an objective of incentivizing our NEOs to increase the value of our enterprise for our shareholders. The most important financial performance measures used by the Company to link executive compensation actually paid to the Company’s NEOs, for the most recently completed fiscal year, to the Company’s performance are as follows:
 
•
  
Company EBITDA;
 
•
  
Company EPS;
 
•
  
Company ROIC;
 
•
  
rTSR;
 
•
  
Greenbrier-Astra Rail EBITDA; and
 
•
  
Greenbrier-Astra Rail Inventory Turn.
     
Total Shareholder Return Amount $ 200.3 171.31 111.03 167.05
Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount 167.51 142.79 135.31 153.97
Net Income (Loss) $ 160,100,000 $ 62,500,000 $ 46,900,000 $ 32,400,000
Company Selected Measure Amount 451,100,000 340,300,000 231,300,000 150,300,000
Measure:: 1        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Name Company EBITDA      
Non-GAAP Measure Description This column represents
Company EBITDA
. See Compensation Discussion and Analysis above for additional information regarding the use of this metric and a reconciliation to GAAP. 		     
Measure:: 2        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Name Company EPS      
Measure:: 3        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Name Company ROIC      
Measure:: 4        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Name rTSR      
Measure:: 5        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Name Greenbrier-Astra Rail EBITDA      
Measure:: 6        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Name Greenbrier-Astra Rail Inventory Turn      
William A. Furman [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
PEO Total Compensation Amount     $ 6,633,675 $ 5,580,229
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount     $ 2,293,623 $ 9,401,783
Lorie L. Tekorius [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
PEO Total Compensation Amount $ 6,500,650 $ 5,639,481    
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount 9,514,546 $ 8,638,530    
Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount 2,509,768      
Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount $ 3,330,451      
PEO | William A. Furman [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
PEO Name     William A. Furman William A. Furman
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
PEO Name Lorie L. Tekorius Lorie L. Tekorius    
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Reported Summary Compensation Table Value [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount $ (3,594,634)      
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Adjusted Value of Equity Awards [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 6,608,530      
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fiscal Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in the Fiscal Year [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 4,181,561      
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fiscal Year over Fiscal Year Change in Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards at FYE Granted in Prior Fiscal Years [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 2,370,695      
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Fiscal Year [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 0      
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years that Vested in the Fiscal Year [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 116,491      
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fair Value at the End of the Prior Fiscal Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Fiscal Year [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 183,424      
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Value of Dividends or Other Earnings Paid on Stock Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Fair Value or Total Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for the Fiscal Year [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 123,207      
Non-PEO NEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Reported Summary Compensation Table Value [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount (1,228,616)      
Non-PEO NEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Adjusted Value of Equity Awards [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 2,049,299      
Non-PEO NEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fiscal Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in the Fiscal Year [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 1,397,392      
Non-PEO NEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fiscal Year over Fiscal Year Change in Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards at FYE Granted in Prior Fiscal Years [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 633,133      
Non-PEO NEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Fiscal Year [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 0      
Non-PEO NEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years that Vested in the Fiscal Year [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 39,246      
Non-PEO NEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fair Value at the End of the Prior Fiscal Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Fiscal Year [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 61,748      
Non-PEO NEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Value of Dividends or Other Earnings Paid on Stock Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Fair Value or Total Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for the Fiscal Year [Member]        
Pay vs Performance Disclosure        
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount $ 41,276