Growth Metrics

FreightCar America (RAIL) Asset Utilization Ratio (2011 - 2025)

FreightCar America (RAIL) reported Asset Utilization Ratio of 1.53 for Q3 2025, down 36.42% year-over-year from 2.41 in Q3 2024, and down 4.72% on a QoQ basis from 1.61 in Q2 2025.

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 15 years of Asset Utilization Ratio data on file, last reported at 1.53 in Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly Asset Utilization Ratio fell 36.42% year-over-year to 1.53 in Q3 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 1.53 (down 36.42% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 2.31, up 48.39% from the prior year.
  • Asset Utilization Ratio retreated to 1.53 in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 1.61 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Asset Utilization Ratio topped out at 2.41 in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.75 in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Asset Utilization Ratio is 1.61 (2025), against an average of 1.59.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Asset Utilization Ratio surged 193.79%; it then slumped 36.42% in 2025.
  • Tracing RAIL's Asset Utilization Ratio over 5 years: stood at 1.05 in 2021, then soared by 75.19% to 1.84 in 2022, then fell by 20.42% to 1.46 in 2023, then surged by 62.35% to 2.37 in 2024, then plunged by 35.36% to 1.53 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RAIL Asset Utilization Ratio figures stand at 1.53 (Q3 2025), 1.61 (Q2 2025), and 2.08 (Q1 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Asset Util. (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 0.35
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 0.32
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 0.27
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.17
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.51
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn 0.25
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 0.67
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 1.70
9 FreightCar America 145.10 Mn 80.80 Mn - -
10 Swvl Holdings 18.35 Mn 13.93 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2025 1.53
Jun 30, 2025 1.61
Mar 31, 2025 2.08
Dec 31, 2024 2.37
Sep 30, 2024 2.41
Jun 30, 2024 2.17
Mar 31, 2024 1.72
Dec 31, 2023 1.46
Sep 30, 2023 1.63
Jun 30, 2023 1.85
Mar 31, 2023 1.73
Dec 31, 2022 1.84
Sep 30, 2022 1.53
Jun 30, 2022 1.28
Mar 31, 2022 1.22
Dec 31, 2021 1.05
Sep 30, 2021 1.04
Jun 30, 2021 0.91
Mar 31, 2021 0.75
Dec 31, 2020 0.51
Sep 30, 2020 0.35
Jun 30, 2020 0.39
Mar 31, 2020 0.63
Dec 31, 2019 0.83
Sep 30, 2019 0.86
Jun 30, 2019 0.90
Mar 31, 2019 0.95
Dec 31, 2018 1.03
Sep 30, 2018 0.94
Jun 30, 2018 0.93
Mar 31, 2018 1.15
Dec 31, 2017 1.33
Sep 30, 2017 1.44
Jun 30, 2017 1.52
Mar 31, 2017 1.52
Dec 31, 2016 1.51
Sep 30, 2016 1.63
Jun 30, 2016 1.93
Mar 31, 2016 2.12
Dec 31, 2015 1.85
Sep 30, 2015 1.89
Jun 30, 2015 1.85
Mar 31, 2015 1.63
Dec 31, 2014 1.56
Sep 30, 2014 1.24
Jun 30, 2014 0.91
Mar 31, 2014 0.63
Dec 31, 2013 0.75
Sep 30, 2013 0.91
Jun 30, 2013 1.14
Mar 31, 2013 1.46
Dec 31, 2012 1.80
Sep 30, 2012 2.04
Jun 30, 2012 1.91
Mar 31, 2012 1.75
Dec 31, 2011 1.44
Sep 30, 2011 0.86