FreightCar America (RAIL) Capital Expenditures (2010 - 2025)
FreightCar America (RAIL) posted quarterly Capital Expenditures of $1.2 million for Q3 2025, down 20.38% year-over-year from $1.5 million in Q3 2024, and up 91.45% quarter-over-quarter from $608000.0 in Q2 2025.
FreightCar America (RAIL) Capital Expenditures (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
FreightCar America (RAIL) has reported Capital Expenditures for 16 consecutive years, with $1.2 million the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2025.
- In Q3 2025, Capital Expenditures fell 20.38% year-over-year to $1.2 million; the TTM figure through Sep 2025 stood at $3.4 million (down 54.69% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was $5.0 million, down 60.55% from the prior year.
- Capital Expenditures improved to $1.2 million in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from $608000.0 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Capital Expenditures topped out at $4.4 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed at $307000.0 in Q4 2021.
- Historically, Capital Expenditures has averaged $1.6 million across 5 years, with a median of $1.2 million in 2025.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Capital Expenditures tumbled 85.23% — and 2022, when it surged 1344.95%.
- FreightCar America's Capital Expenditures stood at $307000.0 in 2021, then soared by 1344.95% to $4.4 million in 2022, then declined by 15.44% to $3.8 million in 2023, then tumbled by 65.66% to $1.3 million in 2024, then retreated by 9.63% to $1.2 million in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows RAIL's Capital Expenditures at $1.2 million in Q3 2025, $608000.0 in Q2 2025, and $330000.0 in Q1 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.16 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.16 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 608,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 608,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 330,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 330,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.29 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.29 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.46 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.46 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.30 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 966,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 966,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.75 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.75 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.02 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.02 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.99 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.99 Mn |