Growth Metrics

FreightCar America (RAIL) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2025)

FreightCar America (RAIL) has disclosed Change in Inventory for 16 consecutive years, with -$4.9 million as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Inventory fell 121.44% to -$4.9 million in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was $13.8 million, a 137.14% increase, with the full-year FY2024 number at -$55.0 million, down 190.23% from a year prior.
  • Change in Inventory was -$4.9 million for Q3 2025 at FreightCar America, down from $26.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $32.1 million in Q3 2023 to a low of -$46.8 million in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $2.9 million and a median of $5.4 million in 2023 define the central range for Change in Inventory.
  • Peak YoY movement for Change in Inventory: soared 814.48% in 2023, then crashed 964.01% in 2024.
  • FreightCar America's Change in Inventory stood at $8.1 million in 2021, then crashed by 367.32% to -$21.6 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 117.1% to $3.7 million in 2023, then crashed by 481.27% to -$14.1 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 65.25% to -$4.9 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for RAIL's Change in Inventory are -$4.9 million (Q3 2025), $26.3 million (Q2 2025), and $6.6 million (Q1 2025).