Growth Metrics

FreightCar America (RAIL) Debt Ratio (2013 - 2025)

FreightCar America (RAIL) reported Debt Ratio of 0.37 for Q4 2025, down 23.53% year-over-year from 0.48 in Q4 2024, and up 17.14% on a QoQ basis from 0.32 in Q3 2025.

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 10 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.37 in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 23.53% year-over-year to 0.37 in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.37 (down 23.53% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.37, down 23.53% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio climbed to 0.37 in Q4 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 0.32 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.48 in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 0.11 in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.38 (2022), against an average of 0.34.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Debt Ratio surged 771.24%; it then slumped 75.45% in 2023.
  • Tracing RAIL's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.4 in 2021, then advanced by 16.58% to 0.46 in 2022, then tumbled by 75.45% to 0.11 in 2023, then surged by 326.5% to 0.48 in 2024, then slipped by 23.53% to 0.37 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RAIL Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.37 (Q4 2025), 0.32 (Q3 2025), and 0.33 (Q2 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 0.44
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 0.43
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 0.38
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.28
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.28
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn -
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn -
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 0.18
9 FreightCar America 145.10 Mn 80.80 Mn - 0.37
10 Swvl Holdings 18.35 Mn 13.93 Mn - 0.06

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.37
Sep 30, 2025 0.32
Jun 30, 2025 0.33
Mar 31, 2025 0.43
Dec 31, 2024 0.48
Mar 31, 2024 0.12
Dec 31, 2023 0.11
Sep 30, 2023 0.14
Jun 30, 2023 0.11
Mar 31, 2023 0.47
Dec 31, 2022 0.46
Sep 30, 2022 0.47
Jun 30, 2022 0.39
Mar 31, 2022 0.38
Dec 31, 2021 0.40
Sep 30, 2021 0.44
Jun 30, 2021 0.41
Mar 31, 2021 0.35
Dec 31, 2020 0.30
Sep 30, 2020 0.10
Jun 30, 2020 0.08
Mar 31, 2020 0.04
Dec 31, 2019 0.04
Sep 30, 2019 0.04
Jun 30, 2019 0.03
Dec 31, 2018 0.02
Sep 30, 2014 0.05
Jun 30, 2014 0.05
Mar 31, 2014 0.05
Dec 31, 2013 0.05
Sep 30, 2013 0.05