FreightCar America (RAIL) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2025)
FreightCar America's EBIT Margin was 9.07% in Q3 2025, up 1.43 percentage points from 7.64% a year earlier and up 2.57 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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FreightCar America (RAIL) EBIT Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, FreightCar America's EBIT Margin was 7.36% through Sep 30, 2025, up 2.63 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2024, it came in at 6.67%, up 3.74 percentage points from FY2023.
- EBIT Margin has now increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of +39.55 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- In earlier years, EBIT Margin was 2.93% in FY2023 (+7.05 pp), -4.12% in FY2022 (+7.09 pp), -11.21% in FY2021 (+63.11 pp) and -74.32% in FY2020 (-41.44 pp).
- The Q3 2025 figure marks the highest quarterly EBIT Margin since Q1 2016.
- Compared with a year earlier, EBIT Margin was higher in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.57 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for EBIT Margin over five years was Q1 2021 (a gain of 284.15 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2022 (a drop of 5.30 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, RAIL's EBIT Margin in the three quarters before Q3 2025 was 6.50% (Q2 2025), 4.02% (Q1 2025) and 8.45% (Q4 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 336.89 Bn | 308.59 Bn | 7.76 Bn | 20.91% |
| 2 | Amphenol | 196.03 Bn | 190.61 Bn | 3.55 Bn | 29.51% |
| 3 | Deere | 169.80 Bn | 137.90 Bn | 4.66 Bn | 14.72% |
| 4 | Eaton | 151.30 Bn | 148.49 Bn | 2.86 Bn | 16.32% |
| 5 | Parker-Hannifin | 120.33 Bn | 118.45 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 23.86% |
| 6 | Emerson Electric | 90.81 Bn | 83.55 Bn | 2.66 Bn | 26.92% |
| 7 | 3M | 88.88 Bn | 70.28 Bn | 2.68 Bn | 15.14% |
| 8 | Vertiv Holdings | 81.30 Bn | 71.92 Bn | 1.23 Bn | 19.48% |
| 9 | Illinois Tool Works | 79.03 Bn | 75.59 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 26.67% |
| 10 | FreightCar America | 130.42 Mn | -112.05 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.07% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.50% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.02% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 8.45% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.64% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.91% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.43% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.21% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.26% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.72% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.35% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -4.84% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -12.44% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.47% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.70% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.08% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -7.14% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -11.18% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -44.75% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -15.20% |
API Access
FreightCar America EBIT Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=RAIL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "ticker": "RAIL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=RAIL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();