Growth Metrics

FreightCar America (RAIL) EBT Margin (2010 - 2025)

FreightCar America (RAIL) reported EBT Margin of 4.73% for Q3 2025, up 8683.0% year-over-year from 0.05% in Q3 2024, and up 86.31% on a QoQ basis from 34.57% in Q2 2025.

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 16 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 4.73% in Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin rose 8683.0% year-over-year to 4.73% in Q3 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 7.96% (up 2796.0% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 12.55%, down 636.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin advanced to 4.73% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 34.57% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 54.3% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 120.48% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 6.13% (2023), against an average of 11.98%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when EBT Margin soared 33860 bps; it then tumbled 9709 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing RAIL's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 0.56% in 2021, then slumped by 1420 bps to 7.39% in 2022, then jumped by 76 bps to 1.77% in 2023, then soared by 1622 bps to 26.98% in 2024, then sank by 118 bps to 4.73% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RAIL EBT Margin figures stand at 4.73% (Q3 2025), 34.57% (Q2 2025), and 54.3% (Q1 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 35.85%
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 30.53%
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 23.85%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 30.26%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 15.90%
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn 7.13%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 1.94%
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 1.16%
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 -4.73%
Jun 30, 2025 -34.57%
Mar 31, 2025 54.30%
Dec 31, 2024 26.98%
Sep 30, 2024 -91.57%
Jun 30, 2024 7.31%
Mar 31, 2024 -8.78%
Dec 31, 2023 -1.77%
Sep 30, 2023 5.52%
Jun 30, 2023 -20.69%
Mar 31, 2023 -6.13%
Dec 31, 2022 -7.39%
Sep 30, 2022 -21.00%
Jun 30, 2022 28.50%
Mar 31, 2022 -27.45%
Dec 31, 2021 0.56%
Sep 30, 2021 3.87%
Jun 30, 2021 -10.15%
Mar 31, 2021 -120.48%
Dec 31, 2020 -25.56%
Sep 30, 2020 -172.69%
Jun 30, 2020 -80.91%
Mar 31, 2020 -459.08%
Dec 31, 2019 -23.72%
Sep 30, 2019 -88.84%
Jun 30, 2019 -21.55%
Mar 31, 2019 -20.62%
Dec 31, 2018 -12.65%
Sep 30, 2018 -10.49%
Jun 30, 2018 -4.47%
Mar 31, 2018 -9.93%
Dec 31, 2017 -16.64%
Sep 30, 2017 -25.56%
Jun 30, 2017 -0.75%
Mar 31, 2017 0.78%
Dec 31, 2016 -2.31%
Sep 30, 2016 -0.06%
Jun 30, 2016 -0.51%
Mar 31, 2016 13.21%
Dec 31, 2015 7.88%
Sep 30, 2015 9.49%
Jun 30, 2015 4.61%
Mar 31, 2015 -3.36%
Dec 31, 2014 3.35%
Sep 30, 2014 5.80%
Jun 30, 2014 1.51%
Mar 31, 2014 -21.04%
Dec 31, 2013 -23.15%
Sep 30, 2013 -1.54%
Jun 30, 2013 -12.04%
Mar 31, 2013 0.53%
Dec 31, 2012 -0.11%
Sep 30, 2012 4.84%
Jun 30, 2012 5.14%
Mar 31, 2012 7.26%
Dec 31, 2011 4.99%
Sep 30, 2011 1.35%
Jun 30, 2011 -2.03%
Mar 31, 2011 -5.29%
Dec 31, 2010 -140.68%
Sep 30, 2010 -19.07%
Jun 30, 2010 -7.33%