Growth Metrics

FreightCar America (RAIL) EBT Margin (2016 - 2025)

FreightCar America (RAIL) has disclosed EBT Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 4.72% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin rose 8684.0% to 4.72% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 17.39%, a 3734.0% increase, with the full-year FY2024 number at 12.51%, down 634.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin was 4.72% for Q3 2025 at FreightCar America, down from 6.5% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 54.34% in Q1 2025 to a low of 124.62% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 8.18% and a median of 1.77% in 2023 define the central range for EBT Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBT Margin: surged 20567bps in 2021, then tumbled -9709bps in 2024.
  • FreightCar America's EBT Margin stood at 0.57% in 2021, then crashed by -1381bps to 7.25% in 2022, then soared by 76bps to 1.77% in 2023, then surged by 1605bps to 26.65% in 2024, then crashed by -118bps to 4.72% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for RAIL's EBT Margin are 4.72% (Q3 2025), 6.5% (Q2 2025), and 54.34% (Q1 2025).