Growth Metrics

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

FreightCar America (RAIL) reported FCF Margin of 1.4% for Q3 2025, down 364.0% year-over-year from 0.53% in Q3 2024, and down 79.03% on a QoQ basis from 6.68% in Q2 2025.

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 16 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 1.4% in Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin fell 364.0% year-over-year to 1.4% in Q3 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 5.31% (down 617.0% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 7.16%, up 939.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin slipped to 1.4% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 6.68% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 38.29% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 70.49% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 1.4% (2025), against an average of 7.13%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when FCF Margin surged 18886 bps; it then plunged 3162 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing RAIL's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 1.68% in 2021, then soared by 875 bps to 16.43% in 2022, then jumped by 32 bps to 21.69% in 2023, then plunged by 85 bps to 3.34% in 2024, then slumped by 58 bps to 1.4% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RAIL FCF Margin figures stand at 1.4% (Q3 2025), 6.68% (Q2 2025), and 12.94% (Q1 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 24.18%
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 20.94%
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn -1.27%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 8.43%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 5.19%
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn -10.45%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 21.89%
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn -11.06%
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 1.40%
Jun 30, 2025 6.68%
Mar 31, 2025 12.94%
Dec 31, 2024 3.34%
Sep 30, 2024 5.04%
Jun 30, 2024 38.29%
Mar 31, 2024 -16.32%
Dec 31, 2023 21.69%
Sep 30, 2023 -7.86%
Jun 30, 2023 -23.55%
Mar 31, 2023 -12.02%
Dec 31, 2022 16.43%
Sep 30, 2022 -13.85%
Jun 30, 2022 -20.94%
Mar 31, 2022 7.17%
Dec 31, 2021 1.68%
Sep 30, 2021 -22.98%
Jun 30, 2021 -62.19%
Mar 31, 2021 -70.49%
Dec 31, 2020 -38.27%
Sep 30, 2020 -81.18%
Jun 30, 2020 -112.78%
Mar 31, 2020 -259.35%
Dec 31, 2019 11.15%
Sep 30, 2019 -28.68%
Jun 30, 2019 -24.62%
Mar 31, 2019 1.37%
Dec 31, 2018 40.23%
Sep 30, 2018 -24.83%
Jun 30, 2018 -52.75%
Mar 31, 2018 -16.48%
Dec 31, 2017 11.45%
Sep 30, 2017 -13.86%
Jun 30, 2017 20.75%
Mar 31, 2017 11.28%
Dec 31, 2016 39.91%
Sep 30, 2016 -32.40%
Jun 30, 2016 -9.17%
Mar 31, 2016 -13.05%
Dec 31, 2015 -2.56%
Sep 30, 2015 11.92%
Jun 30, 2015 -9.81%
Mar 31, 2015 -89.23%
Dec 31, 2014 46.48%
Sep 30, 2014 -10.84%
Jun 30, 2014 -34.24%
Mar 31, 2014 -85.84%
Dec 31, 2013 114.09%
Sep 30, 2013 -5.15%
Jun 30, 2013 -75.84%
Mar 31, 2013 -41.54%
Dec 31, 2012 10.05%
Sep 30, 2012 12.75%
Jun 30, 2012 -10.78%
Mar 31, 2012 14.27%
Dec 31, 2011 17.63%
Sep 30, 2011 9.45%
Jun 30, 2011 -6.16%
Mar 31, 2011 -15.39%
Dec 31, 2010 -224.31%
Sep 30, 2010 -89.35%