Growth Metrics

FreightCar America (RAIL) FCF Payout Ratio (2012 - 2017)

FreightCar America (RAIL) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.11 for Q3 2017, down 268.78% year-over-year from 0.07 in Q3 2016, and down 346.17% on a QoQ basis from 0.05 in Q2 2017.

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 6 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.11 in Q3 2017.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 268.78% year-over-year to 0.11 in Q3 2017, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2017 was 0.09 (up 126.04% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 0.7, changed N/A from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio declined to 0.11 in Q3 2017 per RAIL's latest filing, from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.07 in Q1 2017 and bottomed at 0.21 in Q4 2015.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.02 (2013), against an average of 0.04.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2015, when FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 2999.62%; it then surged 224.47% in 2017.
  • Tracing RAIL's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.01 in 2013, then declined by 7.65% to 0.01 in 2014, then plunged by 2999.62% to 0.21 in 2015, then surged by 109.69% to 0.02 in 2016, then tumbled by 642.12% to 0.11 in 2017.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RAIL FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.11 (Q3 2017), 0.05 (Q2 2017), and 0.07 (Q1 2017).

Peer Comparison

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1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 0.55
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 0.36
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn -7.97
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.65
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.35
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn -0.48
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 0.01
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn -
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, 2017 -0.11
Jun 30, 2017 0.05
Mar 31, 2017 0.07
Dec 31, 2016 0.02
Sep 30, 2016 -0.03
Jun 30, 2016 -0.10
Mar 31, 2016 -0.06
Dec 31, 2015 -0.21
Sep 30, 2015 0.04
Jun 30, 2015 -0.05
Mar 31, 2015 -0.01
Dec 31, 2014 0.01
Sep 30, 2014 -0.04
Jun 30, 2014 -0.02
Mar 31, 2014 -0.02
Dec 31, 2013 0.01
Sep 30, 2013 -0.18
Jun 30, 2013 -0.02
Mar 31, 2013 -0.02
Dec 31, 2012 0.06
Sep 30, 2012 0.04
Jun 30, 2012 -0.04
Mar 31, 2012 0.02