FreightCar America (RAIL) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2025)

FreightCar America (RAIL) reported Free Cash Flow of $2.2 million for Q3 2025, down 60.67% year-over-year from $5.7 million in Q3 2024, and down 71.64% quarter-over-quarter from $7.9 million in Q2 2025.

FreightCar America (RAIL) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 16 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $2.2 million in Q3 2025.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q3 2025 came in at $2.2 million, down 60.67% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $22.6 million (down 43.3% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was $39.9 million, up 601.87% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow fell to $2.2 million in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from $7.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $55.9 million in Q2 2024 and troughed at -$26.3 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $31105.3 and a median of $1.3 million in 2021 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Free Cash Flow surged 1546.89% in 2022, then slumped 244.56% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $1.3 million in 2021, then surged by 1546.89% to $20.7 million in 2022, then surged by 32.81% to $27.4 million in 2023, then slumped by 83.24% to $4.6 million in 2024, then sank by 51.15% to $2.2 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows RAIL's Free Cash Flow at $2.2 million in Q3 2025, $7.9 million in Q2 2025, and $12.5 million in Q1 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 152.26 Bn 151.22 Bn 5.85 Bn 1.50 Bn
2 Csx 84.99 Bn 83.89 Bn 3.18 Bn 729.00 Mn
3 Norfolk Southern 67.33 Bn 65.99 Bn 2.74 Bn -38.00 Mn
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 56.27 Bn 56.68 Bn 2.36 Bn 227.51 Mn
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 46.65 Bn 46.16 Bn 1.06 Bn 153.00 Mn
6 Trinity Industries 2.76 Bn 2.82 Bn 128.90 Mn -51.40 Mn
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.54 Bn 1.05 Bn 69.50 Mn 128.60 Mn
8 Foster L B 438.47 Mn 435.35 Mn 25.70 Mn -13.40 Mn
9 Rail Vision 179.83 Mn 159.33 Mn 504,000.00 -4.35 Mn
10 FreightCar America 178.32 Mn 114.02 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2025 2.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 2.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 7.92 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 7.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 12.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 12.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 4.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 4.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 5.71 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 5.71 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 55.89 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 55.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -26.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -26.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 27.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 27.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -4.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -4.85 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -20.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -20.87 Mn