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

FreightCar America (RAIL) reported Gross Margin of 15.09% for Q3 2025, up 78.0% year-over-year from 8.48% in Q3 2024, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 15.02% in Q2 2025.

FreightCar America (RAIL) Gross Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 16 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 15.09% in Q3 2025.

  • Gross Margin for Q3 2025 came in at 15.09%, up 78.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 15.09% (up 446.0% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was 12.02%, up 32.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin steadied at 15.09% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 15.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 15.27% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 2.64% in Q3 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 10.28% and a median of 10.79% in 2022 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Gross Margin jumped 23950 bps in 2021, then slumped 520 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 8.87% in 2021, then sank by 59 bps to 3.68% in 2022, then surged by 160 bps to 9.57% in 2023, then jumped by 60 bps to 15.27% in 2024, then retreated by 1 bps to 15.09% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows RAIL's Gross Margin at 15.09% in Q3 2025, 15.02% in Q2 2025, and 14.95% in Q1 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 152.26 Bn 151.22 Bn 5.85 Bn 94.15%
2 Csx 84.99 Bn 83.89 Bn 3.18 Bn 91.33%
3 Norfolk Southern 67.33 Bn 65.99 Bn 2.74 Bn 91.46%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 56.27 Bn 56.68 Bn 2.36 Bn 87.62%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 46.65 Bn 46.16 Bn 1.06 Bn 35.97%
6 Trinity Industries 2.76 Bn 2.82 Bn 128.90 Mn 26.20%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.54 Bn 1.05 Bn 69.50 Mn 11.83%
8 Foster L B 438.47 Mn 435.35 Mn 25.70 Mn 21.21%
9 Rail Vision 179.83 Mn 159.33 Mn 504,000.00 40.32%
10 FreightCar America 178.32 Mn 114.02 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2025 15.09%
Jun 30, 2025 15.02%
Mar 31, 2025 14.95%
Dec 31, 2024 15.27%
Sep 30, 2024 14.31%
Jun 30, 2024 12.63%
Mar 31, 2024 7.08%
Dec 31, 2023 9.57%
Sep 30, 2023 14.94%
Jun 30, 2023 14.62%
Mar 31, 2023 9.31%
Dec 31, 2022 3.68%
Sep 30, 2022 5.36%
Jun 30, 2022 11.60%
Mar 31, 2022 10.79%
Dec 31, 2021 8.87%
Sep 30, 2021 2.64%
Jun 30, 2021 5.47%
Mar 31, 2021 4.07%
Dec 31, 2020 9.83%