Growth Metrics

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 on a QoQ basis from 15.02% in Q2 2025.

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

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 78.0% year-over-year to 15.09% in Q3 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 15.09% (up 446.0% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 12.02%, up 32.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin held at 15.09% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 15.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 15.27% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 2.64% in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 10.79% (2022), against an average of 10.28%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Gross Margin surged 23950 bps; it then plunged 520 bps in 2022.
  • Tracing RAIL's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 8.87% in 2021, then tumbled by 59 bps to 3.68% in 2022, then soared by 160 bps to 9.57% in 2023, then surged by 60 bps to 15.27% in 2024, then declined by 1 bps to 15.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RAIL Gross Margin figures stand at 15.09% (Q3 2025), 15.02% (Q2 2025), and 14.95% (Q1 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 94.15%
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 91.33%
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 91.46%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 87.62%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 35.97%
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn 26.20%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 11.83%
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 21.21%
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 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%
Sep 30, 2020 -17.02%
Jun 30, 2020 -38.29%
Mar 31, 2020 -235.44%
Dec 31, 2019 -20.96%
Sep 30, 2019 -13.31%
Jun 30, 2019 8.18%
Mar 31, 2019 -9.92%
Dec 31, 2018 -4.68%
Sep 30, 2018 -4.86%
Jun 30, 2018 7.25%
Mar 31, 2018 -0.72%
Dec 31, 2017 -5.11%
Sep 30, 2017 -11.00%
Jun 30, 2017 4.42%
Mar 31, 2017 7.06%
Dec 31, 2016 4.96%
Sep 30, 2016 8.36%
Jun 30, 2016 6.40%
Mar 31, 2016 10.69%
Dec 31, 2015 13.40%
Sep 30, 2015 12.05%
Jun 30, 2015 9.25%
Mar 31, 2015 4.91%
Dec 31, 2014 7.35%
Sep 30, 2014 9.89%
Jun 30, 2014 7.91%
Mar 31, 2014 -5.62%
Dec 31, 2013 -0.25%
Sep 30, 2013 8.14%
Jun 30, 2013 4.83%
Mar 31, 2013 5.67%
Dec 31, 2012 6.97%
Sep 30, 2012 10.02%
Jun 30, 2012 9.41%
Mar 31, 2012 10.83%
Dec 31, 2011 8.89%
Sep 30, 2011 7.01%
Jun 30, 2011 4.06%
Mar 31, 2011 3.10%
Dec 31, 2010 -0.65%
Sep 30, 2010 -1.98%
Jun 30, 2010 11.81%