FreightCar America (RAIL) Gross Margin (2010 - 2025)
FreightCar America (RAIL) posted quarterly Gross Margin of 15.08% for Q3 2025, up 78.0% year-over-year from 8.47% 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 reported Gross Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 15.08% the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2025.
- In Q3 2025, Gross Margin rose 78.0% year-over-year to 15.08%; the TTM figure through Sep 2025 stood at 15.09% (up 449.0% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was 11.98%, up 32.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin steadied at 15.08% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 15.02% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 15.26% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 2.64% in Q3 2021.
- Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 10.25% across 5 years, with a median of 10.79% in 2022.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Gross Margin jumped 17345 bps — and 2022, when it slumped 522 bps.
- FreightCar America's Gross Margin stood at 8.81% in 2021, then slumped by 59 bps to 3.58% in 2022, then soared by 167 bps to 9.56% in 2023, then surged by 60 bps to 15.26% in 2024, then retreated by 1 bps to 15.08% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows RAIL's Gross Margin at 15.08% in Q3 2025, 15.02% in Q2 2025, and 14.95% in Q1 2025.
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| 10 | FreightCar America | 228.00 Mn | 163.70 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 15.08% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 15.02% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.95% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.26% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.30% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.50% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.08% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.56% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.90% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 14.62% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 9.24% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.58% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.31% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.60% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.79% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.81% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.64% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 5.35% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 4.07% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 9.12% |