FreightCar America (RAIL) Gross Margin (2010 - 2025)
FreightCar America's (RAIL) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 15.08% in 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.
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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.
- On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 78.0% year-over-year to 15.08% in Q3 2025; TTM through Sep 2025 was 15.09%, a 449.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2024 full-year figure at 11.98%, up 32.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin was 15.08% for Q3 2025 at FreightCar America, roughly flat from 15.02% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 15.26% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 2.64% in Q3 2021.
- A 5-year average of 10.25% and a median of 10.79% in 2022 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
- Across the five-year window, Gross Margin soared 17345 bps in 2021 and tumbled 522 bps in 2022, its largest moves.
- Over 5 years, Gross Margin stood at 8.81% in 2021, then slumped by 59 bps to 3.58% in 2022, then jumped by 167 bps to 9.56% in 2023, then soared by 60 bps to 15.26% in 2024, then declined by 1 bps to 15.08% in 2025.
- The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 15.08% (Q3 2025), 15.02% (Q2 2025), and 14.95% (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies | 47.41 Bn | 46.74 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 36.52% |
| 2 | Gatx | 6.31 Bn | 6.31 Bn | 555.30 Mn | 95.72% |
| 3 | Trinity Industries | 2.25 Bn | 2.10 Bn | 109.90 Mn | 22.66% |
| 4 | Triton International | 1.42 Bn | 1.42 Bn | 622,000.00 | 2.86% |
| 5 | Greenbrier Companies | 1.32 Bn | 1.05 Bn | 81.10 Mn | 14.07% |
| 6 | Foster L B | 386.10 Mn | 380.32 Mn | 30.87 Mn | 22.28% |
| 7 | FreightCar America | 212.69 Mn | 148.40 Mn | - | - |
| 8 | GenFlat Holdings | 47.31 Mn | 43.30 Mn | -32,922.00 | - |
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Historic 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% |