FreightCar America (RAIL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
FreightCar America (RAIL) reported Gross Margin of 15.08% for Q3 2025, up 0.78 percentage points from 14.30% a year earlier and up 0.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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FreightCar America (RAIL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2025, FreightCar America's Gross Margin came in at 15.09%, up 4.49 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2024, it came in at 11.98%, up 0.32 percentage points from FY2023.
- Gross Margin has increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of +18.20 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- By year, Gross Margin came in at 11.66% in FY2023 (+4.58 pp), 7.08% in FY2022 (+1.44 pp), 5.64% in FY2021 (+18.09 pp) and -12.45% in FY2020 (-6.23 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Gross Margin spans a low of 2.64% in Q3 2021 and a high of 15.26% in Q4 2024.
- Year over year, Gross Margin has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.25 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Gross Margin in five years was Q1 2021 (a gain of 173.45 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2022 (a drop of 5.22 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2025 came in at 15.02% (Q2 2025), 14.95% (Q1 2025) and 15.26% (Q4 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 267.46 Bn | 238.77 Bn | 7.35 Bn | 35.54% |
| 2 | Amphenol | 197.37 Bn | 192.21 Bn | 4.02 Bn | 39.26% |
| 3 | Deere | 185.36 Bn | 194.13 Bn | 4.66 Bn | 36.94% |
| 4 | Eaton | 137.64 Bn | 134.62 Bn | 3.11 Bn | 34.70% |
| 5 | Parker-Hannifin | 121.80 Bn | 119.79 Bn | 2.26 Bn | 37.73% |
| 6 | 3M | 97.84 Bn | 80.25 Bn | 2.78 Bn | 42.27% |
| 7 | Emerson Electric | 93.37 Bn | 85.86 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 52.68% |
| 8 | Illinois Tool Works | 81.86 Bn | 78.53 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 45.09% |
| 9 | Vertiv Holdings | 74.77 Bn | 63.62 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 38.11% |
| 10 | FreightCar America | 167.91 Mn | -98.90 Mn | 6.70 Mn | 8.75% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 8.75% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.45% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 16.81% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 13.36% |
| 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% |
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FreightCar America Gross Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=RAIL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-margin", "ticker": "RAIL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=RAIL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();