FreightCar America RAIL
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FreightCar America (RAIL) Interest Expenses (2012 - 2021)

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FreightCar America (RAIL) posted Interest Expenses of $3.56 million for Q3 2021, compared with $208,000 a year earlier and up 10.9% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

FreightCar America (RAIL) Interest Expenses (2012 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2021, Interest Expenses at FreightCar America was $10.83 million; for FY2020, it was $2.23 million, up 265.4% from FY2019.

  • Annual Interest Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 55.7% (FY2015 to FY2020).
  • In prior years, FreightCar America's Interest Expenses was $609,000 in FY2019 (+292.9%), $155,000 in FY2018 (-4.9%), $163,000 in FY2017 (-4.7%) and $171,000 in FY2016 (-29.6%).
  • The Q3 2021 figure stands as the highest quarterly Interest Expenses in data going back to Q1 2012.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Interest Expenses increased in five of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 383.8%.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Interest Expenses in the past five years was Q3 2019, with growth of 757.7%; the weakest was Q2 2017, with a decline of 26.8%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Interest Expenses for the three prior quarters was $3.21 million (Q2 2021), $2.5 million (Q1 2021) and $1.55 million (Q4 2020).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Int Expense (Qtr)
1 Caterpillar 340.33 Bn 312.03 Bn 7.76 Bn 497.00 Mn
2 Amphenol 195.04 Bn 189.62 Bn 3.55 Bn 213.70 Mn
3 Deere 171.72 Bn 139.81 Bn 4.66 Bn 661.00 Mn
4 Eaton 152.74 Bn 149.93 Bn 2.86 Bn 201.00 Mn
5 Parker-Hannifin 120.82 Bn 118.95 Bn 2.25 Bn 95.00 Mn
6 Emerson Electric 91.30 Bn 84.04 Bn 2.66 Bn -
7 3M 90.37 Bn 71.82 Bn 2.78 Bn -
8 Vertiv Holdings 81.71 Bn 72.33 Bn 1.23 Bn 17.40 Mn
9 Illinois Tool Works 79.34 Bn 75.90 Bn 1.90 Bn 79.00 Mn
10 FreightCar America 130.42 Mn -112.05 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2021 3.56 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 3.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 2.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 1.55 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 208,000.00
Jun 30, 2020 167,000.00
Mar 31, 2020 296,000.00
Dec 31, 2019 235,000.00
Sep 30, 2019 223,000.00
Jun 30, 2019 115,000.00
Mar 31, 2019 36,000.00
Dec 31, 2018 70,000.00
Sep 30, 2018 26,000.00
Jun 30, 2018 27,000.00
Mar 31, 2018 32,000.00
Dec 31, 2017 64,000.00
Sep 30, 2017 27,000.00
Jun 30, 2017 30,000.00
Mar 31, 2017 42,000.00
Dec 31, 2016 56,000.00
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