FreightCar America (RAIL) Net Margin (2010 - 2025)
FreightCar America (RAIL) reported Net Margin of 4.64% for Q3 2025, up 8994.0% year-over-year from 0.05% in Q3 2024, and down 147.13% quarter-over-quarter from 9.85% in Q2 2025.
FreightCar America (RAIL) Net Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
FreightCar America (RAIL) has 16 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 4.64% in Q3 2025.
- Net Margin for Q3 2025 came in at 4.64%, up 8994.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 17.42% (up 3815.0% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was 13.58%, down 697.0% from the prior year.
- Net Margin declined to 4.64% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 9.85% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 52.39% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 120.89% in Q1 2021.
- A 5-year average of 10.44% and a median of 4.64% in 2025 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2024: Net Margin jumped 33814 bps in 2021, then plunged 9975 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 1.56% in 2021, then slumped by 595 bps to 7.74% in 2022, then soared by 71 bps to 2.26% in 2023, then jumped by 1217 bps to 25.22% in 2024, then sank by 118 bps to 4.64% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows RAIL's Net Margin at 4.64% in Q3 2025, 9.85% in Q2 2025, and 52.39% in Q1 2025.
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| 1 | Union Pacific | 152.26 Bn | 151.22 Bn | 5.85 Bn | 27.36% |
| 2 | Csx | 84.99 Bn | 83.89 Bn | 3.18 Bn | 23.18% |
| 3 | Norfolk Southern | 67.33 Bn | 65.99 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 18.25% |
| 4 | Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 56.27 Bn | 56.68 Bn | 2.36 Bn | 22.83% |
| 5 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies | 46.65 Bn | 46.16 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 12.31% |
| 6 | Trinity Industries | 2.76 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 128.90 Mn | -0.37% |
| 7 | Greenbrier Companies | 1.54 Bn | 1.05 Bn | 69.50 Mn | 1.65% |
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| 9 | Rail Vision | 179.83 Mn | 159.33 Mn | 504,000.00 | -482.40% |
| 10 | FreightCar America | 178.32 Mn | 114.02 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | -4.64% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.85% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 52.39% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 25.22% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -94.58% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.60% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -7.18% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -2.26% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.17% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -21.32% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -6.27% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -7.74% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -20.96% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 25.60% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -27.72% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.56% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.25% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -11.52% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -120.89% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -25.81% |