Growth Metrics

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% on a QoQ basis from 9.85% in Q2 2025.

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 16 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 4.64% in Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin rose 8994.0% year-over-year to 4.64% in Q3 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 17.42% (up 3815.0% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 13.58%, down 697.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin fell to 4.64% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 9.85% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 52.39% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 120.89% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 4.64% (2025), against an average of 10.44%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Net Margin surged 33814 bps; it then slumped 9975 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing RAIL's Net Margin over 5 years: stood at 1.56% in 2021, then plunged by 595 bps to 7.74% in 2022, then jumped by 71 bps to 2.26% in 2023, then surged by 1217 bps to 25.22% in 2024, then tumbled by 118 bps to 4.64% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RAIL Net Margin figures stand at 4.64% (Q3 2025), 9.85% (Q2 2025), and 52.39% (Q1 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 27.36%
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 23.18%
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 18.25%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 22.83%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 12.31%
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn -0.37%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 1.65%
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 1.23%
9 FreightCar America 145.10 Mn 80.80 Mn - -
10 Swvl Holdings 18.35 Mn 13.93 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Sep 30, 2020 -172.37%
Jun 30, 2020 -80.90%
Mar 31, 2020 -459.03%
Dec 31, 2019 -24.78%
Sep 30, 2019 -87.89%
Jun 30, 2019 -21.57%
Mar 31, 2019 -20.33%
Dec 31, 2018 -29.79%
Sep 30, 2018 -7.82%
Jun 30, 2018 -3.50%
Mar 31, 2018 -7.72%
Dec 31, 2017 -14.06%
Sep 30, 2017 -16.12%
Jun 30, 2017 -0.38%
Mar 31, 2017 0.46%
Dec 31, 2016 0.05%
Sep 30, 2016 0.04%
Jun 30, 2016 -0.37%
Mar 31, 2016 8.52%
Dec 31, 2015 4.44%
Sep 30, 2015 6.15%
Jun 30, 2015 3.14%
Mar 31, 2015 -2.23%
Dec 31, 2014 2.26%
Sep 30, 2014 3.38%
Jun 30, 2014 1.16%
Mar 31, 2014 -12.39%
Dec 31, 2013 -22.37%
Sep 30, 2013 -1.22%
Jun 30, 2013 -7.30%
Mar 31, 2013 -3.02%
Dec 31, 2012 8.40%
Sep 30, 2012 2.96%
Jun 30, 2012 3.07%
Mar 31, 2012 4.44%
Dec 31, 2011 4.32%
Sep 30, 2011 -1.88%
Jun 30, 2011 0.18%
Mar 31, 2011 -1.76%
Dec 31, 2010 -294.89%
Sep 30, 2010 -11.38%
Jun 30, 2010 -4.26%