Growth Metrics

FreightCar America (RAIL) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2025)

FreightCar America (RAIL) reported Operating Expenses of $9.6 million for Q3 2025, up 27.98% year-over-year from $7.5 million in Q3 2024, and down 4.62% on a QoQ basis from $10.1 million in Q2 2025.

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 16 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $9.6 million in Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 27.98% year-over-year to $9.6 million in Q3 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $30.3 million (up 1.96% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at $29.7 million, up 8.05% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses retreated to $9.6 million in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from $10.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $15.6 million in Q1 2021 and bottomed at $4.1 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $7.5 million (2024), against an average of $7.9 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Operating Expenses plunged 84.7%; it then jumped 90.97% in 2025.
  • Tracing RAIL's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $6.4 million in 2021, then retreated by 0.58% to $6.3 million in 2022, then increased by 21.89% to $7.7 million in 2023, then gained by 21.13% to $9.4 million in 2024, then advanced by 2.91% to $9.6 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RAIL Operating Expenses figures stand at $9.6 million (Q3 2025), $10.1 million (Q2 2025), and $10.5 million (Q1 2025).

Peer Comparison

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1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 3.76 Bn
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 2.23 Bn
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 2.12 Bn
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 1.78 Bn
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 544.00 Mn
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn 50.70 Mn
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 57.40 Mn
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 23.03 Mn
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 9.65 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 10.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 10.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 9.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 7.54 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 5.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 7.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 7.74 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 7.51 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 5.85 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 6.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 6.35 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 7.11 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 4.05 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 10.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 6.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 5.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 6.17 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 15.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 11.02 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 37.26 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 6.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 8.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 7.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 7.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 16.67 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 7.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 7.22 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 5.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 8.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 8.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 9.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 10.79 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 6.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 8.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 9.09 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 9.54 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 8.68 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 10.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 11.19 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 10.71 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 10.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 8.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 9.02 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 9.22 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 8.68 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 8.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 7.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 7.69 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 7.85 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 4.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 8.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 8.23 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 7.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 8.69 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 8.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 7.31 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 6.87 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 6.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 6.57 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 6.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 5.80 Mn