FreightCar America RAIL
NASDAQ RAIL
$6.76 -0.58 (-7.90%)
As of: Sep 9, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

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

FreightCar America's (RAIL) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $9.6 million in Q3 2025, up 27.98% year-over-year from $7.5 million in Q3 2024, and down 4.62% quarter-over-quarter from $10.1 million in Q2 2025.

Analysis

FreightCar America (RAIL) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

FreightCar America (RAIL) has reported Operating Expenses for 16 consecutive years, with $9.6 million the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 27.98% year-over-year to $9.6 million in Q3 2025; TTM through Sep 2025 was $39.7 million, a 41.3% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2024 full-year figure at $29.7 million, up 8.05% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $9.6 million for Q3 2025 at FreightCar America, down from $10.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $15.8 million in Q1 2021 and troughed at $4.1 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $7.9 million and a median of $7.5 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The widest YoY moves for Operating Expenses: up 251.51% in 2021, down 84.7% in 2021.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Expenses stood at $6.4 million in 2021, then decreased by 0.58% to $6.3 million in 2022, then rose by 21.89% to $7.7 million in 2023, then advanced by 21.13% to $9.4 million in 2024, then climbed by 2.91% to $9.6 million in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $9.6 million (Q3 2025), $10.1 million (Q2 2025), and $10.5 million (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 47.56 Bn 46.89 Bn 1.16 Bn 561.00 Mn
2 Gatx 6.30 Bn 6.30 Bn 555.30 Mn 419.70 Mn
3 Trinity Industries 2.24 Bn 2.09 Bn 109.90 Mn 51.10 Mn
4 Triton International 1.42 Bn 1.42 Bn 622,000.00 131.78 Mn
5 Greenbrier Companies 1.32 Bn 1.05 Bn 81.10 Mn 55.20 Mn
6 Foster L B 390.09 Mn 384.30 Mn 30.87 Mn 24.11 Mn
7 FreightCar America 214.62 Mn 150.32 Mn - -
8 GenFlat Holdings 47.31 Mn 43.30 Mn -32,922.00 848,776.00
Historic Data

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 15.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -4.22 Mn