Growth Metrics

FreightCar America (RAIL) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

FreightCar America (RAIL) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 16 consecutive years, with $9.6 million as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 27.98% to $9.6 million in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was $39.7 million, a 41.3% increase, with the full-year FY2024 number at $29.7 million, up 8.05% from a year prior.
  • Operating Expenses was $9.6 million for Q3 2025 at FreightCar America, down from $10.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $15.6 million in Q1 2021 to a low of $4.1 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $7.8 million and a median of $7.5 million in 2024 define the central range for Operating Expenses.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Expenses: plummeted 56.44% in 2021, then soared 90.97% in 2025.
  • FreightCar America's Operating Expenses stood at $4.8 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 32.27% to $6.3 million in 2022, then increased by 21.89% to $7.7 million in 2023, then grew by 21.13% to $9.4 million in 2024, then increased by 2.91% to $9.6 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for RAIL's Operating Expenses are $9.6 million (Q3 2025), $10.1 million (Q2 2025), and $10.5 million (Q1 2025).