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% quarter-over-quarter from $10.1 million in Q2 2025.

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

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

  • Operating Expenses for Q3 2025 came in at $9.6 million, up 27.98% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $30.3 million (up 1.96% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was $29.7 million, up 8.05% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses fell to $9.6 million in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from $10.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $15.6 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 sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2025: Operating Expenses slumped 84.7% in 2021, then soared 90.97% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $6.4 million in 2021, then slipped by 0.58% to $6.3 million in 2022, then gained by 21.89% to $7.7 million in 2023, then climbed by 21.13% to $9.4 million in 2024, then grew by 2.91% to $9.6 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows RAIL's Operating Expenses at $9.6 million in Q3 2025, $10.1 million in Q2 2025, and $10.5 million in Q1 2025.

Peer Comparison

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1 Union Pacific 152.26 Bn 151.22 Bn 5.85 Bn 3.76 Bn
2 Csx 84.99 Bn 83.89 Bn 3.18 Bn 2.23 Bn
3 Norfolk Southern 67.33 Bn 65.99 Bn 2.74 Bn 2.12 Bn
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 56.27 Bn 56.68 Bn 2.36 Bn 1.78 Bn
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 46.65 Bn 46.16 Bn 1.06 Bn 544.00 Mn
6 Trinity Industries 2.76 Bn 2.82 Bn 128.90 Mn 50.70 Mn
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.54 Bn 1.05 Bn 69.50 Mn 57.40 Mn
8 Foster L B 438.47 Mn 435.35 Mn 25.70 Mn 23.03 Mn
9 Rail Vision 179.83 Mn 159.33 Mn 504,000.00 -6.53 Mn
10 FreightCar America 178.32 Mn 114.02 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