FreightCar America (RAIL) Operating Margin (2010 - 2025)
FreightCar America (RAIL) reported Operating Margin of 9.07% for Q3 2025, up 142.0% year-over-year from 3.75% in Q3 2024, and up 39.66% quarter-over-quarter from 6.5% in Q2 2025.
FreightCar America (RAIL) Operating Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
FreightCar America (RAIL) has 16 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 9.07% in Q3 2025.
- Operating Margin for Q3 2025 came in at 9.07%, up 142.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 7.36% (up 261.0% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was 6.7%, up 376.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin grew to 9.07% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 6.5% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 9.07% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 44.75% in Q1 2021.
- A 5-year average of 0.91% and a median of 2.27% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Operating Margin jumped 41241 bps in 2021, then tumbled 541 bps in 2022.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 0.08% in 2021, then plunged by 5969 bps to 4.96% in 2022, then jumped by 104 bps to 0.21% in 2023, then jumped by 3891 bps to 8.46% in 2024, then gained by 7 bps to 9.07% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows RAIL's Operating Margin at 9.07% in Q3 2025, 6.5% in Q2 2025, and 4.02% in Q1 2025.
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| 10 | FreightCar America | 178.32 Mn | 114.02 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.07% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.50% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.02% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 8.46% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.65% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.00% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.43% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.21% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.27% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.72% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.36% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -4.96% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -12.55% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.47% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.70% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.08% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -7.14% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -11.43% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -44.75% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -16.39% |