FreightCar America (RAIL) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
FreightCar America (RAIL) reported Operating Margin of 9.07% for Q3 2025, up 1.43 percentage points from 7.64% a year earlier and up 2.57 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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FreightCar America (RAIL) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2025, FreightCar America's Operating Margin came in at 7.36%, up 2.63 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2024, it came in at 6.67%, up 3.74 percentage points from FY2023.
- Operating Margin has increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of +39.55 percentage points (FY2019 to FY2024).
- By year, Operating Margin came in at 2.93% in FY2023 (+7.05 pp), -4.12% in FY2022 (+7.09 pp), -11.21% in FY2021 (+63.11 pp) and -74.32% in FY2020 (-41.44 pp).
- The Q3 2025 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Operating Margin since Q1 2016.
- Year over year, Operating Margin gained in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.57 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was Q1 2021 (a gain of 284.15 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2022 (a drop of 5.30 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2025 came in at 6.50% (Q2 2025), 4.02% (Q1 2025) and 8.45% (Q4 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caterpillar | 267.46 Bn | 238.77 Bn | 7.35 Bn | 20.38% |
| 2 | Amphenol | 197.37 Bn | 192.21 Bn | 4.02 Bn | 29.53% |
| 3 | Deere | 185.36 Bn | 194.13 Bn | 4.66 Bn | 14.72% |
| 4 | Eaton | 137.64 Bn | 134.62 Bn | 3.11 Bn | 17.76% |
| 5 | Parker-Hannifin | 121.80 Bn | 119.79 Bn | 2.26 Bn | 19.96% |
| 6 | 3M | 97.84 Bn | 80.25 Bn | 2.78 Bn | 23.66% |
| 7 | Emerson Electric | 93.37 Bn | 85.86 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 25.88% |
| 8 | Illinois Tool Works | 81.86 Bn | 78.53 Bn | 1.91 Bn | 27.79% |
| 9 | Vertiv Holdings | 74.77 Bn | 63.62 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 22.81% |
| 10 | FreightCar America | 167.91 Mn | -98.90 Mn | 6.70 Mn | -4.00% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -4.00% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -3.80% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.92% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.20% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.07% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.50% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.02% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 8.45% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.64% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.91% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.43% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.21% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.26% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.72% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.35% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -4.84% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -12.44% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.47% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.70% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.08% |
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FreightCar America Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=RAIL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "RAIL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=RAIL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();