FreightCar America (RAIL) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 18.74% in Q3 2025.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q3 2025 came in at 18.74%, down 259.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 18.74% (down 259.0% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was 23.19%, up 1182.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed slipped to 18.74% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 19.98% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 28.85% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 74.82% in Q2 2021.
• A 5-year average of 5.28% and a median of 1.64% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Return on Capital Employed plunged 2747 bps in 2021, then soared 7319 bps in 2022.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 18.5% in 2021, then increased by 10 bps to 16.62% in 2022, then surged by 159 bps to 9.8% in 2023, then soared by 147 bps to 24.21% in 2024, then decreased by 23 bps to 18.74% in 2025.
• Business Quant data shows RAIL's Return on Capital Employed at 18.74% in Q3 2025, 19.98% in Q2 2025, and 28.85% in Q1 2025.