FreightCar America (RAIL) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)
FreightCar America (RAIL) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 18.74% for Q3 2025, down 259.0% year-over-year from 11.79% in Q3 2024, and down 6.21% quarter-over-quarter from 19.98% in Q2 2025.
FreightCar America (RAIL) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
FreightCar America (RAIL) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 18.74% the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2025.
- In Q3 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 259.0% year-over-year to 18.74%; the TTM figure through Sep 2025 stood at 18.74% (down 259.0% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was 23.19%, up 1182.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed fell to 18.74% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 19.98% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 28.85% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 74.82% in Q2 2021.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 5.28% across 5 years, with a median of 1.64% in 2022.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 2747 bps — and 2022, when it soared 7319 bps.
- FreightCar America's Return on Capital Employed stood at 18.5% in 2021, then rose by 10 bps to 16.62% in 2022, then soared by 159 bps to 9.8% in 2023, then jumped by 147 bps to 24.21% in 2024, then slipped 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.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 18.74% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.98% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 28.85% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 24.21% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 21.33% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.71% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.08% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.80% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.99% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -7.44% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -14.89% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -16.62% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -6.30% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.64% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -7.21% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -18.50% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -28.16% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -74.82% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -72.51% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -64.08% |