Growth Metrics

FreightCar America (RAIL) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Equity for FreightCar America (RAIL) over the last 16 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 1.02%.

  • FreightCar America's Return on Equity fell 21400.0% to 1.02% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 1.02%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 21400.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.77% for FY2024, which is 1100.0% up from last year.
  • Per FreightCar America's latest filing, its Return on Equity stood at 1.02% for Q3 2025, which was down 21400.0% from 0.11% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, FreightCar America's Return on Equity registered a high of 9.54% during Q2 2021, and its lowest value of 1.02% during Q3 2025.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Return on Equity was 0.65% (2023), whereas its average is 2.01%.
  • In the last 5 years, FreightCar America's Return on Equity surged by 180100bps in 2021 and then tumbled by -90100bps in 2022.
  • FreightCar America's Return on Equity (Quarter) stood at 7.18% in 2021, then crashed by -77bps to 1.64% in 2022, then crashed by -67bps to 0.55% in 2023, then decreased by -9bps to 0.49% in 2024, then crashed by -307bps to 1.02% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 1.02% in Q3 2025, 0.11% for Q2 2025, and 0.11% during Q1 2025.