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

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 15 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.01% in Q3 2025.

• Return on Invested Capital for Q3 2025 came in at 0.01%, down 1.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 0.01% (down 1.0% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was 0.0%, up 4.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital declined to 0.01% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.77% in Q1 2021 and troughed at 0.08% in Q3 2021.
• A 5-year average of 0.05% and a median of 0.0% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Return on Invested Capital jumped 77 bps in 2021, then tumbled 76 bps in 2022.
• A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.33% in 2021, then sank by 86 bps to 0.05% in 2022, then plunged by 108 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then increased by 27 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then sank by 269 bps to 0.01% in 2025.
• Business Quant data shows RAIL's Return on Invested Capital at 0.01% in Q3 2025, 0.0% in Q2 2025, and 0.01% in Q1 2025.