Growth Metrics

FreightCar America (RAIL) Return on Sales (2010 - 2025)

FreightCar America (RAIL) reported Return on Sales of 0.0% for Q3 2025, up 1.0% year-over-year from 0.0% in Q3 2024, and down 147.13% on a QoQ basis from 0.0% in Q2 2025.

FreightCar America (RAIL) has 16 years of Return on Sales data on file, last reported at 0.0% in Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.0% in Q3 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales declined to 0.0% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.01% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.0% (2025), against an average of 0.0%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Return on Sales advanced 3 bps; it then fell 1 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing RAIL's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.0% in 2021, then tumbled by 595 bps to 0.0% in 2022, then jumped by 71 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then jumped by 1217 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then plunged by 118 bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest RAIL Return on Sales figures stand at 0.0% (Q3 2025), 0.0% (Q2 2025), and 0.01% (Q1 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 0.00%
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 0.00%
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 0.00%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.00%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.00%
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn 0.00%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 0.00%
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 0.00%
9 FreightCar America 145.10 Mn 80.80 Mn - -
10 Swvl Holdings 18.35 Mn 13.93 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.01%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%
Mar 31, 2021 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2020 0.00%
Sep 30, 2020 -0.02%
Jun 30, 2020 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2020 -0.05%
Dec 31, 2019 0.00%
Sep 30, 2019 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2019 0.00%
Mar 31, 2019 0.00%
Dec 31, 2018 0.00%
Sep 30, 2018 0.00%
Jun 30, 2018 0.00%
Mar 31, 2018 0.00%
Dec 31, 2017 0.00%
Sep 30, 2017 0.00%
Jun 30, 2017 0.00%
Mar 31, 2017 0.00%
Dec 31, 2016 0.00%
Sep 30, 2016 0.00%
Jun 30, 2016 0.00%
Mar 31, 2016 0.00%
Dec 31, 2015 0.00%
Sep 30, 2015 0.00%
Jun 30, 2015 0.00%
Mar 31, 2015 0.00%
Dec 31, 2014 0.00%
Sep 30, 2014 0.00%
Jun 30, 2014 0.00%
Mar 31, 2014 0.00%
Dec 31, 2013 0.00%
Sep 30, 2013 0.00%
Jun 30, 2013 0.00%
Mar 31, 2013 0.00%
Dec 31, 2012 0.00%
Sep 30, 2012 0.00%
Jun 30, 2012 0.00%
Mar 31, 2012 0.00%
Dec 31, 2011 0.00%
Sep 30, 2011 0.00%
Jun 30, 2011 0.00%
Mar 31, 2011 0.00%
Dec 31, 2010 -0.03%
Sep 30, 2010 0.00%
Jun 30, 2010 0.00%