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% quarter-over-quarter from 0.0% in Q2 2025.

FreightCar America (RAIL) Return on Sales (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

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

  • Return on Sales for Q3 2025 came in at 0.0%, up 1.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2025 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2024 annual result was 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales eased to 0.0% in Q3 2025 per RAIL's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Sales peaked at 0.01% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 0.01% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Sales.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2024: Return on Sales grew 3 bps in 2021, then decreased 1 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.0% in 2021, then sank by 595 bps to 0.0% in 2022, then soared by 71 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then soared by 1217 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then slumped by 118 bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows RAIL's Return on Sales at 0.0% in Q3 2025, 0.0% in Q2 2025, and 0.01% in Q1 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 152.26 Bn 151.22 Bn 5.85 Bn 0.00%
2 Csx 84.99 Bn 83.89 Bn 3.18 Bn 0.00%
3 Norfolk Southern 67.33 Bn 65.99 Bn 2.74 Bn 0.00%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 56.27 Bn 56.68 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.00%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 46.65 Bn 46.16 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.00%
6 Trinity Industries 2.76 Bn 2.82 Bn 128.90 Mn 0.00%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.54 Bn 1.05 Bn 69.50 Mn 0.00%
8 Foster L B 438.47 Mn 435.35 Mn 25.70 Mn 0.00%
9 Rail Vision 179.83 Mn 159.33 Mn 504,000.00 -0.05%
10 FreightCar America 178.32 Mn 114.02 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%