FreightCar America Past Earnings Performance

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FreightCar America has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 9.8%, while the Machinery industry saw earnings growing at 16.8% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 30.9% per year.

Key information

9.77%

Earnings growth rate

34.23%

EPS growth rate

Machinery Industry Growth	12.91%
Revenue growth rate	30.89%
Return on equity	n/a
Net Margin	-5.98%
Last Earnings Update	31 Mar 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How FreightCar America makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

BMV:RAIL * Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
31 Mar 25	495	-30	36
31 Dec 24	559	-96	33
30 Sep 24	548	-131	31
30 Jun 24	497	-20	32
31 Mar 24	438	-44	29
31 Dec 23	358	-34	28
30 Sep 23	360	-36	27
30 Jun 23	384	-53	33
31 Mar 23	353	-18	31
31 Dec 22	365	-39	36
30 Sep 22	311	-28	35
30 Jun 22	283	-9	26
31 Mar 22	264	-28	28
31 Dec 21	203	-41	27
30 Sep 21	189	-57	30
30 Jun 21	156	-98	31
31 Mar 21	136	-107	31
31 Dec 20	108	-84	29
30 Sep 20	93	-80	29
30 Jun 20	108	-75	29
31 Mar 20	164	-78	38
31 Dec 19	230	-75	38
30 Sep 19	273	-91	37
30 Jun 19	311	-62	35
31 Mar 19	304	-48	28
31 Dec 18	317	-41	28
30 Sep 18	308	-26	27
30 Jun 18	301	-31	29
31 Mar 18	353	-30	26
31 Dec 17	409	-23	25
30 Sep 17	466	-11	28
30 Jun 17	507	0	30
31 Mar 17	515	0	32
31 Dec 16	524	12	36
30 Sep 16	592	24	38
30 Jun 16	719	39	41
31 Mar 16	829	47	43
31 Dec 15	773	32	41
30 Sep 15	782	25	39
30 Jun 15	731	17	38
31 Mar 15	635	11	35
31 Dec 14	599	6	35
30 Sep 14	466	-11	33
30 Jun 14	351	-19	32

Quality Earnings: RAIL * is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: RAIL * is currently unprofitable.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: RAIL * is unprofitable, but has reduced losses over the past 5 years at a rate of 9.8% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare RAIL *'s earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: RAIL * is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Machinery industry (-6.5%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: RAIL *'s liabilities exceed its assets, so it is difficult to calculate its Return on Equity.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/19 13:15
End of Day Share Price	2025/03/12 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

FreightCar America, Inc. is covered by 13 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Kristine Kubacki	Avondale Partners
Matthew Brooklier	Buckingham Research Group Inc.
Michael Gallo	CL King & Associates, Inc.