FreightCar America (RAIL) Stock Overview
Through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells railcars and railcar components for the transportation of bulk commodities and containerized freight products in the United States and Mexico. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 6/6 |
| Future Growth | 2/6 |
| Past Performance | 3/6 |
| Financial Health | 1/6 |
| Dividends | 0/6 |
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Risk Analysis
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FreightCar America, Inc. Competitors
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$7.95 |
| 52 Week High | US$14.90 |
| 52 Week Low | US$4.31 |
| Beta | 1.51 |
| 1 Month Change | -39.73% |
| 3 Month Change | -12.25% |
| 1 Year Change | 27.40% |
| 3 Year Change | 145.37% |
| 5 Year Change | 44.81% |
| Change since IPO | -62.20% |
Recent News & Updates
Recent updates
FreightCar America: Uncertainties Have Lowered Expectations For 2026 (Rating Downgrade)
Mar 14Is It Too Late To Consider Buying FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL)?
Feb 12
Even With A 27% Surge, Cautious Investors Are Not Rewarding FreightCar America, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:RAIL) Performance Completely
Dec 18FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) Is Looking To Continue Growing Its Returns On Capital
Dec 09FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) Shares Could Be 42% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate
Nov 04FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) Might Have The Makings Of A Multi-Bagger
Aug 21FreightCar America, Inc. Just Recorded A 386% EPS Beat: Here's What Analysts Are Forecasting Next
Aug 07FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) Soars 27% But It's A Story Of Risk Vs Reward
Jul 16Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL)?
Jul 08FreightCar America, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:RAIL) Shares Leap 30% Yet They're Still Not Telling The Full Story
May 30FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) Is Investing Its Capital With Increasing Efficiency
May 13Not Many Are Piling Into FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) Stock Yet As It Plummets 37%
Apr 09ALL ABOARD THE VALUE TRAIN: WHY $RAIL MIGHT BE HEADED NORTH - FREIGHTCAR AMERICA - Long term price target of $25
Long term price target of $25Originally published on 3/31/25 in The Millegan Memohttps://www.woodworth.fund/news/the-millegan-memo-march-2025ALL ABOARD THE VALUE TRAIN: WHY $RAIL MIGHT BE HEADED NORTHSlammed 33% FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) Screens Well Here But There Might Be A Catch
Feb 23FreightCar America: Mexico Tariffs Likely To Harm Bottom Line
Jan 26FreightCar America's Preferred Share Redemption: Simplification And Lower Cost Of Capital At The Expense Of 2025 Capex Growth
Jan 14There's Been No Shortage Of Growth Recently For FreightCar America's (NASDAQ:RAIL) Returns On Capital
Dec 22Not Many Are Piling Into FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) Stock Yet As It Plummets 27%
Dec 07Holding, But Not Buying, FreightCar America Stock
Nov 27FreightCar America: Market Overreacted To Missing Revenues And Tariff Risks
Nov 13Is FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) Trading At A 34% Discount?
Nov 05RAIL's Soaring Potential Chained By Dilution Risk
Oct 23The Market Lifts FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) Shares 32% But It Can Do More
Oct 19Adding To My FreightCar America Investment
Sep 04Results: FreightCar America, Inc. Exceeded Expectations And The Consensus Has Updated Its Estimates
Aug 16FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) Could Be Riskier Than It Looks
Jul 03FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) Has A Somewhat Strained Balance Sheet
May 09FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) Soars 25% But It's A Story Of Risk Vs Reward
Mar 27FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) Seems To Be Using A Lot Of Debt
Jan 12Shareholder Returns
| RAIL | US Machinery | US Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -4.0% | -1.9% | -1.9% |
| 1Y | 27.4% | 33.1% | 14.9% |
Return vs Industry: RAIL underperformed the US Machinery industry which returned 33.1% over the past year.
Return vs Market: RAIL exceeded the US Market which returned 14.9% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| RAIL volatility | |
|---|---|
| RAIL Average Weekly Movement | 11.6% |
| Machinery Industry Average Movement | 5.7% |
| Market Average Movement | 6.8% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 15.8% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 3.2% |
Stable Share Price: RAIL's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the US market.
Volatility Over Time: RAIL's weekly volatility (12%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of US stocks.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1,986 | Nicholas Randall | freightcaramerica.com |
FreightCar America, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells railcars and railcar components for the transportation of bulk commodities and containerized freight products in the United States and Mexico. The company operates through two segments: Manufacturing and Parts. It offers a range of railcars, including boxcars, covered and open-top hopper cars, intermodal and non-intermodal flat cars, mill gondola cars, coil steel cars, coal cars, dynastack series, steel products, boxcars, aluminum coal cars, stainless steel and hybrid stainless steel cars, and other railcar types.
FreightCar America, Inc. Fundamentals Summary
| RAIL fundamental statistics | |
|---|---|
| Market cap | US$151.63m |
| Earnings (TTM) | US$36.86m |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$500.99m |
Is RAIL overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| RAIL income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | US$500.99m |
| Cost of Revenue | US$427.80m |
| Gross Profit | US$73.19m |
| Other Expenses | US$36.33m |
| Earnings | US$36.86m |
Last Reported Earnings
Dec 31, 2025
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 1.93 |
| Gross Margin | 14.61% |
| Net Profit Margin | 7.36% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | -99.8% |
How did RAIL perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/03/21 20:25 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/03/20 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
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Analyst Sources
FreightCar America, Inc. is covered by 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Michael Gallo | CL King & Associates, Inc. |
| H. Nesvold | Jefferies LLC |
| Robert Barger | KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. |