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Freightcar America, Inc.
RAIL Industrials Railroads
Freightcar America, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $501.0 million, down 10.4% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 4.62%, EPS fell 361.1%, free cash flow grew 33.4% and total debt fell 32.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 10.87 | 12.07 | 6.49 | 1.78 | 0.73 | 2.18 | 3.06 | 2.25 | 2.40 | 4.31 |
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| High | 20.23 | 20.46 | 20.14 | 8.66 | 3.46 | 8.63 | 6.90 | 3.94 | 16.10 | 13.64 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 1,529 | 985 | 1,077 | 496 | 669 | 997 | 1,435 | 2,023 | 2,030 | 1,986 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.34 | 0.42 | 0.29 | 0.46 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.28 | 0.25 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 524 | 409 | 317 | 230 | 108 | 203 | 365 | 358 | 559 | 501 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 7.67 | 0.73 | (1.15) | (6.22) | (12.45) | 5.64 | 7.08 | 11.66 | 11.98 | 14.61 | |||||
| EBT | 16 | (31) | (30) | (75) | (86) | (40) | (37) | (22) | (70) | (11) | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 3.01 | (7.67) | (9.61) | (32.77) | (79.21) | (19.72) | (10.02) | (6.17) | (12.51) | (2.17) | |||||
| Net income | 12 | (23) | (41) | (75) | (86) | (41) | (39) | (24) | (76) | 38 | |||||
| Depreciation | 10 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 42.71 | 33.33 | 25.69 | 18.62 | 8.07 | 9.78 | 14.69 | 12.62 | 18.21 | 15.75 | ||||
| Earnings | 1.00 | (1.82) | (3.26) | (5.95) | (6.29) | (2.00) | (1.56) | (0.83) | (2.47) | 1.16 | |||||
| Cash flow | 0.02 | 3.28 | (2.57) | (1.54) | (4.39) | (2.67) | 0.46 | 0.17 | 1.46 | 1.09 | |||||
| Capex | (1.13) | (0.07) | 0.02 | 0.95 | (0.72) | (0.09) | (0.31) | (0.45) | (0.16) | (0.09) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (1.11) | 3.21 | (2.55) | (0.59) | (5.11) | (2.76) | 0.15 | (0.28) | 1.30 | 1.01 | |||||
| Book value | 20.95 | 18.86 | 15.72 | 9.48 | 2.27 | (0.08) | (1.15) | (1.63) | (4.89) | (3.38) | |||||
| Shares, m | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 32 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 15.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.63 | ||||
| P/S | 0.35 | 0.50 | 0.26 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.49 | 0.70 | |||||
| P/B | 0.72 | 0.89 | 0.43 | 0.22 | 1.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.10 | (0.08) | 0.31 | 0.65 | 0.46 | 0.30 | 0.69 | 0.79 | |||||
| EV/FCF | (7.71) | 2.21 | (1.05) | 2.66 | (0.49) | (2.30) | 45.04 | (13.38) | 9.67 | 12.35 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 0 | 40 | (32) | (19) | (59) | (55) | 12 | 5 | 45 | 35 | ||||
| Capex | (14) | (1) | 0 | 12 | (10) | (2) | (8) | (13) | (5) | (3) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (14) | 39 | (31) | (7) | (69) | (57) | 4 | (8) | 40 | 32 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 187 | 160 | 94 | 60 | 50 | 67 | 23 | 43 | 64 | 74 | ||||
| Total debt | — | — | — | 25 | 55 | 81 | 125 | 71 | 155 | 107 | |||||
| Net debt | (99) | (136) | (68) | (45) | 1 | 55 | 88 | 30 | 111 | 43 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 257 | 232 | 194 | 117 | 30 | (2) | (29) | (46) | (150) | (107) | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 3.30 | (7.10) | (13.86) | (28.11) | (39.46) | (21.62) | (19.40) | (10.27) | (31.35) | 14.82 | ||||
| ROIC | 6.26 | (20.84) | (15.98) | (65.37) | (159.70) | (26.57) | (15.92) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| ROE | 5.01 | (9.23) | (19.08) | (48.39) | (114.38) | (287.42) | 256.92 | 63.08 | 77.18 | (29.57) | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
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Freightcar America, Inc. vs peers in Railroads (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited | $74.2B | 27.1× | 25.5× | +12.46% (above 0%: growing) | −13.40% (below 0%: shrinking) | +54.79% (above 0%: growing) | 67.51% | 35.35% | Compare |
| NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation | $71.2B | 27.1× | 26.4× | +11.41% (above 0%: growing) | −4.40% (below 0%: shrinking) | −3.08% (below 0%: shrinking) | 66.32% | 32.44% | Compare |
| WAB Wabtec | $47.4B | 38.3× | 27.7× | +17.48% (above 0%: growing) | +18.88% (above 0%: growing) | +122.94% (above 0%: growing) | 36.52% | 18.87% | Compare |
| TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. | $2.0B | 6.0× | 14.2× | −4.17% (below 0%: shrinking) | +623.53% (above 0%: growing) | +75.30% (above 0%: growing) | 22.66% | 41.19% | Compare |
| GBX Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) | $1.2B | 11.1× | 14.8× | −31.59% (below 0%: shrinking) | −68.23% (below 0%: shrinking) | −412.32% (below 0%: shrinking) | 14.07% | 5.53% | Compare |
| FSTR L.B. Foster Company | $372.6M | 31.5× | 23.9× | −3.49% (below 0%: shrinking) | +7.14% (above 0%: growing) | +83.84% (above 0%: growing) | 22.28% | 4.44% | Compare |
| RAIL Freightcar America, Inc. | $202.3M | — (loss-making) | 4.4× | −4.62% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +33.43% (above 0%: growing) | 5.45% | (3.80%) | |
| SWVL Swvl Holdings Corp. | $76.3M | — (loss-making) | — | — | n/m | +99.68% (above 0%: growing) | 13.65% | (77.75%) | Compare |
| RVSN Rail Vision Ltd. | $7.8M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −65.95% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | −95.95% (below 0%: shrinking) | 57.04% | 0.00% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $1.6B | 27.1× | 24.7× | −3.49% | +1.37% | +65.05% | 29.59% | 12.20% |
Freightcar America, Inc. (RAIL) key facts
- Concern: Freightcar America, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $501.0 million, down 10.4% from fiscal 2024.
- Freightcar America, Inc. (RAIL) is a Railroads company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 9, 2026, RAIL traded at $6.28, a market capitalization of $202.3 million.
- Return on equity was −29.6% and debt-to-equity 2.78.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.07 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.
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