NASDAQ:RAIL - FreightCar America Stock Price, Forecast & News

FreightCar America trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "RAIL."

FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The transportation company reported ($0.75) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.60) by $0.15. The transportation company had revenue of $44.94 million for the quarter. FreightCar America had a negative net margin of 33.47% and a negative return on equity of 24.65%. View FreightCar America's Earnings History.

FreightCar America is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for FreightCar America.

3 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for FreightCar America's stock. Their forecasts range from $3.50 to $8.00. On average, they anticipate FreightCar America's share price to reach $5.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 253.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for FreightCar America.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FreightCar America in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for FreightCar America.

Media stories about RAIL stock have been trending very negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. FreightCar America earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for FreightCar America.

FreightCar America saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 268,100 shares, an increase of 25.5% from the January 30th total of 213,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 170,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View FreightCar America's Current Options Chain.

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FreightCar America's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC (3.60%), Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd Can (3.55%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.81%), Royce & Associates LP (2.45%), Minerva Advisors LLC (2.44%) and Parthenon LLC (1.99%). Company insiders that own FreightCar America stock include Christopher J Eppel, James D Cirar, James R Meyer, Joseph J Maliekel, Malcolm F Moore, Thomas A Madden and William D Gehl. View Institutional Ownership Trends for FreightCar America.

RAIL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Royce & Associates LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for FreightCar America.

RAIL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd Can, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Parthenon LLC, Minerva Advisors LLC, Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC and Game Plan Financial Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought FreightCar America stock in the last two years include Christopher J Eppel, James D Cirar, James R Meyer, Joseph J Maliekel, Malcolm F Moore, Thomas A Madden and William D Gehl. View Insider Buying and Selling for FreightCar America.

Shares of RAIL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RAIL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.51.

FreightCar America has a market capitalization of $19.16 million and generates $316.52 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $-40,580,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.78) on an earnings per share basis. FreightCar America employs 1,077 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About FreightCar America.

The official website for FreightCar America is http://www.freightcaramerica.com/.

FreightCar America's mailing address is TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA SUITE 1300, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 800-458-2235 or via email at [email protected]