Freightcar America (RAIL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FreightCar America, Inc. designs and manufactures freight railcars for the North American rail transportation industry. Its product portfolio has included aluminum and steel railcars, such as open-top hopper cars, gondolas, flat cars and other specialized freight equipment used to transport coal, aggregates, metals, agricultural products and other bulk commodities.

The company serves major railroads, railcar leasing companies and industrial shippers. Its railcars are designed for applications that require durable, high-capacity equipment, with product offerings tailored to commodity transportation and intermodal or specialized freight needs.

FreightCar America traces its roots to the early 1900s and has historically operated manufacturing and engineering activities in the United States and Mexico. The company has also provided railcar parts, repair and refurbishment services, supporting customers throughout the life cycle of its equipment.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.14 to $4.39
• 50-Day Range: $4.01 to $7.53
• 52-Week Range: $3.85 to $14.90
• Volume: 306,563 shs
• Average Volume: 339,329 shs
• Market Capitalization: $138.71 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Sell

Freightcar America Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Freightcar America scored higher than 11% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 550th out of 650 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Sell

Consensus Rating

Freightcar America has received a consensus rating of Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Freightcar America has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Freightcar America are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.11) to $0.34 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Freightcar America is -7.83, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Freightcar America is -7.83, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.13% of the float of Freightcar America has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Freightcar America has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.39, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Freightcar America has recently increased by 34.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Freightcar America does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Freightcar America does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Freightcar America will have a dividend payout ratio of 105.88% in the coming year. This indicates that Freightcar America may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.31

News Sentiment

Freightcar America has a news sentiment score of -0.31. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.47 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 38 news articles for Freightcar America this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Freightcar America to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Freightcar America insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

29.20% of the stock of Freightcar America is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

31.96% of the stock of Freightcar America is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/03/2026
• Today: 10/24/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Machinery
• Sub-Industry: Construction Machinery & Heavy Transportation Equipment
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:RAIL
• CIK: 1320854
• Web: www.freightcaramerica.com
• Phone: (312) 458-2235
• Fax: 312-928-0890
• Employees: 1,986
• Year Founded: 1901

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.54)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $38.10 million
• Net Margins: -2.69%
• Pretax Margin: -2.00%
• Return on Equity: -15.23%
• Return on Assets: 2.90%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.70
• Current Ratio: 1.81
• Quick Ratio: 1.12

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $463.52 million
• Price / Sales: 0.30
• Cash Flow: $1.07 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.96
• Book Value: ($5.63) per share
• Price / Book: -0.75

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 32,791,000
• Free Float: 23,216,000
• Market Cap: $138.71 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.42