Freightcar America (RAIL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FreightCar America, Inc. is a railcar manufacturer that has historically designed and produced freight transportation equipment for the North American rail industry. Its customers have included railroads, railcar leasing companies and industrial shippers that use specialized railcars to move bulk commodities, manufactured goods and other freight.

The company’s product portfolio has included aluminum-bodied open-top hopper cars, gondolas, covered hopper cars, boxcars, coil cars, flatcars and intermodal railcars. FreightCar America has also provided railcar repair, refurbishment and related services, supporting the maintenance and continued use of freight-car fleets.

Founded in 1901, FreightCar America has operated manufacturing and service activities in the United States and has served customers across North America. The company has undergone significant operational and strategic changes over time, including restructuring its manufacturing footprint and shifting its product and production focus in response to rail-industry demand.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.08 to $6.29
• 50-Day Range: $6.17 to $8.54
• 52-Week Range: $6.06 to $14.90
• Volume: 155,364 shs
• Average Volume: 280,442 shs
• Market Capitalization: $204.94 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Freightcar America Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Freightcar America scored higher than 31% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 568th out of 661 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: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Freightcar America has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 131.43%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Freightcar America are expected to grow by 131.43% in the coming year, from $0.35 to $0.81 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Freightcar America is -11.57, 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 -11.57, 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: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

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 earnings estimates, Freightcar America will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.44% next year. This indicates that Freightcar America will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.91

News Sentiment

Freightcar America has a news sentiment score of 0.91. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Freightcar America this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for RAIL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

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: 10/10/2026
• 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: 17.86
• 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: $500.99 million
• Price / Sales: 0.41
• Cash Flow: $1.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.76
• Book Value: ($5.63) per share
• Price / Book: -1.11

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 32,790,000
• Free Float: 23,216,000
• Market Cap: $204.94 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.42