FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC (RAIL)
Industrials · Railcar manufacturing and aftermarket services · NASDAQ
FreightCar America designs and manufactures diverse railcar types for bulk commodity and containerized freight transport, with a century-plus heritage and North American market focus.
What FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC does
FreightCar America is a diversified manufacturer of railcars and railcar components with over 120 years of operating history. The company designs and manufactures a broad variety of railcar types for transporting bulk commodities and containerized freight products primarily in North America, including covered hoppers, open-top hoppers, gondolas, flat cars, and boxcars. Beyond new railcar manufacturing, the company provides railcar rebody and repair services, conversion services that repurpose idled rail assets, and sells forged, cast, and fabricated railcar parts and supplies.
Themes: ["Railcar manufacturing","Bulk commodity transportation","Intermodal and containerized freight","Aftermarket railcar parts and services","Rail asset conversion and repair"]
Fundamentals
- Price$8.24 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$274M as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-29.3% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E9.34 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+6.3% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+14.8% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE-8.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity1.31 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)-5.2% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+11.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.45 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Cyclical nature of business tied to economic conditions and freight demand, with variable customer purchase patterns causing significant quarterly revenue fluctuations","Reliance on a small number of customers (78% of sales from financial institutions) and subject to competitive pricing pressures that impact market share and margins","Exposure to raw material cost volatility (steel and aluminum) and supply chain disruptions, compounded by trade policy uncertainty including tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico"]
Competitors & peers
- Trinity Industries (TRN)
- Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
- American Railcar Industries
- National Steel Car
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.