profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
FreightCar America
$4.95-6.95% today
-41.1% in 1 year
1-year low $4.021-year high $14.80
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $4.26 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What FreightCar America sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $365 million in 2022 to $501 million in 2025, with $38.1 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
FreightCar America vs. similar companies
FreightCar America grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreightCar America | 4.3× · Cheap | ||
 Union Pacific | 25.2× · Fair price | ||
 CSX | 33.2× · Expensive | ||
 Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 28.2× · Fair price | ||
 Canadian National Railway | 23.1× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads FreightCar America's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 365 | 358 | 559 | 501 | |
| 26 | 42 | 67 | 73 | |
| -2 | 14 | 34 | 34 | |
| -7 | -2 | -57 | 13 | |
| -39 | -24 | -76 | 38 | |
| -1.56 | -1.18 | -3.12 | 1.09 | |
| 7.1% | 11.7% | 12.0% | 14.6% | |
| -0.7% | 4.0% | 6.1% | 6.8% | |
| -10.7% | -6.6% | -13.6% | 7.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 200 | 259 | 224 | 290 |
| Cash | 34 | 41 | 44 | 64 |
| Total debt | 127 | 75 | 160 | 152 |
| Total liabilities | 228 | 306 | 374 | 397 |
| -29 | -46 | -150 | -107 | |
| 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | |
| -8.9% | -19.2% | -539.7% | 11.8% | |
| 135.9% | 51.1% | 50.5% | -35.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 5 | 45 | 35 | |
| 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | |
| 4 | -8 | 40 | 31 | |
| Dividends paid | – | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| – | 0 | 85 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Valuation
- 4.3×
- 10.2×
- –
- -3.9×
- 0.3×
- 5.2×
- 19.4×
- 19.3%
- 23.5%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 14.6%
- 6.8%
- 7.6%
- -0.3%
- -23.5%
- -189.6%
- -33.8%
- 10.2%
- 14.7%
- –
Growth
- +11.2%
- –
- −21.3%
- –
- +11.2%
Financial health
- 3.5×
- -0.73
- 16.5%
- 1.7×
- 1.81
- 0.92
- 1.63
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 1%of 982
Bottom 38%of 991
Top 1%of 875
Top 30%of 988
Top 4%of 988
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | -0.04 | -0.03 | −20.0% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | 0.16 | 0.18 | −11.1% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | 0.24 | 0.16 | +50.0% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 0.11 | 0.06 | +83.3% |
| May 5, 2025 | 0.05 | 0.08 | −37.5% |
| Mar 12, 2025 | 0.21 | 0.05 | +320.0% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | 0.08 | 0.05 | +60.0% |
| Aug 12, 2024 | 0.05 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
31No pass
Benjamin Graham
63Pass
Philip Fisher
34No pass
Peter Lynch
47No pass
Joel Greenblatt
20No pass
Charlie Munger
23No pass
Terry Smith
27No pass
Questions about FreightCar America
Is FreightCar America a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the FreightCar America AI analysis
What does FreightCar America do?
FreightCar America, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells railcars and railcar components for the transportation of bulk commodities and containerized freight products primarily in North America. It operates in two segments, Manufacturing and Parts. It is in Railroads.
Does FreightCar America pay a dividend?
No. FreightCar America does not pay a dividend at the moment.
Is FreightCar America stock halal?
No. FreightCar America does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 94% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has FreightCar America stock done over the past year?
Down 41.1% over the past twelve months, to $4.95. It traded between $4.02 and $14.80 and is 66.6% below its high.
Who are FreightCar America's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Union Pacific, CSX, Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with FreightCar America's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.