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Freightcar America, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Freightcar America, Inc. had a net margin of 7.4%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin2.0%−8.9%1.0%2.8%−6.6%1.0%4.1%2.4%−5.5%−12.8%−32.7%−77.9%−20.4%−10.7%−9.4%−17.2%7.4%−2.8%
Return on equity2.4%−6.4%2.5%9.3%−9.3%2.9%14.7%5.0%−9.2%−19.1%−48.4%−114.3%——————
Return on assets—−4.1%1.5%5.2%−4.8%1.5%8.0%3.3%−7.1%−13.9%−28.1%−39.5%−21.6%−19.4%−14.6%−39.7%14.3%−4.5%
Effective tax rate4.9%—6.7%41.9%—30.3%31.8%21.9%——————————
R&D as % of revenue—0.6%0.4%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.4%———————
SG&A as % of revenue12.6%17.2%5.9%4.8%9.5%5.9%5.4%6.9%8.1%9.2%16.7%27.5%13.6%7.7%7.7%5.9%7.8%8.7%
Dividends ÷ net income58.0%—0.0%15.1%—49.1%13.9%36.1%————————0.0%—

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 5 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $276m
Short-term assets $151mLonger-term assets $125m
What it owes, and who funded it · $276m
Short-term liabilities $83mLonger-term liabilities $157mShareholders' equity $36m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $151m of assets due within a year against $83m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $151m short-term assets against $157m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $63m of cash against $101m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 278% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $21m of operating cash flow against $101m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Freightcar America, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

24 /100

Weak moat

How hard Freightcar America's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median -7.0% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 0 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 6.9%, moving by 11.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -1.4%; its worst year was -69.6%.

  • Cash conversion 4 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 10 years, at a median -3.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 96.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Freightcar America, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Freightcar America, Inc.