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FreightCar America, Inc. (RAIL)

Industrials | Railroads | Chicago, United States | NasdaqGS
7.17 USD -0.07 (-0.967%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:34 a.m. EDT

The investment case for FreightCar America is currently broken by a severe fundamental deterioration masked by aggressive analyst optimism. While the forward P/E looks attractive at under 7x, the company is generating negative operating margins (-3.8%) and negative profit margins (-2.7%), with revenue contracting by 4.6%. This is not a value opportunity; it is a distressed asset where the market is pricing in a potential failure to turn the corner. The price action confirms this fear, trading well below both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages, reflecting a persistent downtrend that has erased nearly 40% of the stock's value over the last nine years. The options market is screaming 'sell,' with put open interest dwarfing call activity, suggesting smart money is betting against any recovery. Without a clear path to profitability and with a debt-to-equity ratio exceeding 400%, the long-term outlook remains bleak despite the 'strong buy' analyst ratings which appear disconnected from the reality of the balance sheet.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.115670
AutoETS0.127249
AutoARIMA0.130965
AutoTheta0.173830

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 0.34
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.085
Excess Kurtosis -0.38
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2017-08-14
Last Dividend Date 2017-08-14
Debt to Equity Ratio 400.32
Revenue per Share 14.527
Market Cap 235,113,488
Forward P/E 6.76
Beta 1.49
Profit Margins -2.69%
Website https://freightcaramerica.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:34 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 5.0 and 7.5) compared to negligible call volume. Implied volatility is significantly elevated for puts (0.71–0.88) versus calls (0.56–0.71), indicating a market consensus expecting further price weakness rather than a rebound.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2017-08-15 0.09 0.491803
2017-05-16 0.09 0.513992
2017-02-14 0.09 0.616861
2016-11-15 0.09 0.606061
2016-08-16 0.09 0.606469
2016-05-17 0.09 0.652174
2016-02-16 0.09 0.478469
2015-11-17 0.09 0.393357
2015-08-18 0.09 0.412844
2015-05-19 0.09 0.372362
2015-02-17 0.09 0.314027
2014-11-19 0.06 0.191144
2014-08-20 0.06 0.220507
2014-05-21 0.06 0.240674
2014-02-19 0.06 0.267261
2013-11-20 0.06 0.259516
2013-08-21 0.06 0.330943
2013-05-22 0.06 0.336323
2013-02-20 0.06 0.268456
2012-11-20 0.06 0.312175
2012-08-22 0.06 0.312663
2012-05-23 0.06 0.301659
2012-02-23 0.06 0.215672
2010-02-18 0.06 0.297177
2009-11-19 0.06 0.319829
2009-08-25 0.06 0.297619
2009-05-20 0.06 0.354400
2009-02-18 0.06 0.343249
2008-11-19 0.06 0.329489
2008-08-20 0.06 0.197954
2008-05-21 0.06 0.155561
2008-02-20 0.06 0.149925
2007-11-20 0.06 0.177672
2007-08-08 0.06 0.135931
2007-05-23 0.06 0.126024
2007-02-21 0.06 0.112803
2006-11-21 0.06 0.105411
2006-08-24 0.03 0.053277
2006-05-22 0.03 0.045942
2006-02-16 0.03 0.046461
2005-11-22 0.03 0.064851
2005-09-08 0.03 0.081191
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2017-08-15
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.09
lastDividendDate 2017-08-15
dividendDate 2017-08-23

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.1454112
Address1 125 South Wacker Drive
Address2 Suite 1500
All Time High 78.34
All Time Low 0.73
Ask 9.16
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 163,260
Average Daily Volume3 Month 242,298
Average Volume 242,298
Average Volume10Days 163,260
Beta 1.487
Bid 5.24
Bid Size 2
Book Value 1.105
City Chicago
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 7.17
Current Ratio 1.812
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 7.33
Day Low 7.12
Debt To Equity 400.32
Display Name FreightCar America
Dividend Date 1,503,446,400
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,855,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,855,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,787,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,254,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,254,400
Ebitda 23,934,000
Ebitda Margins 0.05163
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.268
Enterprise To Revenue 0.685
Enterprise Value 317,558,464
Eps Current Year 0.40667
Eps Forward 1.06
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.38
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,502,755,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 312 928 0890
Fifty Day Average 8.132
Fifty Day Average Change -0.9619999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.11829807
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -14.54112
Fifty Two Week High 14.9
Fifty Two Week High Change -7.7299995
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.5187919
Fifty Two Week Low 7.09
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.07999992
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.011283487
Fifty Two Week Range 7.09 - 14.9
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,112,794,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.62
Float Shares 28,164,430
Forward Eps 1.06
Forward P E 6.7641516
Free Cashflow 14,871,375
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,986
Fullday Change -0.069999695
Fullday Change Percent -0.96684664
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.12504
Gross Profits 57,959,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.13902001
Held Percent Institutions 0.71732
Implied Shares Outstanding 32,791,280
Industry Railroads
Industry Disp Railroads
Industry Key railroads
Ir Website http://www.freightcaramerica.com/Investor.htm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,502,755,200
Last Dividend Value 0.09
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary FreightCar America, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells railcars and railcar components for the transportation of bulk commodities and containerized freight products in the United States and Mexico. The company operates through two segments: Manufacturing and Aftermarket. It offers a range of railcars, including boxcars, covered and open-top hopper cars, intermodal and non-intermodal flat cars, mill gondola cars, coil steel cars, coal cars, dynastack series, steel products, boxcars, aluminum coal cars, stainless steel and hybrid stainless steel cars, and other railcar types, as well as other supplies for all railcar types, and provides aftermarket services including safety training, railcar inspections, and preventative maintenance. The company also sells used railcars; rebuilds, converts, and leases railcars; and sells forged, cast, and fabricated parts for various railcars. It serves shippers, railroads, and financial institutions. FreightCar America, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Long Name FreightCar America, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 235,113,488
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_30409
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -11,816,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 237,408,867
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 7.27
Operating Cashflow 21,220,000
Operating Margins -0.03827
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.64
Phone 800 458 2235
Previous Close 7.24
Price Eps Current Year 17.631002
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 6.4886875
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.50723046
Profit Margins -0.026919998
Quick Ratio 0.989
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.069999695
Regular Market Change Percent -0.96684664
Regular Market Day High 7.33
Regular Market Day Low 7.12
Regular Market Day Range 7.12 - 7.33
Regular Market Open 7.27
Regular Market Previous Close 7.24
Regular Market Price 7.17
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 159,221
Return On Assets 0.0353
Revenue Growth -0.046
Revenue Per Share 14.527
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Shares Outstanding 32,791,280
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.025799999
Shares Short 846,665
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 852,165
Short Name Freightcar America, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0304
Short Ratio 4.28
Source Interval 15
State IL
Symbol RAIL
Target High Price 16.0
Target Low Price 13.0
Target Mean Price 14.66667
Target Median Price 15.0
Total Cash 62,475,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.905
Total Debt 144,920,000
Total Revenue 463,524,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.38
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 9.3016
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.1316004
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.2291649
Type Disp Equity
Volume 159,221
Website https://freightcaramerica.com
Zip 60,606