FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL – Free Report) – Stock analysts at Noble Financial lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for FreightCar America in a report issued on Monday, September 16th. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman now forecasts that the transportation company will post earnings of $0.18 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.11. Noble Financial currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for FreightCar America’s current full-year earnings is $0.20 per share. Noble Financial also issued estimates for FreightCar America’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.18 EPS.
FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 12th. The transportation company reported $0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.05. FreightCar America had a negative net margin of 0.62% and a negative return on equity of 28.11%. The business had revenue of $147.42 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $127.09 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.02 earnings per share.
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NASDAQ:RAIL opened at $10.95 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $5.21 and its 200 day moving average price is $4.16. FreightCar America has a 52-week low of $2.25 and a 52-week high of $11.06. The firm has a market cap of $204.89 million, a P/E ratio of -7.11 and a beta of 2.00.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in FreightCar America by 24.4% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 29,932 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $104,000 after purchasing an additional 5,880 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of FreightCar America by 4.7% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 584,292 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $2,250,000 after buying an additional 26,412 shares during the period. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its stake in FreightCar America by 43.4% in the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 116,887 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $408,000 after buying an additional 35,387 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 31.96% of the company’s stock.
Insider Transactions at FreightCar America
In other FreightCar America news, Director William D. Gehl sold 10,000 shares of FreightCar America stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.83, for a total transaction of $108,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 147,608 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,598,594.64. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 28.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.
About FreightCar America
FreightCar America, Inc, through its subsidiaries, engages in design, manufacture, and sale of railcars and railcar components for the transportation of bulk commodities and containerized freight products in the United States and Mexico. It operates in two segments, Manufacturing and Parts. The company offers a range of railcars, including open top hoppers, mill gondola cars, intermodal and non-intermodal flat cars, coal cars; bulk commodity cars covered hopper cars, coil steel cars, boxcars, woodchip hoppers, aluminum vehicle carriers, and articulated bulk container railcars.
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