FreightCar America, Inc. Forecasted to Earn Q1 2025 Earnings of $0.21 Per Share (NASDAQ:RAIL)

FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) – Investment analysts at Noble Financial lifted their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for FreightCar America in a research note issued to investors on Monday, September 16th. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman now anticipates that the transportation company will earn $0.21 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.13. Noble Financial 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $0.20 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.77 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $0.86 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $0.91 EPS.

Separately, StockNews.com assumed coverage on FreightCar America in a research report on Tuesday, August 27th. They issued a “hold” rating for the company.

FreightCar America Trading Up 6.5 %

NASDAQ RAIL opened at $10.95 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $204.89 million, a PE ratio of -7.11 and a beta of 2.00. FreightCar America has a 1-year low of $2.25 and a 1-year high of $11.06. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $5.36 and a 200-day moving average of $4.22.

FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) last issued its earnings results on Monday, August 12th. The transportation company reported $0.05 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.05. FreightCar America had a negative net margin of 0.62% and a negative return on equity of 28.11%. The company had revenue of $147.42 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $127.09 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.02 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in RAIL. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of FreightCar America by 24.4% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 29,932 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $104,000 after purchasing an additional 5,880 shares during the period. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its holdings in FreightCar America by 43.4% in the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 116,887 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $408,000 after buying an additional 35,387 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in FreightCar America by 4.7% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 584,292 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $2,250,000 after acquiring an additional 26,412 shares in the last quarter. 31.96% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other FreightCar America news, Director William D. Gehl sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.83, for a total transaction of $108,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 147,608 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,598,594.64. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 28.00% of the company’s stock.

FreightCar America Company Profile

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.