How did FreightCar America Inc (RAIL) surprise investors with its report?

FreightCar America Inc [RAIL] stock is trading at $12.37, up 1.39%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The RAIL shares have gain 23.70% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 20.21%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

FreightCar America Inc [NASDAQ: RAIL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 01, 2019, when Cowen reiterated its Market Perform rating and also revised its price target to $4.50 from $6. Previously, CL King downgraded its rating to Neutral on November 01, 2018. On August 03, 2018, Stifel reiterated its Hold rating and revised its price target to $19 on the stock. Stifel reiterated its Hold rating and increased its price target to $15 on May 07, 2018. Stifel reiterated its recommendation of a Hold and reduced its price target to $14 on November 07, 2017. Buckingham Research started tracking with a Neutral rating for this stock on June 21, 2017, and assigned it a price target of $17. In a note dated November 02, 2016, Cowen reiterated an Market Perform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $15 to $13.

FreightCar America Inc [RAIL] stock has fluctuated between $2.43 and $16.10 over the past year. FreightCar America Inc [NASDAQ: RAIL] shares were valued at $12.37 at the most recent close of the market.

Analyzing the RAIL fundamentals

FreightCar America Inc [NASDAQ:RAIL] reported sales of 548.33M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 82.98%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.11% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.05%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.21%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.46, Equity is 3.22 and Total Capital is 0.18. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at -0.67.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 12.10 points at the first support level, and at 11.83 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 12.64, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 12.91.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, FreightCar America Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.60. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.79, while the Cash Ratio is 0.43. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.43.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Josephson Gregory, CTO and VP of Engineering, that happened on Dec 17 ’24 when 25000.0 shares were purchased. Director, Meyer James R completed a deal on Nov 14 ’24 to buy 23400.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director De Nigris Felan Jose bought 4000.0 shares on Sep 27 ’24.

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