FreightCar America Inc [RAIL] stock prices are up 8.96% to $6.81 at the moment. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The RAIL shares have gain 11.09% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 46.77%, 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 May 01, 2025, when Northcoast initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $9. Previously, Cowen reaffirmed its Market Perform rating on November 01, 2019, and dropped its price target to $4.50. On November 01, 2018, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral. Stifel reiterated its Hold rating and increased its price target to $19 on August 03, 2018. Stifel reiterated its recommendation of a Hold and raised its price target to $15 on May 07, 2018. Stifel reiterated a Hold rating for this stock on November 07, 2017, and downed its price target to $14. In a note dated June 21, 2017, Buckingham Research initiated an Neutral rating and provided a target price of $17 on this stock.
The stock price of FreightCar America Inc [RAIL] has been fluctuating between $3.02 and $16.10 over the past year. FreightCar America Inc [NASDAQ: RAIL] shares were valued at $6.81 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the RAIL fundamentals
The FreightCar America Inc [NASDAQ:RAIL] reported sales of 493.27M for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -40.21%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.14% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.01%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.06, Equity is 0.19 and Total Capital is 0.26. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of-0.54.
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 6.15 points at the first support level, and at 5.50 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 7.47, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 8.14.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that FreightCar America Inc [NASDAQ:RAIL]’s Current Ratio is 1.60. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.87, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.5. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.26.
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.
