FreightCar America

RAIL

Railroads · Industrials

Price

$7.52

-0.21 (-2.72%)

Market Cap

$148.5M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+62.7% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 20.8M (2021) → 33.8M (2025)

FreightCar America, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells railcars and railcar components for the transportation of bulk commodities and containerized freight products primarily in North America. It operates in two segments, Manufacturing and Parts. The company offers a range of freight cars, including open top hoppers; covered hopper cars; gondolas; triple hoppers and hybrid aluminum/stainless steel railcars; ore hopper and gondola railcars; ballast hopper cars; aggre

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Quality

Gross Margin

16.8%

Thin — 16.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

-0.9%

Losing money on operations — -0.9%

ROCE

-1.6%

Weak — -1.6% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-5.2%

Shrinking sales (-5.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

60%

Modest — 60% of profit becomes cash

FCF Margin

3.1%

Thin free cash flow (3.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

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Data not available

Interest Cover

1.77x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.8x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

8.4x

Attractive valuation — P/E 8.4

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

-1.3

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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