On Monday, FreightCar America Inc (NASDAQ: RAIL) opened higher 16.07% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $5.07. Price fluctuations for RAIL have ranged from $2.25 to $5.13 over the past 52 weeks.
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Industrials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 16.97% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 164.10% at the time writing. With a float of $14.23 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $17.90 million.
The firm has a total of 2023 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 10.25%, operating margin of 3.07%, and the pretax margin is -0.46%.
FreightCar America Inc (RAIL) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Railroads industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of FreightCar America Inc is 24.63%, while institutional ownership is 30.26%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 14 ’23, was worth 52,216. In this transaction 10% Owner of this company bought 21,400 shares at a rate of $2.44, taking the stock ownership to the 180,000 shares.
FreightCar America Inc (RAIL) Recent Fiscal highlights
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 6/30/2024, the company posted -0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, coming under the agreed prediction (set at -0.03) by -0.11. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.09 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 164.10% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 3.00% during the next five years compared to 18.51% growth over the previous five years of trading.
FreightCar America Inc (NASDAQ: RAIL) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for FreightCar America Inc (RAIL). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.92. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.22. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 2.18.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.70, a number that is poised to hit 0.08 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.47 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of FreightCar America Inc (RAIL)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [FreightCar America Inc, RAIL], we can find that recorded value of 0.43 million was better than the volume posted last year of 47742.0. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 90.51%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.35.
During the past 100 days, FreightCar America Inc’s (RAIL) raw stochastic average was set at 94.55%, which indicates a significant increase from 94.37% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 112.37% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 68.73% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $3.54, while its 200-day Moving Average is $3.18. Now, the first resistance to watch is $6.23. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $6.57. The third major resistance level sits at $7.09. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $5.37, it is likely to go to the next support level at $4.85. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $4.51.
FreightCar America Inc (NASDAQ: RAIL) Key Stats
There are currently 18,711K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 111.05 million. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 358,090 K according to its annual income of -23,590 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 161,060 K and its income totaled -11,570 K.
