FreightCar America Inc (NASDAQ: RAIL) started the day on Wednesday, with a price increase of 10.76% at $9.47, before settling in for the price of $8.55 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, RAIL posted a 52-week range of $2.25-$8.84.
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In the past 5-years timespan, the Industrials sector firm’s annual sales growth was 16.97%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 18.51%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 164.10%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $17.90 million, simultaneously with a float of $14.25 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $178.70 million. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $4.72, while the 200-day Moving Average is $3.58.
FreightCar America Inc (RAIL) Ownership Facts and Figures
Now let’s turn our focus to how large-scale investors are working with this stock of the Railroads Industry. FreightCar America Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 24.51%, in contrast to 30.26% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Aug 29 ’24, this organization’s Director sold 12,500 shares at the rate of 7.20, making the entire transaction reach 90,000 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 157,608. Preceding that transaction, on Aug 29 ’24, Company’s Director sold 10,000 for 7.20, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 72,000. This particular insider is now the holder of 137,066 in total.
FreightCar America Inc (RAIL) Earnings and Revenue Records
FreightCar America Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 164.10% and is forecasted to reach 0.47 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 3.00% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 18.51% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
FreightCar America Inc (NASDAQ: RAIL) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for FreightCar America Inc (RAIL). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.92. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.74. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.36. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 3.51.
In the same vein, RAIL’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded -0.70, a figure that is expected to reach 0.08 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 0.47 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of FreightCar America Inc (RAIL)
If we take a close look at the recent performances of FreightCar America Inc (NASDAQ: RAIL), its last 5-days Average volume was 0.41 million that shows progress from its year to date volume of 85601.0. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 86.56% While, its Average True Range was 0.85.
Raw Stochastic average of FreightCar America Inc (RAIL) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 94.02%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 90.64% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 99.04% that was higher than 78.30% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
