FreightCar America Inc (RAIL) surge 3.24% in a week: will this be a lucky break through?

As on Thursday, FreightCar America Inc (NASDAQ: RAIL) got off with the flyer as it spiked 17.50% to $7.32, before settling in for the price of $6.23 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, RAIL posted a 52-week range of $3.02-$16.10.

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The company of the Industrials sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 28.05%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 18.51%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 293.33%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $18.88 million, simultaneously with a float of $14.35 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $139.53 million. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $10.25, while the 200-day Moving Average is $8.37.

FreightCar America Inc (RAIL) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Railroads industry. FreightCar America Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 24.73%, in contrast to 42.17% institutional ownership. Preceding that transaction, on Nov 14 ’24, Company’s Director bought 23,400 for 10.74, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 251,316. This particular insider is now the holder of 838,278 in total.

FreightCar America Inc (RAIL) Earnings and Revenue Records

FreightCar America Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 293.33% and is forecasted to reach 0.72 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 60.48% 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 0.79. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.80. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.25. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 2.28.

In the same vein, RAIL’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded -4.24, a figure that is expected to reach 0.15 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 0.72 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of FreightCar America Inc (RAIL)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [FreightCar America Inc, RAIL], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 0.47 million was better the volume of 0.23 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 24.55% While, its Average True Range was 0.84.

Raw Stochastic average of FreightCar America Inc (RAIL) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 11.67%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 41.37% 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 109.83% that was higher than 106.29% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.