FreightCar America price to free cash flow RAIL

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 7.7×
9-year median: 4.8×
Against its 9-year history: 68th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
9-year range: 1.5× to 21.9×
Peer median: 16.5×

FreightCar America's price to free cash flow is 7.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its 9-year median of 4.8×, higher than on 68% of days in the last 9 years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.5× in May 2025 to 21.9× in May 2018.

The median for 10 industrial stocks of a similar size is 16.5×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 4.8×

The dashed line is the 9-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	7.7×	4.8×	14.5×
2025	8.1×	1.5×	8.1×
2024	2.8×	1.8×	5.5×
2023	13.7×	13.7×	15.0×
2022	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2021	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2020	3.4×	3.4×	4.6×
2019	4.8×	4.0×	7.0×
2018	21.9×	2.1×	21.9×
2017	2.5×	2.2×	10.3×
2016	8.6×	8.6×	11.1×
2015	11.1×	11.1×	14.0×
2014	103×	18.4×	103×
2013	5.2×	3.9×	6.0×
2012	4.1×	3.0×	4.5×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrials nearest FreightCar America's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
RAILFreightCar America	7.7×
SIFSifco Industries	37.2×
LCUTLifetime Brands	9.3×
CMTCore Molding Technologies	n/m
FCFranklin Covey	10.9×
HQIHireQuest	23.8×
HDSNHudson Technologies	n/m
PPIHPerma-Pipe International	17.2×
ACUAcme United	15.7×
OFLXOmega Flex	23.0×
MHHMastech Digital	8.0×
Peer median	16.5×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.