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FreightCar America (FRA:FAR) Debt-to-Equity : -1.30 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is FreightCar America Debt-to-Equity?

FreightCar America's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €27.6 Mil. FreightCar America's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €40.6 Mil. FreightCar America's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €-52.4 Mil. FreightCar America's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -1.30.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for FreightCar America's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:FAR' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -59.21   Med: -1.52   Max: 2.8
Current: -1.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of FreightCar America was 2.80. The lowest was -59.21. And the median was -1.52.

FRA:FAR's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 0.56 vs FRA:FAR: -1.30

FreightCar America Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for FreightCar America's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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FreightCar America Debt-to-Equity Chart

FreightCar America Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.67 2.80 -59.19 -4.45 -1.60

FreightCar America Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.97 -1.16 -1.52 -1.60 -1.30

Competitive Comparison of FreightCar America's Debt-to-Equity

For the Railroads subindustry, FreightCar America's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


FreightCar America's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, FreightCar America's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FreightCar America's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



FreightCar America Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

FreightCar America's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

FreightCar America's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


FreightCar America  (FRA:FAR) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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FreightCar America (FRA:FAR) Business Description

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Address
125 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
FreightCar America Inc is a diversified manufacturer of railcars and railcar components in North America. The company design and manufacture a broad variety of freight cars including covered hoppers, open-top hoppers, gondolas, intermodal, and non-intermodal flat cars that transport numerous types of dry bulk and containerized freight products. Its Manufacturing segment includes new railcar manufacturing, used railcar sales, railcar leasing, and major railcar rebuilds and generates revenue from the same.

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