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FreightCar America (FreightCar America) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is FreightCar America Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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FreightCar America Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for FreightCar America's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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FreightCar America Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of FreightCar America's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Railroads subindustry, FreightCar America's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, FreightCar America's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FreightCar America's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



FreightCar America Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

FreightCar America's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, FreightCar America's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.937/129.4194*129.4194
=0.937

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

FreightCar America Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -4.015 99.695 -5.212
201406 -3.956 100.560 -5.091
201409 -1.703 100.428 -2.195
201412 8.130 99.070 10.621
201503 -6.889 99.621 -8.950
201506 -1.887 100.684 -2.426
201509 2.348 100.392 3.027
201512 -1.138 99.792 -1.476
201603 -1.583 100.470 -2.039
201606 -0.943 101.688 -1.200
201609 -2.996 101.861 -3.807
201612 4.408 101.863 5.600
201703 1.277 102.862 1.607
201706 2.005 103.349 2.511
201709 -0.812 104.136 -1.009
201712 0.738 104.011 0.918
201803 -1.111 105.290 -1.366
201806 -2.973 106.317 -3.619
201809 -1.891 106.507 -2.298
201812 0.197 105.998 0.241
201903 0.077 107.251 0.093
201906 -1.468 108.070 -1.758
201909 -0.943 108.329 -1.127
201912 0.347 108.420 0.414
202003 -0.784 108.902 -0.932
202006 -1.459 108.767 -1.736
202009 -1.566 109.815 -1.846
202012 -1.301 109.897 -1.532
202103 -1.141 111.754 -1.321
202106 -1.127 114.631 -1.272
202109 -0.606 115.734 -0.678
202112 0.056 117.630 0.062
202203 0.288 121.301 0.307
202206 -0.485 125.017 -0.502
202209 -0.457 125.227 -0.472
202212 0.796 125.222 0.823
202303 -0.364 127.348 -0.370
202306 -0.742 128.729 -0.746
202309 -0.164 129.860 -0.163
202312 0.937 129.419 0.937

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


FreightCar America  (NAS:RAIL) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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FreightCar America (FreightCar America) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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.
Executives
Benavides Alejandro Gil 10 percent owner BARRANQUILLA 404 COLONIA GRADALUPE, MONCLOVA N9 25750
Nicholas J Randall officer: Chief Operating Officer 125 S WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 1500, CHICAGO IL 60606
De Nigris Felan Jose director 125 S WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 1500, CHICAGO IL 60606
James R Meyer director, officer: President and CEO TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 1300, CHICAGO IL 60606
W Matthew Tonn officer: Chief Commercial Officer 2 N RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 1300, CHICAGO IL 60606
Fuentes Sierra Juan Carlos officer: Corporate Controller & CAO 125 S WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 1500, CHICAGO IL 60606
Celia Perez officer: GC and Corp Secretary 125 S WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 1500, CHICAGO IL 60606
Travis D Kelly director 125 S WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 1500, CHICAGO IL 60606
Michael Anthony Riordan officer: Corporate Controller and CAO 125 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 1500, CHICAGO IL 60606
Rodger L Boehm director 165 WESTVIEW ROAD, WINNETKA IL 60093
Pacific Investment Management Co Llc 10 percent owner 650 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Terence R Rogers officer: Vice Pres, CFO and Treasurer RYERSON INC, 2621 W. 15TH PLACE, CHICAGO IL 60608
Gil Benavides Jesus Salvador director 125 S. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 1500, C/O FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC., CHICAGO IL 60606
Fabricaciones Y Servicios De Mexico, S.a. De C.v. 10 percent owner CARRETARA 57 KM 178, CASTANOS O5 25870
Elizabeth K Arnold director 8310 S. VALLEY HWY, SUITE 350, DENVER CO 80112