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FreightCar America (FreightCar America) PB Ratio : (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is FreightCar America PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-27), FreightCar America's share price is $3.60. FreightCar America's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.58. Hence, FreightCar America's PB Ratio of today is .

The historical rank and industry rank for FreightCar America's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, FreightCar America's highest PB Ratio was 2.80. The lowest was 0.08. And the median was 0.85.

RAIL's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 1.31
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of FreightCar America was 32.80% per year. The lowest was -52.80% per year. And the median was 0.70% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


FreightCar America PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for FreightCar America's PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Chart

FreightCar America Annual Data
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FreightCar America Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of FreightCar America's PB Ratio

For the Railroads subindustry, FreightCar America's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, FreightCar America's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FreightCar America's PB Ratio falls into.



FreightCar America PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

FreightCar America's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=3.60/-2.581
=

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


FreightCar America  (NAS:RAIL) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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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