secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FreightCar America, Inc. (RAIL)
CIK:        0001320854
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-063562
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

FreightCar America Q1 2025: Revenue down 40% but gross margin jumps 780 bps, reaffirms FY25 outlook
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- Revenue $96.3M (down 40.2% YoY) on 710 railcar deliveries vs 1,223 in Q1 2024.
- Gross margin expanded to 14.9% from 7.1%; gross profit up 26% to $14.4M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $7.3M (up 20.5% YoY); generated $12.8M operating cash flow.
- Order intake of 1,250 railcars valued at ~$141M; backlog 3,337 units worth $318M.
- Reaffirmed FY2025 guidance: 4,500-4,900 deliveries, rev $530-595M, adj EBITDA $43-49M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320854/000095017025063562/0000950170-25-063562-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1320854/000095017025063562/rail-20250505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-063562

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