FreightCar America (RAIL) – Poised for Greater Scale and Margin Expansion


Friday, June 28, 2024

Mark Reichman, Managing Director, Equity Research Analyst, Natural Resources, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.

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Initiating coverage with an Outperform rating. FreightCar America, Inc. is a diversified manufacturer of railroad cars and rail car components. The company designs and manufactures a broad variety of railroad car types for the transportation of bulk commodities and containerized freight products primarily in North America. These include open top hoppers, covered hoppers, gondolas, and intermodal and non-intermodal flat cars. FreightCar America and its predecessors have been manufacturing railroad cars since 1901.

Unique competitive advantages. FreightCar America is a pure play manufacturer that has unique manufacturing capabilities that allow it to respond to customer orders with short lead times due to its ability to set up a production line to batch produce orders and quickly change over to the next line for a different product type. Its engineering capabilities allow it to offer tailored solutions in areas unmet by competitors.


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