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Bear Of The Day: Freightcar America
Zacks Investment Research • Mon, Apr 22 • 2 Comments
Rail Manufacturer Crushes Earnings Estimates And Is A Buy On Any Pullback
Bret Jensen • Tue, May 8, 2012 • 6 Comments
Freight Car America, Inc.: Strong Growth, Low Valuation
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Jeremy Blum • Fri, Feb 24, 2012 • 1 Comment
Rail Freight Continues to Improve
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Short Interest Update on Freightcar America
Data Explorers • Mon, Aug 24, 2009
FreightCar America: Coal Car Orders Will Pick Up Soon
Alex Bossert • Tue, Aug 12, 2008 • 1 Comment
FreightCar America Should Be Pressured By Rising Costs
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FreightCar America: Orders for New Railcars on the Decline
Alex Shadunsky • Fri, May 4, 2007 • 2 Comments
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FreightCar America's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Sat, May 4
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Wed, Feb 20
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Sat, Nov 3, 2012
FreightCar America CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Aug 6, 2012
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Sun, Nov 16, 2008
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Sun, May 18, 2008

FreightCar America, Inc. Declares Regular Dividend

Business Wire (May 14, 2013)
FreightCar America Announces Leadership Transition

Business Wire (May 1, 2013)
FreightCar America, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2013 Results

Business Wire (May 1, 2013)
FreightCar America, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call

Business Wire (Apr 19, 2013)
FreightCar America, Inc. Announces Resignation of Thomas M. Fitzpatrick from Its Board of Directors

Business Wire (Mar 1, 2013)
Titagarh-FreightCar Joint Venture Company to be Wound Up

Business Wire (Feb 22, 2013)
FreightCar America, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Results

Business Wire (Feb 19, 2013)
FreightCar America, Inc. Leases Railcar Manufacturing Capacity

Business Wire (Feb 19, 2013)
FreightCar America, Inc. Declares Regular Dividend

Business Wire (Feb 12, 2013)
FreightCar America, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call

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FreightCar America, Inc. Announces Election of William D. Gehl as Chairman of Its Board of Directors

Business Wire (Jan 10, 2013)
FreightCar America, Inc. Announces Appointment of Kathleen M. Boege as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Business Wire (Jan 4, 2013)
FreightCar America, Inc. Declares Regular Dividend

Business Wire (Nov 12, 2012)
FreightCar America, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2012 Results

Business Wire (Nov 1, 2012)
FreightCar America, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call

Business Wire (Oct 19, 2012)
FreightCar America, Inc. Appoints Andrew B. Schmitt to its Board of Directors

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Company Description

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Sector: Services

Industry: Railroads

Country: United States

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Wednesday, May 15, 9:56 AM FreightCar America, Inc. (RAIL) declares $0.06/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 1.33%. For shareholders of record May 24. Payable May 31. Ex-div date May 22. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, May 2, 7:04 AM More on Freightcar America's (RAIL) Q1: The company says the challenging atmosphere is keeping it focused on a railcar diversification strategy after it delivered 1,073 railcars during the quarter, down from 2,613 a year ago. New units ordered fell to 274 from 1,244 a year ago. More cost tightening looks to be part of the plan as Freightcar America waits for the "eventual" freight railcar market recovery. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Consumer]
Thursday, May 2, 6:23 AM Freightcar America (RAIL): Q1 EPS of -$0.22 misses by $0.28. Revenue of $116.6M beats by $7.2M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Tuesday, February 12, 5:14 PM FreightCar America, Inc. (RAIL) declares $0.06/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 1.04%. For shareholders of record Feb. 22. Payable Mar. 01. Ex-div date Feb. 20. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, November 12, 2012, 1:00 PM FreightCar America Inc. (RAIL) declares $0.06/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 1.27%. For shareholders of record Nov. 23. Payable Nov. 30. Ex-div Nov. 20. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, November 1, 2012, 6:20 AM FreightCar America (RAIL): Q3 EPS of $0.40 beats by $0.07. Revenue of $160.6M (+23.4% Y/Y). (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, August 13, 2012, 4:11 PM FreightCar America (RAIL) declares $0.06/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 1.21%. For shareholders of record Aug 24. Payable Aug 31. Ex-div date Aug 22. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, August 6, 2012, 11:58 AM FreightCar America (RAIL -10.6%) shares slump after the manufacturer of aluminum-bodied railcars says in its Q2 earnings report that “coal demand remained under pressure from low natural gas prices, high coal inventories and reduced industrial activity.” Orders for new railcars slowed to 967 from 1,244 in Q1 and from 1,089 in the year-ago quarter. Comment! [Energy, On the Move]
Monday, August 6, 2012, 6:05 AM FreightCar America (RAIL): Q2 EPS of $0.46 misses by $0.11. Revenue of $181.2M (+85% Y/Y) misses by $8M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 7:08 AM More on FreightCar America's (RAIL) Q1 report: Delivered 2,613 railcars, compared to 875 a year ago. Manufacturing segment revenue +233% Y/Y to $210.4M. Shares +16.1% premarket. (PR) Comment! [On the Move, Earnings]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6:52 AM FreightCar America (RAIL): Q1 EPS of $0.81 beats by $0.48. Revenue of $219M (+204% Y/Y) beats by $49M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, April 30, 2012, 2:21 PM Shares of FreightCar America (RAIL -5.2%) trail off after UBS cuts its price target to $25 and trims 2012-2014 EPS estimates. Though the company has good backlog for 2012, analysts see lower coal demand pressuring new orders moving forward. Comment! [On the Move]
Thursday, March 15, 2012, 3:45 PM The AAR's weekly gauge of rail traffic shows that for the first ten weeks of 2012 U.S. railroad cumulative volume is 1.4% lower than a year ago. Across the continent, Mexico's YTD railroad traffic is down 7.2%, while Canada has seen a pickup of 6.7%. 5 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Monday, March 12, 2012, 12:19 PM Shares of FreightCar America (RAIL -6.1%) tilt lower after KeyBanc slaps the company with a downgrade to Underweight from Hold along with lowered estimates for FY12 earnings. Looking ahead to next year, analysts see the company's coal car volume and revenue tailing off. It's been a bad day across the sector after an accident in China threw a spotlight on safety concerns. GBX -4.5%, ARII -7.9% on KeyBanc downgrade to Hold. 1 Comment [On the Move]
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 12:11 PM Shares of FreightCar America (RAIL +5.1%) post a tidy gain after Zacks lines up the railroad car manufacturer with a #1 Rank (Strong Buy). Analysts point to the 4,481 units that were ordered last quarter, pushing its backlog up 304% Y/Y to 8,303 units. Comment! [On the Move]
Friday, February 17, 2012, 6:40 AM FreightCar America (RAIL): Q4 EPS of $0.71 beats by $0.58. Revenue of $187.1M (+266.9% Y/Y) beats by $61M. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings]

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New Downgrades (5/2/13): $CRK, $CYOU, $FISV, $IP, $K, $KMR, $RAIL, $VPHM
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moneyhawk1
railroads here we come CNI NSC RAIL RA KEOSF.PK TSX
4/15/12
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Windsun33
And I see I missed out badly not selling my LLY and buying RAIL
2/17/12
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nasalpancho: take out the word solar and you can ask that question every day lol
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Windsun33: FSTR is so thinly traded and volatile I have not really considered it. Other rail sector not doind that good today
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1980XLS-2.0
FSTR into earnings tomorrow? Maybe. KOP TRN, RAIL
2/16/12
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Windsun33
Big jump in RAIL pre-earnings, could go either way I think
2/16/12
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1980XLS-2.0: Welcome to the Club, LOL
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Windsun33: I also think OC is under priced right now, but sentiment is not hyped up for it, I might just hold all for now and sell tomorrow if up
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Dr. Kris
CNBC is running stox on Nasdaq w/highest PEG ratio. Looks nothing like what Yahoo screener comes up with: $LAMR, $SKYW, $VISN, $RAIL (more)
11/11/11
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Chris Versace
Freight car orders surge to 36,900 in Q1 - good for $TRN $GBX $RAIL and others http://t.co/7jhWMhA
5/2/11
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Philip Davis
PSW instablog has a new article by David on alternative energy, and update at DHH - covering their short on RAIL: http://bit.ly/bM8xRy
8/24/10
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Market Shadows
PSW instablog has a new article by David on alternative energy, and update at DHH - covering their short on RAIL: http://bit.ly/bM8xRy
8/24/10
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Philip Davis
Dark Horse Hedge (by Scott, Sabrient and Ilene, PSW) is covering AMAG short and shorting RAIL as its replacement: http://seekingalpha.com/p/1t74
7/29/10
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And I see I missed out badly not selling my LLY and buying RAIL
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nasalpancho: take out the word solar and you can ask that question every day lol
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Big jump in RAIL pre-earnings, could go either way I think
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1980XLS-2.0: Welcome to the Club, LOL
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