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DCF Valuation
Base-case fair value
$13.46
Intrinsic $17.95 · 25% MOS
Current price: $9.22
Base-case summary
Our base-case DCF for FreightCar America, Inc. (RAIL) projects 10 years of free cash flow growth at 20.0% for years 1–5 and 10.0% for years 6–10, anchored to 40.8% historical FCF growth, then applies a 2.5% perpetual growth rate and a 8.0% discount rate. Starting from $14M in trailing free cash flow, this produces an intrinsic value of $17.95 per share. A 25% safety margin gives a fair value of $13.46, suggesting the stock is currently 46% undervalued against the $9.22 market price.
See 3 scenarios side by side
Conservative, Base, and Optimistic fair values, plus the sensitivity matrix and FCF history. Free account.
Model inputs
TTM Free Cash Flow
$14M
Cash & equivalents
$53M
Total debt
$146M
Shares outstanding
36M