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RAIL Relative to the S&P 500

RAIL Relative to the Sector

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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the FreightCar America Inc. (NASD:RAIL) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of July 19 and a Sell Date of October 12 has resulted in a geometric average return of 5.84% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 20 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 12 of those periods. This is a fair rate of success and the return strongly outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 20 years by an average of 21.47% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Industrials sector, which runs from October 29 to May 10. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Industrials Sector Seasonal Chart.

FreightCar America, Inc. is engaged in the manufacturing of railcars and railcar components. It operates through the Manufacturing and Aftermarket segments. The Manufacturing segment includes new railcar manufacturing, used railcar sales, and railcar conversions and rebodies. The Aftermarket segment deals with the selling of forged, cast and fabricated railcar parts and supplies for all railcar types, and provides aftermarket services including safety training, railcar inspections, and preventative maintenance. The firm offers freight cars including box cars, covered hoppers, open top hoppers, gondolas, intermodal, and non-intermodal flat cars that transport dry bulk and containerized freight products. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

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