WAB · Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $49.08B |
| P/E | 38.68 |
| Float | 167.6M |
| Beta | 0.93 |
| Volatility | 23.3% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Machinery |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 80.5 |
| Price | 288.63 |
| Change | +0.63% |
| Prev Close | 286.82 |
| Open | 288.58 |
| Day Low | 285.37 |
| Day High | 291.89 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $241.0M |
| 52W High | 306.64 |
| 52W Low | 186.06 |
| 52W Pos | 85.1% |
| From High | −5.87% |
| From Low | +55.13% |
| Max DD 1Y | −10.85% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +0.31% |
| SMA 50 | +0.06% |
| SMA 200 | +8.93% |
| RSI (14) | 50.3 |
| Vol 30D | 17.5% |
| Vol 90D | 28.1% |
| 1Y Range | 186–307 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | +0.49% |
| Perf Month | +2.87% |
| Perf Quarter | +11.24% |
| Perf Half Y | +8.90% |
| Perf Year | +45.50% |
| Perf YTD | +33.45% |
| Prev Day | +0.63% |
| Clavix | B+ |
| Debt / Eq | 0.50 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.11 |
| Int Cover | 7.3× |
| FCF Margin | 13.4% |
| Rev Growth | +7.5% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 10 / 23 |
What WAB does
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation provides locomotives, equipment, systems, and services for the freight rail and passenger transit industries worldwide.
It operates in two segments, Freight and Transit. It offers diesel-electric and liquid natural gas-powered locomotives; engines, electric motors, and propulsion systems; and marine and mining products.
The company also offers positive train control equipment; electronically controlled pneumatic braking products; railway electronics; signal design and engineering services; distributed locomotive power, and train cruise and remote controls; industrial/mobile Internet of Things hardware and software, edge-to-cloud, on and off-board analytics and rules, and asset performance management solutions; rail and shipper transportation management, and port visibility and optimization solutions; and network optimization solutions.
In addition, it provides freight car trucks, braking equipment, and related components; air compressors and dryers, as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems; heat transfer components and systems; custom engineered burners and combustion systems; rail gear, signaling, and switch products; and turbochargers.
Further, it offers freight locomotive overhauls, modernizations, and refurbishment; locomotive and car maintenance; transit locomotive and car overhaul; unit exchange of locomotive components; long-term parts arrangements; and way equipment maintenance services.
Additionally, it provides railway and freight braking equipment and related components; brake shoes, discs, and pads; HVAC equipment; access and platform screen doors; pantographs; power converters and battery chargers; passenger information systems and closed-circuit television; signaling and railway electric relays; and doors, window assemblies, accessibility lifts, ramps, and electric charging solutions for buses.
The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayWAB grades B+, 80.5 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (67), most exposed on News Sentiment (58, mixed). 2 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Machinery median. Ranks 10 of 23 in Machinery by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| WAB | Machinery median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.93 | 1.09 |
| Volatilityannualized | 23.3% | 27.2% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −10.8% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.90% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 15 (6%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| WAB | Machinery median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.93 | 1.09 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 67% of 24 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Machinery names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| WAB | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +0.5% |
| 1 month | +2.9% |
| Year to date | +33.5% |
| 1 year | +45.5% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| WAB | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 22 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 61 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 17 · 4 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 17 ↑ 4 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 24 Machinery names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| WAB | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +7.5% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Machinery median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openAn analyst valuation piece argues that Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) shares, currently at US$287.76, may be fully priced when measured against the cash the business is expected to generate, noting the stock has returned roughly 218% over the past five years.
Wabtec (WAB) has secured a rail deal in Africa worth more than $700 million, and its services business is growing on the back of a large order backlog. The article frames these as reasons the stock could appeal to investors, while noting that the shares trade at a premium price that some may find hard to justify.
An article weighing whether Wabtec's expanding rail services business and a $700M-plus African rail deal, supported by a strong backlog, justify buying the stock, noting that a premium valuation could give investors pause.
Wabtec (WAB) has set up a commercial paper program allowing it to issue up to $2 billion in short-term debt, backed by guarantees from key subsidiaries. No notes have been issued under the program yet.
WAB set up a program that lets it borrow money in the short term by selling IOUs (called commercial paper) to investors, with up to $2 billion worth of these IOUs allowed to be outstanding at any one time and each one due back within 397 days.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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