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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) Competitors

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$193.03 +3.47 (+1.83%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

WAB vs. DE, PCAR, CMI, TTC, AGCO, OSK, FSS, TEX, TRN, and ALG

Should you be buying Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies include Deere & Company (DE), PACCAR (PCAR), Cummins (CMI), Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), and Alamo Group (ALG). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies vs.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (NYSE:WAB) and Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

91.7% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Deere & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Deere & Company shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deere & Company has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Deere & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Deere & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies$10.33B3.21$815M$6.0032.17
Deere & Company$50.52B2.32$7.10B$25.6016.89

Deere & Company received 684 more outperform votes than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.89% of users gave Deere & Company an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Westinghouse Air Brake TechnologiesOutperform Votes
475
66.25%
Underperform Votes
242
33.75%
Deere & CompanyOutperform Votes
1159
64.89%
Underperform Votes
627
35.11%

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Deere & Company pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deere & Company pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $175.30, indicating a potential downside of 9.19%. Deere & Company has a consensus price target of $443.94, indicating a potential upside of 2.65%. Given Deere & Company's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Deere & Company is more favorable than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Deere & Company
0 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41

Deere & Company has a net margin of 13.73% compared to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' net margin of 10.25%. Deere & Company's return on equity of 31.32% beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies10.25% 12.52% 6.96%
Deere & Company 13.73%31.32%6.73%

In the previous week, Deere & Company had 17 more articles in the media than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Deere & Company and 4 mentions for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Deere & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' score of 0.48 indicating that Deere & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Deere & Company
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Deere & Company beats Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WAB vs. The Competition

MetricWestinghouse Air Brake TechnologiesRailroad equipment IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$33.18B$7.65B$303.23B$19.21B
Dividend Yield0.40%1.79%4.41%3.56%
P/E Ratio32.1717.8017.8441.22
Price / Sales3.213.2255.7717.59
Price / Cash23.1922.4813.0321.28
Price / Book3.291.852.115.32
Net Income$815M$788.98M$577.06M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-3.33%-0.67%-2.44%-3.59%
1 Month Performance-0.70%-1.20%-3.56%-2.48%
1 Year Performance54.54%54.96%0.95%13.87%

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAB
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
3.8626 of 5 stars
$193.03
+1.8%
$175.30
-9.2%
+54.5%$33.18B$10.33B32.1729,000High Trading Volume
DE
Deere & Company
3.7258 of 5 stars
$438.08
-0.5%
$443.28
+1.2%
+11.7%$119.86B$50.52B17.2083,000Analyst Forecast
PCAR
PACCAR
4.0509 of 5 stars
$112.75
-0.2%
$118.25
+4.9%
+9.8%$59.11B$35.13B12.6332,400Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CMI
Cummins
4.3801 of 5 stars
$367.32
-0.1%
$352.85
-3.9%
+46.1%$50.39B$34.20B24.1875,500Analyst Forecast
TTC
Toro
3.6162 of 5 stars
$87.41
-1.0%
$93.33
+6.8%
-16.2%$8.97B$4.55B23.1810,706Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
AGCO
AGCO
4.4066 of 5 stars
$96.02
-1.1%
$113.18
+17.9%
-22.2%$7.17B$14.41B42.9727,900Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
OSK
Oshkosh
4.8262 of 5 stars
$99.95
-0.1%
$122.86
+22.9%
-11.3%$6.50B$9.66B9.7117,300Analyst Forecast
FSS
Federal Signal
1.8449 of 5 stars
$97.52
+1.1%
$90.00
-7.7%
+21.1%$5.96B$1.84B28.234,500Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
TEX
Terex
4.3075 of 5 stars
$48.56
-2.0%
$59.56
+22.6%
-21.5%$3.24B$5.15B7.2310,200Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.1696 of 5 stars
$37.62
+0.8%
$35.67
-5.2%
+38.4%$3.09B$2.98B18.209,480Positive News
ALG
Alamo Group
3.8662 of 5 stars
$196.91
+2.0%
$212.00
+7.7%
-8.6%$2.37B$1.66B19.454,350Short Interest ↓
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:WAB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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