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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) Competitors

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$196.13 +0.67 (+0.34%)
(As of 11/19/2024 ET)

WAB vs. DE, PCAR, CMI, TTC, OSK, AGCO, 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), Oshkosh (OSK), AGCO (AGCO), 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.

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

Deere & Company has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more 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
Deere & Company$61.25B1.79$10.17B$29.3113.65
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies$10.33B3.26$815M$6.0032.69

Deere & Company presently has a consensus price target of $420.69, suggesting a potential upside of 5.14%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a consensus price target of $175.30, suggesting a potential downside of 10.62%. Given Deere & Company's higher possible upside, research 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
Deere & Company
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
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 received 679 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 64.94% of users gave Deere & Company an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Deere & CompanyOutperform Votes
1154
64.94%
Underperform Votes
623
35.06%
Westinghouse Air Brake TechnologiesOutperform Votes
475
66.25%
Underperform Votes
242
33.75%

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

Deere & Company has a net margin of 14.69% compared to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' net margin of 10.25%. Deere & Company's return on equity of 36.71% beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Deere & Company14.69% 36.71% 7.85%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 10.25%12.52%6.96%

In the previous week, Deere & Company had 30 more articles in the media than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Deere & Company and 12 mentions for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Deere & Company's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' score of 0.38 indicating that Deere & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Deere & Company
35 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Deere & Company pays an annual dividend of $5.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Deere & Company pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays out 13.3% 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.

Summary

Deere & Company beats Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies on 12 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$33.71B$7.81B$331.28B$19.87B
Dividend Yield0.41%1.74%4.41%3.54%
P/E Ratio32.6918.3117.5342.27
Price / Sales3.263.2056.3818.59
Price / Cash22.6721.729.0717.94
Price / Book3.341.902.215.65
Net Income$815M$788.98M$567.15M$983.42M
7 Day Performance-1.36%0.88%-0.64%-0.26%
1 Month Performance2.61%3.16%-0.93%0.04%
1 Year Performance69.63%80.76%14.08%23.52%

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAB
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
3.8228 of 5 stars
$196.13
+0.3%
$175.30
-10.6%
+69.8%$33.71B$10.33B32.6929,000
DE
Deere & Company
3.179 of 5 stars
$401.38
-0.8%
N/A+4.2%$109.82B$61.25B13.6983,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
PCAR
PACCAR
4.1324 of 5 stars
$110.67
-1.1%
N/A+20.8%$58.02B$35.13B12.3732,400Dividend Announcement
Positive News
CMI
Cummins
4.6088 of 5 stars
$363.90
0.0%
N/A+60.4%$49.92B$34.07B24.0475,500
TTC
Toro
3.3226 of 5 stars
$81.50
-0.4%
N/A-5.3%$8.36B$4.55B21.3910,706Positive News
OSK
Oshkosh
4.2745 of 5 stars
$107.81
-1.3%
N/A+10.4%$7.02B$9.66B10.4717,300Positive News
AGCO
AGCO
4.2856 of 5 stars
$93.96
-0.4%
N/A-22.1%$7.01B$14.41B41.5827,900Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
FSS
Federal Signal
2.109 of 5 stars
$90.71
+0.2%
N/A+32.1%$5.54B$1.72B26.294,500Positive News
TEX
Terex
4.2834 of 5 stars
$51.83
-0.8%
N/A+0.1%$3.46B$5.11B7.5710,200Positive News
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.3553 of 5 stars
$37.66
+0.6%
N/A+52.3%$3.09B$2.98B18.379,480Analyst Forecast
ALG
Alamo Group
3.9902 of 5 stars
$193.00
-0.3%
N/A+2.5%$2.33B$1.69B19.444,350Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:WAB) was last updated on 11/20/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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