WAB vs. PCAR, CMI, TTC, AGCO, OSK, FSS, TEX, TRN, ALG, and GBX
Should you be buying Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies include PACCAR (PCAR), Cummins (CMI), Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), and Greenbrier Companies (GBX). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies vs.
PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (NYSE:WAB) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
PACCAR has higher revenue and earnings than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. PACCAR 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.
PACCAR presently has a consensus price target of $121.77, indicating a potential upside of 16.57%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a consensus price target of $206.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.89%. Given PACCAR's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PACCAR is more favorable than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.
PACCAR pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. PACCAR pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays out 16.6% 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.
PACCAR has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PACCAR received 100 more outperform votes than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.34% of users gave Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies an outperform vote while only 53.03% of users gave PACCAR an outperform vote.
64.9% of PACCAR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of PACCAR 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, PACCAR had 22 more articles in the media than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for PACCAR and 9 mentions for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. PACCAR's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' score of 0.63 indicating that PACCAR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PACCAR has a net margin of 12.36% compared to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' net margin of 10.17%. PACCAR's return on equity of 23.53% beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
PACCAR beats Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WAB) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
