Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate DE or WAB?

Deere & Company presently has a consensus target price of $442.83, indicating a potential downside of 3.01%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a consensus target price of $188.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.54%. Given Deere & Company's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	11 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DE or WAB?

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

Is DE or WAB more profitable?

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
Deere & Company	13.73%	31.32%	6.73%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies	10.25%	12.52%	6.96%

Does the media refer more to DE or WAB?

In the previous week, Deere & Company had 54 more articles in the media than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Deere & Company and 15 mentions for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Deere & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' score of 0.51 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	39 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DE or WAB?

Deere & Company received 683 more outperform votes than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.30% of users gave Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.82% of users gave Deere & Company an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Deere & Company	Outperform Votes 1159 64.82%	Underperform Votes 629 35.18%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies	Outperform Votes 476 66.30%	Underperform Votes 242 33.70%

Which has more risk and volatility, DE or WAB?

Deere & Company has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DE or WAB a better dividend stock?

Deere & Company pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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 25.3% 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DE or WAB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Deere & Company	$51.72B	2.40	$7.10B	$25.60	17.83
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies	$9.68B	3.58	$815M	$6.00	33.62

Summary

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