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$186.71 -5.34 (-2.78%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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WAB vs. AMP, APH, DOV, EMR, GATX, IR, ITT, PH, TKR, and URI

Should you be buying Wabtec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wabtec include Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Amphenol (APH), Dover (DOV), Emerson Electric (EMR), GATX (GATX), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Timken (TKR), and United Rentals (URI).

Wabtec vs. Its Competitors

Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) and Wabtec (NYSE:WAB) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Wabtec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Wabtec shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 30 more articles in the media than Wabtec. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 14 mentions for Wabtec. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Wabtec's score of 0.86 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameriprise Financial
33 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wabtec
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Wabtec pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wabtec pays out 14.9% 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. Ameriprise Financial has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Wabtec has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Ameriprise Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Wabtec's net margin of 10.92%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 65.90% beat Wabtec's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameriprise Financial18.30% 65.90% 2.02%
Wabtec 10.92%13.65%7.41%

Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Wabtec. Ameriprise Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wabtec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameriprise Financial$17.26B2.77$3.40B$32.1415.61
Wabtec$10.39B3.07$1.06B$6.7027.87

Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wabtec has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameriprise Financial currently has a consensus price target of $534.71, indicating a potential upside of 6.60%. Wabtec has a consensus price target of $221.71, indicating a potential upside of 18.75%. Given Wabtec's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wabtec is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameriprise Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
Wabtec
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Summary

Ameriprise Financial beats Wabtec on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WAB vs. The Competition

MetricWabtecTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$32.83B$6.68B$7.13B$20.69B
Dividend Yield0.52%1.95%706.15%3.67%
P/E Ratio27.8724.1712.9329.07
Price / Sales3.075.96527.9566.37
Price / Cash18.516.217.6622.84
Price / Book2.941.792.064.43
Net Income$1.06B$360.72M$574.24M$994.22M
7 Day Performance-5.34%-7.96%-5.20%-3.35%
1 Month Performance-12.67%-6.81%-2.14%-2.06%
1 Year Performance21.92%27.87%-2.64%10.15%

Wabtec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAB
Wabtec
4.5914 of 5 stars
$186.71
-2.8%
$221.71
+18.7%
+19.1%$32.83B$10.39B27.8729,500
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.5132 of 5 stars
$534.35
-1.9%
$524.71
-1.8%
+19.9%$50.88B$17.26B18.1613,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
APH
Amphenol
4.5277 of 5 stars
$103.69
+0.3%
$94.07
-9.3%
+67.9%$125.43B$15.22B50.34125,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
DOV
Dover
4.7827 of 5 stars
$186.99
-0.7%
$208.58
+11.5%
-2.3%$25.64B$7.73B11.2624,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.3703 of 5 stars
$142.92
-0.9%
$142.28
-0.4%
+25.3%$80.39B$17.49B34.1973,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
GATX
GATX
2.4959 of 5 stars
$153.58
-0.3%
$167.67
+9.2%
+8.4%$5.48B$1.59B19.462,150Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.4518 of 5 stars
$83.95
-1.9%
$100.92
+20.2%
-17.7%$33.87B$7.28B41.5621,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ITT
ITT
4.2228 of 5 stars
$156.80
-1.5%
$173.25
+10.5%
+17.8%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.6538 of 5 stars
$711.82
-1.5%
$739.59
+3.9%
+33.2%$90.96B$19.93B27.4161,120Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
TKR
Timken
4.052 of 5 stars
$78.59
-0.7%
$79.00
+0.5%
-13.1%$5.50B$4.57B16.9419,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
URI
United Rentals
4.6176 of 5 stars
$778.38
-3.7%
$772.77
-0.7%
+20.0%$50.59B$15.35B20.1527,900Positive News
Gap Down

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