Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:WAB)

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WAB."

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, August 23rd. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 8th. View Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' Dividend History.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE:WAB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The transportation company reported $1.06 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.08. The transportation company earned $2.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.24 billion. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies had a return on equity of 8.34% and a net margin of 3.68%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies's revenue was up 101.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.96 EPS. View Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' Earnings History.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.10-4.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.10. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.39 billion.

14 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock. Their predictions range from $64.00 to $96.00. On average, they expect Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock price to reach $83.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

News coverage about WAB stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies earned a news sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 14,280,000 shares, a decrease of 7.8% from the August 30th total of 15,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,940,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.4 days. Approximately 8.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Meyer Handelman Co. (0.00%) and Massey Quick Simon & CO. LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock include Albert J Neupaver, David L Deninno, Electric Co General, Emilio Fernandez, John A Mastalerz Jr, Lee B Foster II, Linda S Harty, Patrick D Dugan, Randy Hoback, Robert J Brooks, Scott Wahlstrom and William E Kassling. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

WAB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Meyer Handelman Co.. Company insiders that have sold Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies company stock in the last year include Electric Co General and Linda S Harty. View Insider Buying and Selling for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

WAB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massey Quick Simon & CO. LLC. Company insiders that have bought Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock in the last two years include Albert J Neupaver, David L Deninno, Randy Hoback and William E Kassling. View Insider Buying and Selling for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

Shares of WAB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WAB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.53.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a market capitalization of $13.08 billion and generates $4.36 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $294.94 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.81 on an earnings per share basis. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies employs 18,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

The official website for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is http://www.wabtec.com/.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' mailing address is 1001 AIR BRAKE AVE, WILMERDING PA, 15148. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 412-825-1000.