NYSE:WAB - Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 6th. View Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' Dividend History.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE:WAB) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The transportation company reported $1.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.02. The transportation company had revenue of $2 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.17 billion. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 3.24%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 85.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.95 earnings per share. View Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' Earnings History.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 18th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

14 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $96.00. On average, they expect Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock price to reach $83.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% 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 neutral on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies earned a coverage optimism score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 12,330,000 shares, a decrease of 8.7% from the November 28th total of 13,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,340,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 9.2 days. Approximately 6.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Appleton Partners Inc. MA (0.02%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%) and Windward Capital Management Co. CA (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, Michael W D Howell, Patrick D Dugan, 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 Appleton Partners Inc. MA and Windward Capital Management Co. CA. Company insiders that have sold Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies company stock in the last year include Electric Co General, Linda S Harty and Michael W D Howell. View Insider Buying and Selling for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

WAB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cerebellum GP LLC. Company insiders that have bought Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock in the last two years include Albert J Neupaver, David L Deninno 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 $78.73.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a market capitalization of $15.09 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.