Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,640,000 shares, a decline of 21.0% from the August 15th total of 5,870,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,080,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.3 days. Currently, 2.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Co. (NYSE:WAB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 28th. The transportation company reported $1.06 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.08. The transportation company earned $2.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.89 billion. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies had a net margin of 5.86% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.25%.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock was trading at $56.12 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WAB shares have increased by 55.9% and is now trading at $87.48.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, August 13th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, August 27th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.55%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 12th.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.54%. The dividend payout ratio of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is 12.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.64% next year. This indicates that Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, February 18th 2020, which permits the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 3.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.150-$4.350 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.180. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.90 billion-$8.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.82 billion.

5 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $90.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' share price to reach $98.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.9% from the stock's current price.
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26 employees have rated Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies CEO Rafael Santana on Glassdoor.com. Rafael Santana has an approval rating of 71% among Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' employees.

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

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pzena Investment Management LLC (5.49%), Credit Suisse AG (0.69%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.41%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (0.20%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.15%) and Nicholas Company Inc. (0.11%). Company insiders that own Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock include Albert J Neupaver, David L Deninno, Erwan Faiveley, John A Mastalerz Jr, Linda S Harty, Michael W D Howell, Nalin Jain, Patrick D Dugan and William E Kassling.
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WAB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Credit Suisse AG, Beddow Capital Management Inc., Citadel Advisors LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, MetLife Investment Management LLC, and Cibc World Markets Corp. Company insiders that have sold Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies company stock in the last year include Albert J Neupaver, David L Deninno, Erwan Faiveley, John A Mastalerz Jr, Michael W D Howell, Nalin Jain, and Patrick D Dugan.
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WAB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pzena Investment Management LLC, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd, Simplex Trading LLC, PEAK6 Investments LLC, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY, Nicholas Company Inc., and BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA. Company insiders that have bought Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock in the last two years include Linda S Harty, and William E Kassling.
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One share of WAB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.48.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a market capitalization of $16.54 billion and generates $7.56 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $414.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.79 on an earnings per share basis.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies employs 27,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies: A M Rail Group Limited, A M Signalling Design Limited, A and M Signalling Services Private Limited, AM General Contractors SpA, ANNAX GmbH, Aero Transportation Products Inc, Annax (Suzhou) Rail Systems Co. Ltd, Annax GmbH, Annax Scheiz AG, Ateliers Hubert Gerken S.A., Austbreck Pty Ltd., Barber Steel Foundry Corp., Barber Tian Rui Railway Supply LLC, Bearward Engineering Limited, Becorit GmbH, Beijing Wabtec Huaxia Technology Company Ltd., Brecknell Willis & Co. Ltd., Brecknell Willis (Tianjin) Electrification Systems Co. Ltd., CZ-Carbon Prodcuts s.r.o., Cambridge Forming and Cutting Ltd., Changzhou CRRC GE Diesel Engine Company Limited., CoFren S.A.S., CoFren S.r.l., Coleman Hydraulics Limited, Datong Faiveley Railway Vehicle Equipment Co. Ltd., Deptol Limited, Durox Company, E-Carbon Asia Sdn. Bhd., E-Carbon China Co. Ltd., E-Carbon Far East Limited, E-Carbon Far East Ltd. Shanghai, E-Carbon H.K. Limited, E-Carbon S.A., East Erie Commercial Railroad, Electrical Carbon UK Limited, Evand Pty Ltd., Faiveley Rail Engineering Singapore Pte Ltd , Faiveley Transport Amiens, Faiveley Transport Asia Pacific Ltd., Faiveley Transport Australia Ltd., Faiveley Transport Birkenhead Ltd., Faiveley Transport Canada Inc., Faiveley Transport Chile Ltda., Faiveley Transport Czech a.s., Faiveley Transport DO Brasil Ltda., Faiveley Transport Far East Ltd, Faiveley Transport Holding Gmbh & co KG, Faiveley Transport Iberica SA, Faiveley Transport Italia Spa, and General Electric Transportation.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies was founded in 1869.

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

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is headquartered at 30 ISABELLA STREET, PITTSBURGH PA, 15212.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' mailing address is 30 ISABELLA STREET, PITTSBURGH PA, 15212. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (412) 825-1000 or via email at [email protected].