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

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 Friday, May 31st. Investors of record on Friday, August 9th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, August 23rd. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 8th. View Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' Dividend History.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE:WAB) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The transportation company reported $1.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.08. The transportation company had revenue of $2.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter was up 101.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.96 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, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

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

12 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $96.00. On average, they expect Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' share price to reach $88.8750 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

News articles about WAB stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Capital Bank & Trust Co (0.51%), Santori & Peters Inc. (0.37%), United Capital Financial Advisers LLC (0.10%), Thompson Investment Management Inc. (0.04%), Assetmark Inc. (0.03%) and Beddow Capital Management Inc. (0.03%). 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 Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Ellis Investment Partners LLC, Meyer Handelman Co., Appleton Partners Inc. MA, Clean Yield Group, Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Private Capital Group LLC and Buffington Mohr McNeal. Company insiders that have sold Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies company stock in the last year include Electric Co General, Linda S Harty and William E Kassling. 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 Capital Bank & Trust Co, Thompson Investment Management Inc., United Capital Financial Advisers LLC, Beddow Capital Management Inc., DF Dent & Co. Inc., Assetmark Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC and Cibc World Markets Corp. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WAB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.05.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a market capitalization of $12.43 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.