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 declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 31st. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 8th. View Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' Dividend History.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE:WAB) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The transportation company reported $1.06 earnings per share (EPS) 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 net margin of 3.68% and a return on equity of 8.34%. The business's revenue was up 101.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $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 issued an update on 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 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.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock. Their predictions range from $70.00 to $96.00. On average, they expect Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock price to reach $86.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies in the last year. There are currently 6 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 trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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 impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media 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 effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 14,280,000 shares, a decline 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 company's shares are sold short. 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 shareholders include Meyer Handelman Co. (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.

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 $66.61.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a market capitalization of $12.53 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.