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WAB vs. AMP, DCI, DOV, EMR, GATX, IR, ITT, PH, TKR, and TXT

Should you be buying Wabtec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wabtec include Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), Emerson Electric (EMR), GATX (GATX), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Timken (TKR), and Textron (TXT).

Wabtec vs. Its Competitors

Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) and Wabtec (NYSE:WAB) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Wabtec's net margin of 10.92%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 65.90% beat Wabtec's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameriprise Financial18.30% 65.90% 2.02%
Wabtec 10.92%13.65%7.41%

Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Wabtec pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ameriprise Financial pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wabtec pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ameriprise Financial has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Wabtec has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Ameriprise Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ameriprise Financial currently has a consensus price target of $539.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.58%. Wabtec has a consensus price target of $224.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.50%. Given Wabtec's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wabtec is more favorable than Ameriprise Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameriprise Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Wabtec
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

In the previous week, Wabtec had 7 more articles in the media than Ameriprise Financial. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Wabtec and 16 mentions for Ameriprise Financial. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Wabtec's score of 1.01 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameriprise Financial
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wabtec
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Wabtec. Ameriprise Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wabtec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameriprise Financial$17.26B2.62$3.40B$32.1414.91
Wabtec$10.39B3.26$1.06B$6.7029.55

84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Wabtec shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ameriprise Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Wabtec shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wabtec has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ameriprise Financial and Wabtec tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WAB vs. The Competition

MetricWabtecTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$33.53B$7.35B$7.29B$22.01B
Dividend Yield0.51%1.79%471.62%3.60%
P/E Ratio29.5527.0615.0232.73
Price / Sales3.268.34536.0861.22
Price / Cash18.916.967.9024.48
Price / Book3.362.212.344.67
Net Income$1.06B$360.72M$555.46M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.12%0.09%0.03%0.03%
1 Month Performance4.96%-0.34%-1.85%0.21%
1 Year Performance4.23%-2.07%3.47%11.07%

Wabtec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAB
Wabtec
4.6504 of 5 stars
$198.01
+1.0%
$224.75
+13.5%
+2.7%$33.53B$10.39B29.5529,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.7736 of 5 stars
$472.65
+0.5%
$539.50
+14.1%
-9.7%$44.33B$17.26B14.7113,600Positive News
DCI
Donaldson
4.4108 of 5 stars
$83.16
+0.5%
$80.33
-3.4%
+9.8%$9.59B$3.69B27.2615,000
DOV
Dover
4.9538 of 5 stars
$169.00
+1.5%
$212.25
+25.6%
-13.1%$22.83B$7.75B10.1924,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.6611 of 5 stars
$130.32
+0.8%
$148.28
+13.8%
+18.0%$72.76B$17.49B28.0273,000Positive News
GATX
GATX
3.5452 of 5 stars
$173.16
+0.7%
$183.50
+6.0%
+29.6%$6.12B$1.59B19.812,150Trending News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.5696 of 5 stars
$78.50
+1.7%
$98.09
+25.0%
-21.8%$30.69B$7.24B61.3321,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.7204 of 5 stars
$172.35
-0.3%
$191.00
+10.8%
+15.5%$13.49B$3.63B27.1011,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5506 of 5 stars
$740.55
+0.9%
$789.67
+6.6%
+15.6%$92.83B$19.85B27.3157,950Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TKR
Timken
4.345 of 5 stars
$75.10
+2.6%
$80.73
+7.5%
-13.8%$5.10B$4.57B17.0719,000
TXT
Textron
4.4568 of 5 stars
$82.35
+1.2%
$92.45
+12.3%
-8.5%$14.50B$13.70B18.6334,000Upcoming Earnings
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This page (NYSE:WAB) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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