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WAB vs. AMP, APH, 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), Amphenol (APH), 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wabtec has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$17.26B2.78$3.40B$32.1415.68
Wabtec$10.39B3.13$1.06B$6.7028.37

Ameriprise Financial presently has a consensus target price of $534.71, indicating a potential upside of 6.08%. Wabtec has a consensus target price of $221.71, indicating a potential upside of 16.64%. Given Wabtec's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
Wabtec
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

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%

In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 19 more articles in the media than Wabtec. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 2 mentions for Wabtec. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Wabtec's score of 0.74 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
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Wabtec
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Wabtec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Wabtec shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Wabtec has raised 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.

Summary

Ameriprise Financial beats Wabtec on 11 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WAB vs. The Competition

MetricWabtecTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$32.46B$6.71B$7.22B$20.69B
Dividend Yield0.53%1.88%706.08%3.66%
P/E Ratio28.3423.7513.4628.66
Price / Sales3.136.58507.6466.53
Price / Cash18.166.217.7923.59
Price / Book3.001.882.124.32
Net Income$1.06B$360.72M$571.16M$995.66M
7 Day Performance1.80%3.20%2.58%2.16%
1 Month Performance-10.27%-3.96%0.22%-0.31%
1 Year Performance22.61%29.87%3.69%15.06%

Wabtec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAB
Wabtec
4.3907 of 5 stars
$190.08
+1.2%
$221.71
+16.6%
+22.6%$32.46B$10.39B28.3429,500
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.5673 of 5 stars
$518.10
-0.6%
$533.86
+3.0%
+26.8%$49.33B$17.26B16.1213,600
APH
Amphenol
4.5317 of 5 stars
$106.77
+1.7%
$102.23
-4.3%
+80.8%$129.15B$18.82B42.54125,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DOV
Dover
4.7493 of 5 stars
$184.91
-0.9%
$213.92
+15.7%
+0.8%$25.35B$7.75B11.1524,000Analyst Revision
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.3841 of 5 stars
$149.47
-0.1%
$142.28
-4.8%
+33.4%$84.08B$17.49B35.7673,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
GATX
GATX
2.6785 of 5 stars
$152.78
-0.4%
$167.67
+9.7%
+14.0%$5.45B$1.59B19.362,150
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.5738 of 5 stars
$87.96
-0.4%
$100.92
+14.7%
-12.6%$35.49B$7.24B43.5421,000
ITT
ITT
4.2326 of 5 stars
$162.38
+0.5%
$173.25
+6.7%
+29.3%$12.78B$3.63B25.8211,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.529 of 5 stars
$739.31
+0.1%
$739.59
+0.0%
+41.4%$94.47B$19.79B28.4761,120Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
TKR
Timken
4.1925 of 5 stars
$81.73
+0.1%
$79.90
-2.2%
-7.6%$5.72B$4.57B17.6119,000
TXT
Textron
4.4485 of 5 stars
$78.51
-1.2%
$91.83
+17.0%
-7.3%$14.17B$13.70B17.7634,000Positive News
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This page (NYSE:WAB) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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