NYSE:WBC - WABCO Stock Price, News, & Analysis

WABCO trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WBC."

WABCO announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Monday, December 10th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $600,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 10.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE:WBC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 15th. The auto parts company reported $2.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.99 by $0.14. The auto parts company had revenue of $911.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $963.33 million. WABCO had a net margin of 10.29% and a return on equity of 32.91%. The business's revenue was down 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.00 earnings per share. View WABCO's Earnings History.

WABCO is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for WABCO.

WABCO updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 15th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.60-8.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $8.18. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.8-4.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.02 billion.WABCO also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $7.60-8.10 EPS.

16 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for WABCO's stock. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect WABCO's stock price to reach $135.9986 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for WABCO.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WABCO in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for WABCO.

News headlines about WBC stock have trended somewhat negative on Monday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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. WABCO earned a media sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the auto parts company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

WABCO saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,062,161 shares, an increase of 50.8% from the January 31st total of 704,493 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 351,955 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View WABCO's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other WABCO investors own include Union Pacific (UNP), Pfizer (PFE), Mastercard (MA), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), AbbVie (ABBV), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Costco Wholesale (COST), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Medtronic (MDT) and AT&T (T).

WABCO's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (7.54%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (5.54%), BlackRock Inc. (5.07%), American Century Companies Inc. (3.57%), First Manhattan Co. (2.67%) and Boston Partners (2.12%). Company insiders that own WABCO stock include G Peter Daloia, Jacques Esculier, Juergen Gromer, Lisa Jane Brown, Mazen Mazraani, Nicolas Bardot and Sean Deason. View Institutional Ownership Trends for WABCO.

WBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., Squarepoint Ops LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of Montreal Can, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., APG Asset Management N.V. and Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS. View Insider Buying and Selling for WABCO.

WBC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, FMR LLC, First Manhattan Co., Broad Bay Capital Management LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC and Geode Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for WABCO.

Shares of WBC 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 WBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $141.03.

WABCO has a market capitalization of $7.25 billion and generates $3.83 billion in revenue each year. The auto parts company earns $394.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.87 on an earnings per share basis. WABCO employs 16,135 workers across the globe.

The official website for WABCO is http://www.wabco-auto.com.

WABCO's mailing address is Chaussee de la Hulpe 166, Brussels C9, 1170. The auto parts company can be reached via phone at 32-2663-9800 or via email at [email protected]