Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB)

Industrials · Railroads · S&P 500
$291.16 -0.24% on the day Market cap $47.6B 52-week range $186.06 to $306.64 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
11% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $47.6B, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies's free cash flow of $1.5B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 11% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price11.0% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years15.8% a year
Revenue, same period16.0% a year
Price to free cash flow31.8x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from WAB's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation4
Profitability6
Growth7
Financial health3
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)39.7x
P/E (forward)26.1x
Price / free cash flow31.8x
EV / EBITDA21.2x
Price / sales3.97x
Price / book4.29x
Revenue growth+17.5%
Operating margin16.4%
Net margin10.6%
Return on equity11.3%
Dividend yield0.37%
Debt / equity1.06x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$7.8B$8.4B$9.7B$10.4B$11.2B
Net income$558M$633M$815M$1.1B$1.2B
Free cash flow$943M$889M$1.0B$1.6B$1.5B
EPS (diluted)$2.96$3.46$4.53$6.04$6.83
Operating margin11.2%12.1%13.1%15.5%16.1%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Freight Segment$8.0B72%
Transit Segment$3.1B28%

Superinvestors who own WAB

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $370M0.13%Q2 2026
Tom Steyer
Farallon Capital Management LLC
Trimmed $241M1.1%Q2 2026
Steven Romick
First Pacific Advisors
Trimmed $51M0.64%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $16M0.04%Q2 2026
Stanley Druckenmiller
Duquesne Family Office
Trimmed $15M0.29%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Apr 7, 2026 Rick Larsen
0$255.96—
Apr 7, 2026 Rick Larsen
0$255.96—
Apr 7, 2026 Rick Larsen
0$255.96—

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Questions

What growth does Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies's stock price imply?

At a market value of $47.6B, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies would need its free cash flow to grow about 11% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 16% a year.

Are Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies insiders buying the stock?

3 open-market insider purchases of WAB in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold WAB in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Tom Steyer, Steven Romick.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.