Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" WAB shares.
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10 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' shares. Their WAB share price targets range from $130.00 to $162.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $146.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% from the stock's current price.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock was trading at $126.90 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, WAB shares have increased by 14.5% and is now trading at $145.24.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2024.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 24th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 412-317-0088 with passcode "9975952".

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Co. (NYSE:WAB) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 14th. The transportation company reported $1.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.58 by $0.04. The transportation company earned $2.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.48 billion. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies had a net margin of 8.42% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.34%. The firm's revenue was up 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.30 EPS.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, March 8th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.55%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 22nd. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.17.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (NYSE:WAB) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.55%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 17.70%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WAB will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.71% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 14th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 6.500-6.900 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 6.730. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.1 billion-$10.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.2 billion.

26 employees have rated Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Chief Executive Officer Rafael Santana on Glassdoor.com. Rafael Santana has an approval rating of 71% among the company's employees.

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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Appleton Partners Inc. MA (0.00%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.00%) and Thompson Investment Management Inc. (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert J Neupaver, Alicia Hammersmith, Brian Hehir, David L Deninno, David L Deninno, Eric Gebhardt, Erwan Faiveley, John A Mastalerz Jr, John A Olin, Kristine Kubacki, Michael Fetsko, Michael W D Howell, Nicole B Theophilus, Pascal Schweitzer, Patrick D Dugan, Rafael Santana and William E Kassling.
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