Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

WBAG:WAB Stock Report

Market Cap: €26.6b

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Valuation

Is WAB undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WAB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WAB (€151.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€153.05)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WAB is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WAB?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

WAB key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA16.6x
PEG Ratio1.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WAB's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WAB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11.1x
PAL Palfinger
6.4x3.2%€733.6m
ANDR Andritz
10x6.1%€5.1b
STR Strabag
7.5x-9.0%€4.7b
6201 Toyota Industries
20.4x9.4%JP¥4.7t
WAB Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
30.9x17.9%€28.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WAB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.9x) compared to the peer average (11.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WAB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Machinery Industry?

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Industry Avg.n/a11.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WAB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.9x) compared to the European Machinery industry average (16.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WAB's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WAB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30.9x
Fair PE Ratio17.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WAB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WAB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€151.80
€158.82
+4.6%
15.2%€204.22€124.95n/a12
Apr ’25€134.30
€138.50
+3.1%
13.8%€192.51€119.74n/a12
Mar ’25€130.40
€138.73
+6.4%
13.3%€192.87€119.96n/a13
Feb ’25€121.40
€130.65
+7.6%
15.3%€191.13€111.19n/a13
Jan ’25€114.85
€120.25
+4.7%
7.5%€137.60€105.49n/a11
Dec ’24€109.60
€119.44
+9.0%
8.3%€137.82€105.66n/a11
Nov ’24€99.50
€119.90
+20.5%
7.6%€135.63€108.32n/a10
Oct ’24€101.45
€119.67
+18.0%
5.1%€128.29€108.62n/a10
Sep ’24€105.15
€117.32
+11.6%
4.9%€125.57€106.33n/a11
Aug ’24€108.75
€116.11
+6.8%
3.6%€122.46€109.76n/a11
Jul ’24€100.35
€106.65
+6.3%
6.1%€119.61€96.61n/a11
Jun ’24€86.48
€104.33
+20.6%
6.1%€117.94€95.26n/a12
May ’24€86.82
€104.33
+20.2%
6.1%€117.94€95.26€151.8012
Apr ’24€92.58
€109.25
+18.0%
6.0%€125.84€100.48€134.3012
Mar ’24€98.18
€109.25
+11.3%
6.0%€125.84€100.48€130.4012
Feb ’24€94.33
€101.46
+7.6%
7.9%€123.32€87.43€121.4012
Jan ’24€93.58
€100.24
+7.1%
7.9%€114.15€89.62€114.8512
Dec ’23€97.01
€99.44
+2.5%
8.6%€116.81€83.99€109.6012
Nov ’23€94.84
€103.52
+9.2%
8.6%€122.50€88.08€99.5012
Oct ’23€84.57
€101.42
+19.9%
9.3%€118.86€85.46€101.4512
Sep ’23€87.60
€101.42
+15.8%
9.3%€118.86€85.46€105.1512
Aug ’23€90.54
€100.03
+10.5%
10.6%€119.31€82.82€108.7511
Jul ’23€77.64
€98.11
+26.4%
9.5%€114.95€85.50€100.3511
Jun ’23€86.40
€97.92
+13.3%
9.3%€112.84€83.93€86.4811
May ’23€87.78
€100.61
+14.6%
8.7%€116.12€86.61€86.8210

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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