Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

NYSE:WAB Stock Report

Market Cap: US$34.4b

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Valuation

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

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • 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 ($194.43) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($188.38)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WAB is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As WAB is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WAB. This is calculated by dividing WAB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WAB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio32.2x
EarningsUS$1.06b
Market CapUS$34.36b

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 Average15x
CMI Cummins
23.6x7.6%US$49.6b
PCAR PACCAR
12.3x-0.03%US$57.9b
ALSN Allison Transmission Holdings
13.7x4.6%US$10.0b
OSK Oshkosh
10.3x7.2%US$7.0b
WAB Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
32.2x16.4%US$34.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WAB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.2x) compared to the peer average (15x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AIRJ AirJoule Technologies
1.9xn/aUS$419.99m
CVGI Commercial Vehicle Group
2.8x-46.6%US$76.99m
FATH Fathom Digital Manufacturing
2.6xn/aUS$35.24m
ZEVY Lightning eMotors
n/an/aUS$659.00
No more companies available in this PE range
WAB 32.2xIndustry Avg. 23.8xNo. of Companies9PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WAB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.2x) compared to the US Machinery industry average (23.8x).


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 Ratio32.2x
Fair PE Ratio28.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WAB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (28.3x).


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
CurrentUS$196.12
US$212.41
+8.3%
8.6%US$243.00US$181.05n/a10
Nov ’25US$186.84
US$205.61
+10.0%
9.8%US$231.00US$160.00n/a10
Oct ’25US$181.45
US$181.64
+0.1%
12.1%US$231.00US$136.00n/a11
Sep ’25US$169.57
US$181.64
+7.1%
12.1%US$231.00US$136.00n/a11
Aug ’25US$156.71
US$181.55
+15.9%
12.0%US$230.00US$136.00n/a11
Jul ’25US$155.55
US$177.00
+13.8%
12.1%US$218.00US$136.00n/a11
Jun ’25US$169.23
US$175.50
+3.7%
12.0%US$218.00US$136.00n/a12
May ’25US$160.54
US$169.53
+5.6%
15.2%US$218.00US$133.38n/a12
Apr ’25US$144.86
US$150.37
+3.8%
13.8%US$209.00US$130.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$142.08
US$150.34
+5.8%
13.3%US$209.00US$130.00n/a13
Feb ’25US$133.40
US$142.18
+6.6%
15.3%US$208.00US$121.00n/a13
Jan ’25US$126.90
US$131.09
+3.3%
7.5%US$150.00US$115.00n/a11
Dec ’24US$120.12
US$130.00
+8.2%
8.3%US$150.00US$115.00n/a11
Nov ’24US$105.80
US$127.30
+20.3%
7.6%US$144.00US$115.00US$186.8410
Oct ’24US$106.27
US$127.80
+20.3%
5.1%US$137.00US$116.00US$181.4510
Sep ’24US$113.49
US$128.00
+12.8%
4.9%US$137.00US$116.00US$169.5711
Aug ’24US$119.19
US$128.00
+7.4%
3.6%US$135.00US$121.00US$156.7111
Jul ’24US$109.67
US$115.91
+5.7%
6.1%US$130.00US$105.00US$155.5511
Jun ’24US$93.05
US$115.00
+23.6%
6.1%US$130.00US$105.00US$169.2312
May ’24US$98.19
US$115.00
+17.1%
6.1%US$130.00US$105.00US$160.5412
Apr ’24US$101.06
US$116.33
+15.1%
6.0%US$134.00US$107.00US$144.8612
Mar ’24US$104.89
US$116.33
+10.9%
6.0%US$134.00US$107.00US$142.0812
Feb ’24US$104.48
US$110.25
+5.5%
7.9%US$134.00US$95.00US$133.4012
Jan ’24US$99.81
US$106.25
+6.5%
7.9%US$121.00US$95.00US$126.9012
Dec ’23US$103.04
US$103.00
-0.04%
8.6%US$121.00US$87.00US$120.1212
Nov ’23US$93.76
US$102.25
+9.1%
8.6%US$121.00US$87.00US$105.8012

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


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