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Wabtec
WAB Industrials Railroads
Wabtec’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.2 billion, up 7.51% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 17.5%, EPS grew 18.9%, free cash flow grew 122.9% and total debt rose 37.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 60.28 | 69.20 | 65.45 | 61.00 | 35.07 | 71.05 | 78.26 | 91.89 | 123.76 | 151.81 |
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| High | 89.18 | 93.81 | 115.40 | 81.75 | 81.50 | 97.71 | 105.51 | 127.57 | 207.51 | 222.47 | |||||
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| People | Employees | 20,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | 27,500 | 27,000 | 25,000 | 27,000 | 29,000 | 29,500 | 31,000 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.15 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.36 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 2,931 | 3,882 | 4,364 | 8,200 | 7,556 | 7,822 | 8,362 | 9,677 | 10,387 | 11,167 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 31.53 | 27.44 | 28.28 | 27.78 | 28.28 | 30.29 | 30.38 | 30.42 | 32.41 | 34.08 | |||||
| EBT | 413 | 352 | 368 | 447 | 557 | 737 | 854 | 1,092 | 1,410 | 1,592 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 14.08 | 9.07 | 8.42 | 5.45 | 7.37 | 9.42 | 10.21 | 11.28 | 13.57 | 14.26 | |||||
| Net income | 313 | 262 | 292 | 327 | 412 | 565 | 641 | 825 | 1,067 | 1,183 | |||||
| Depreciation | 70 | 103 | 109 | 319 | 385 | 441 | 426 | 477 | 459 | 457 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 32.44 | 40.65 | 45.45 | 48.09 | 39.79 | 41.67 | 45.89 | 54.12 | 59.66 | 65.50 | ||||
| Earnings | 3.37 | 2.74 | 3.06 | 1.91 | 2.18 | 2.96 | 3.46 | 4.54 | 6.05 | 6.84 | |||||
| Cash flow | 4.99 | 1.98 | 3.28 | 5.96 | 4.13 | 5.72 | 5.70 | 6.72 | 10.53 | 10.32 | |||||
| Capex | (0.55) | (0.92) | (0.85) | (1.07) | (0.61) | (0.56) | (0.80) | (1.03) | (1.11) | (1.50) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 4.43 | 1.05 | 2.42 | 4.89 | 3.52 | 5.16 | 4.90 | 5.69 | 9.42 | 8.82 | |||||
| Book value | 32.94 | 29.62 | 29.89 | 58.61 | 53.47 | 54.55 | 55.69 | 58.86 | 58.20 | 65.63 | |||||
| Shares, m | 90 | 96 | 96 | 171 | 190 | 188 | 182 | 179 | 174 | 171 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 24.86 | 30.38 | 22.88 | 44.97 | 33.73 | 31.12 | 28.83 | 27.73 | 31.39 | 31.21 | ||||
| P/S | 2.59 | 2.04 | 1.55 | 1.62 | 1.84 | 2.21 | 2.17 | 2.33 | 3.18 | 3.26 | |||||
| P/B | 2.55 | 2.80 | 2.35 | 1.33 | 1.37 | 1.69 | 1.79 | 2.14 | 3.26 | 3.25 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 3.10 | 2.46 | 1.89 | 2.08 | 2.32 | 2.67 | 2.59 | 2.68 | 3.49 | 3.68 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 22.68 | 95.00 | 35.49 | 20.49 | 26.22 | 21.56 | 24.26 | 25.52 | 22.12 | 27.36 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 451 | 189 | 315 | 1,016 | 784 | 1,073 | 1,038 | 1,201 | 1,834 | 1,759 | ||||
| Capex | (50) | (88) | (82) | (182) | (115) | (105) | (146) | (184) | (194) | (255) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 401 | 101 | 233 | 834 | 669 | 968 | 892 | 1,017 | 1,640 | 1,504 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 1,421 | 692 | 2,803 | 934 | 654 | 922 | 860 | 799 | 1,151 | 544 | ||||
| Total debt | 1,893 | 1,871 | 3,857 | 4,429 | 4,239 | 4,058 | 4,002 | 4,069 | 3,980 | 5,541 | |||||
| Net debt | 1,494 | 1,637 | 1,515 | 3,825 | 3,640 | 3,585 | 3,461 | 3,449 | 3,265 | 4,752 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 2,977 | 2,829 | 2,869 | 9,994 | 10,153 | 10,239 | 10,147 | 10,524 | 10,133 | 11,190 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 6.22 | 3.99 | 3.87 | 2.37 | 2.21 | 3.02 | 3.42 | 4.35 | 5.60 | 5.74 | ||||
| ROIC | 6.38 | 5.89 | 6.75 | 3.00 | 3.38 | 3.96 | 4.64 | 5.66 | 7.51 | 7.03 | |||||
| ROE | 13.03 | 9.04 | 10.35 | 5.08 | 4.11 | 5.47 | 6.21 | 7.89 | 10.22 | 10.97 | |||||
Negative figures in brackets.
Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Wabtec vs peers in Railroads (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNP Union Pacific Corporation | $165.3B | 22.5× | 21.9× | +11.54% (above 0%: growing) | +6.33% (above 0%: growing) | +57.70% (above 0%: growing) | 57.94% | 40.25% | Compare |
| CSX CSX Corporation | $87.7B | 27.4× | 24.6× | +10.10% (above 0%: growing) | +22.73% (above 0%: growing) | +816.52% (above 0%: growing) | 69.83% | 38.27% | Compare |
| CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited | $74.2B | 27.1× | 25.5× | +12.46% (above 0%: growing) | −13.40% (below 0%: shrinking) | +54.79% (above 0%: growing) | 67.51% | 35.35% | Compare |
| NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation | $71.2B | 27.1× | 26.4× | +11.41% (above 0%: growing) | −4.40% (below 0%: shrinking) | −3.08% (below 0%: shrinking) | 66.32% | 32.44% | Compare |
| WAB Wabtec | $47.4B | 38.3× | 27.7× | +17.48% (above 0%: growing) | +18.88% (above 0%: growing) | +122.94% (above 0%: growing) | 36.52% | 18.87% | |
| TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. | $2.0B | 6.0× | 14.2× | −4.17% (below 0%: shrinking) | +623.53% (above 0%: growing) | +75.30% (above 0%: growing) | 22.66% | 41.19% | Compare |
| GBX Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) | $1.2B | 11.1× | 14.8× | −31.59% (below 0%: shrinking) | −68.23% (below 0%: shrinking) | −412.32% (below 0%: shrinking) | 14.07% | 5.53% | Compare |
| FSTR L.B. Foster Company | $372.6M | 31.5× | 23.9× | −3.49% (below 0%: shrinking) | +7.14% (above 0%: growing) | +83.84% (above 0%: growing) | 22.28% | 4.44% | Compare |
| RAIL Freightcar America, Inc. | $202.3M | — (loss-making) | 4.4× | −4.62% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +33.43% (above 0%: growing) | 5.45% | (3.80%) | Compare |
| Median of peers | $36.6B | 27.1× | 22.9× | +3.31% | +6.33% | +56.25% | 40.30% | 33.90% |
WAB metrics, ten years each
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- EV/FCF
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
- Altman Z-score
- Beneish M-score
Wabtec (WAB) key facts
- Strength: Wabtec’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.2 billion, up 7.51% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $1.2 billion, or $6.84 per share (basic), a net margin of 10.5%.
- Wabtec (WAB) is a Railroads company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 9, 2026, WAB traded at $285.43, a market capitalization of $47.4 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 38.3× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 4.0× sales; its P/E is higher than 91% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Wabtec pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share, a yield of 0.41%, with a payout ratio of 15.9%.
- Return on equity was 11.0% and debt-to-equity 0.58.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.06 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.