Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE: WAB) is -2.54% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $141.85 and a high of $210.88 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The WAB stock was last observed hovering at around $185.41 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.63%.
Currently trading at $184.78, the stock is 2.33% and -4.04% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.89 million and changing -0.34% at the moment leaves the stock 2.10% off its SMA200. WAB registered 30.02% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 6.37%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $192.5668 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $180.98026.
The stock witnessed a -3.82% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.77%, and is 3.41% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.99% over the week and 2.50% over the month.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (WAB) has around 29500 employees, a market worth around $31.57B and $10.39B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 30.62 and Fwd P/E is 18.95. Profit margin for the company is 10.17%. Distance from 52-week low is 30.26% and -12.38% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.64%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 13.94% this year.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (WAB) Top Institutional Holders
1470.0 institutions hold shares in Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (WAB), with institutional investors hold 96.88% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 171.30M, and float is at 168.93M with Short Float at 1.32%. Institutions hold 95.83% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 19.63 million shares valued at $3.1 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.1238% of the WAB Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 15.1 million shares valued at $2.39 billion to account for 8.5528 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 8.41 million shares representing 4.7649% and valued at over $1.33 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.0641 of the shares totaling 7.17 million with a market value of $1.13 billion.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (WAB) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Santana Rafael, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that Santana Rafael sold 886 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 27 ’25 at a price of $182.34 per share for a total of $0.16 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.18 million shares.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 26 ’25 that Santana Rafael (President and CEO) sold a total of 894 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 26 ’25 and was made at $183.83 per share for $0.16 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.18 million shares of the WAB stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 26 ’25, Rafael Santana (Officer) Proposed Sale 1,780 shares at an average price of $183.00 for $0.33 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (WAB).
