Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for WAB in the last 90 days.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) Stock Analysis & Forecast
$280.23+1.41 (+0.5%)
Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:19 pm ET.
Gekko Brief
AI summaryWAB closes at $280.23, up 0.5%, sitting between its 50-day average of $286.37 and 200-day average of $257.72. The GekkoIndex reads 63.6, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, and the gap to Gekko Fair Value of $281.45 is narrow at -0.4%. Over the past year the stock has returned 50.9%, though the past month shows a decline of 4.1% against a six-month gain of 18.2%.
No headlines are available this week, so attention turns to the next 20 trading days. Earnings are set for 28 October 2026, some 38 days out, placing the report outside a typical 20-day holding window. The last quarter, reported 22 April 2026, showed sales of $3 billion, up 13% year-over-year, with adjusted EPS beating estimates ($2.71 versus $2.52) and a market reaction of 4.6%. Backlog metrics from that call showed the 12-month backlog up 13% and the multiyear backlog above $30 billion, up 38%, with wins including a multibillion-dollar mining order, a $210 million modernization contract, and a $54 million Transit order.
Smart money data shows no insider, Congress, or unusual options activity in their respective windows, though one billionaire holder and one trailblazer holder are noted. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 2.4% gain over 5 years, rising in 3 of those years. Analyst coverage from 7 firms shows 5 buy and 2 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $329.17, implying 17.5% upside from current levels.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.
Price vs fair value
Close $280.23200-day averageGekko Fair Value $281.45
Key stats
- Market cap
- $47.29B
- P/E ratio
- 37.2
- Forward P/E
- 23.8
- EPS, TTM
- $7.50
- Revenue, TTM
- $11.98B
- Profit margin
- 10.6%
- Dividend yield
- 0.41%
- Beta
- 0.92
- Volume
- 1.55M avg 761,176
- 1-year return
- +50.9%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.7%
- 50-day average
- $286.37
- 200-day average
- $257.72
- Next earnings
- Oct 28 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 168.9M
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies swing-trade checklist
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive2 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $280.23 sits between the 50-day ($286.37) and 200-day ($257.72) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
63.6, Accumulation
Reading 63.6 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
0.4% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (0.4% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 38 days
Next report Oct 28, 2026, 38 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+2.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +2.4% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock chart and price history
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies closed at $280.23 on Sep 18, 2026, +50.9% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $185.95 to $306.64.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −4.1%
- 3 months
- +2.3%
- 6 months
- +18.2%
- 1 year
- +50.9%
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About Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies supplies equipment, parts, and support services used in freight rail networks and city transit systems across the globe. Its work covers building and refurbishing locomotives, producing braking and signaling equipment, and manufacturing components like couplers, undercarriages, and cooling systems that keep trains and railcars running.
The business runs through two main divisions. One focuses on freight, creating and servicing parts for locomotives and freight cars while working with railway operators, leasing businesses, equipment makers, and utility clients. The other handles transit, covering the upkeep and production of parts for commuter trains, subway cars, light rail, and buses, including climate control units, doors, platform screen doors, pantographs, and boarding lifts. Its transit-side customers include transit authorities, city governments, leasing firms, and vehicle builders. Across both areas, the company also produces friction materials, traction motors, window units, and switching equipment.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies traces its founding back to 1869 and runs its headquarters out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is listed on the NYSE under the ticker WAB.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Trucks/Construction/Farm machinery
- Website
- wabteccorp.com
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 63.6, in the Accumulation zone, up 1.5 points over five sessions.
63.6Accumulation
Up 1.5 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 18, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 13 | +2.1% | +6.3% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 152 | +0.9% | +5.1% | ||
| Neutral | 417 | +0.6% | +2.0% | ||
| Distribution | 75 | +0.5% | +0.7% | ||
| Selling | 5 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average WAB share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies trades 0.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $281.45, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$281.45
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026
0.4% below fair value · About fair value
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in WAB were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
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Buybacks
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $215.0M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.45%
- Trailing four quarters
- $680.0M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
2of the funds Gekko tracks hold WAB.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies earnings: next date and track record
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies reports on Oct 28, 2026, before the open (38 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 28, 2026
Expected before the open, 38 days away
- EPS estimate
- $2.69
- Revenue estimate
- $3.19B
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.5%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Apr 22, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Wabtec reported Q1 2026 sales of $3 billion, up 13% year-over-year, with adjusted EPS up 19%. Cash flow from operations was $199 million. 12-month backlog grew 13% while multiyear backlog exceeded $30 billion, up 38%. Key wins included a multibillion-dollar mining order, a $210 million North American modernization contract, and a $54 million Transit order. International markets showed robust growth across Kazakhstan, Latin America, Africa, and India.
- Guidance
- Management expressed confidence in continued momentum given strong backlog visibility. North American railcar builds projected at ~24,000 units for 2026, down 22% from 2025. No specific EPS or revenue targets were provided in this excerpt, but capital deployment of $4.5 billion since 2020 signals continued acquisition activity.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | $2.71 est $2.52 | $2.95B est $2.96B | +4.6% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $2.10 est $2.08 | $2.97B est $2.87B | +0.8% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $2.32 est $2.28 | $2.89B est $2.88B | −0.5% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | $2.27 est $2.17 | $2.71B est $2.77B | +2.1% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $2.28 est $2.03 | $2.61B est $2.61B | +8.9% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $1.68 est $1.73 | $2.58B est $2.62B | −5.6% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $2.00 est $1.90 | $2.66B est $2.68B | −0.3% |
| Jul 24, 2024 | $1.96 est $1.88 | $2.64B est $2.64B | −5.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is $329.17, +17.5% from the last close, from 7 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$329.17consensus 12-month target, +17.5% from the last close
Now $280.23Avg $329.17
Low $315High $355
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 7 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13 | Citi | $341 | +21.7% |
| Jul 23 | Stephens | $330 | +17.8% |
| Jul 23 | J.P. Morgan | $315 | +12.4% |
| Jul 23 | Wells Fargo | $315 | +12.4% |
| Jul 23 | Morgan Stanley | $355 | +26.7% |
+5.1%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+2.4%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.1%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies averaged +2.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +0.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +1.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +0.9% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +2.4% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +5.1% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, WAB’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.7%.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies market cap and key statistics
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies’s market cap is $47.29B, with a P/E ratio of 37.2 and revenue of $11.98B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $47.29B
- P/E ratio
- 37.2
- Forward P/E
- 23.8
- EPS, TTM
- $7.50
- Gekko Fair Value
- $281.45
Trading
- Volume
- 1.55M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 761,176
- 52-week high
- $306.64
- 52-week low
- $185.95
- Shares outstanding
- 168.9M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $11.98B
- Profit margin
- 10.6%
- Return on equity
- 11.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +18.9%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.92
- Typical daily move
- ±2.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.7%
- Dividend yield
- 0.41%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies peers
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| CATCaterpillar | Accumulation | 4.8% above |
| DEDeere | Neutral | 23.4% above |
| PCARPACCAR | Buying | 6.7% above |
| CNHCNH Industrial | Neutral | 0.8% above |
| BWABorgWarner | Accumulation | 2.1% above |
| TTCToro | Accumulation | 1.1% below |
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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock FAQ
What is Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies’s market cap?
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies’s market cap is $47.29B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $280.23, with 168.9M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 37.2.
What is the Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is $329.17, +17.5% from the last close. Of the 7 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 5 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is about fair value: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $280.23 is 0.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $281.45. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies report earnings next?
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is expected to report on Oct 28, 2026, before the market opens (38 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.69 per share on revenue of $3.19B. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.5% on average across the report.
What is Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies’s 52-week high and low?
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies’s 52-week high is $306.64 and its 52-week low is $185.95; it closed at $280.23 on Sep 18, 2026, +50.9% over the past year.
Is Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, earnings risk and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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