On Tuesday, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE: WAB) opened higher 3.26% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $191.84. Price fluctuations for WAB have ranged from $125.56 to $207.51 over the past 52 weeks.
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Industrials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 4.57% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 28.96% at the time writing. With a float of $170.07 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $171.90 million.
The firm has a total of 29000 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 29.44%, operating margin of 15.83%, and the pretax margin is 13.61%.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (WAB) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Railroads industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp is 1.06%, while institutional ownership is 92.74%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 26 ’24, was worth 113,772. In this transaction EVP Operations of this company sold 565 shares at a rate of $201.37, taking the stock ownership to the 16,101 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 26 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 565 for $201.37, making the entire transaction worth $113,772.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (WAB) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.04 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 28.96% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 18.16% during the next five years compared to 8.29% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE: WAB) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (WAB). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.65. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.30. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 21.32.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.00, a number that is poised to hit 1.74 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.65 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (WAB)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp, WAB], we can find that recorded value of 1.0 million was better than the volume posted last year of 0.98 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 65.32%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.14.
During the past 100 days, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp’s (WAB) raw stochastic average was set at 80.44%, which indicates a significant decrease from 90.69% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 20.64% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 19.06% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $196.21, while its 200-day Moving Average is $173.15. Now, the first resistance to watch is $200.50. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $202.90. The third major resistance level sits at $206.55. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $194.45, it is likely to go to the next support level at $190.80. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $188.40.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE: WAB) Key Stats
There are currently 171,890K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 34.05 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 9,677 M according to its annual income of 815,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 2,663 M and its income totaled 283,000 K.
