Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE: WAB): Is It A Buying Opportunity Again?

After Hours

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.

Stocks Info

WAB belongs to the Industrials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Railroads industry. The current market capitalization of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp is $32.82B. A total of 1.06 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.13M shares.

In the most recent transaction, Sbrocco Gregory sold 565 shares of WAB for 201.37 per share on Nov 26 ’24. After the transaction, the EVP Operations now owns 16,101 company shares. In a previous transaction on Nov 26 ’24, Sbrocco Gregory bought 565 shares at 201.37 per share.

Among the insiders who sold shares, NEUPAVER ALBERT J disposed of 10,000 shares on Nov 11 ’24 at a per-share price of $202.00. This resulted in the Director holding 604,447 shares of WAB after the transaction. In another insider transaction, NEUPAVER ALBERT J bought 10,000 shares at $200.61 per share on Nov 08 ’24.

Dividend

Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp pays an annual dividend of $0.80, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.42%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.83. WAB’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.48% when it declared a $0.25 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 2/21/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/13/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 0.42%. The WAB stock dividend was $0.20 per share in cash.

While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, WAB has a high of $210.88 and a low of $133.38.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. WAB’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $473.00M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $4.06B in debt and $2.91B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $58.91, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $10.24B.

Analysts Opinion

There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for WAB is Buy with a score of 4.33.

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