Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation provides technology-based equipment, systems, and services for the freight rail and passenger transit industries worldwide. It operates through two segments, Freight and Transit. The Freight segment manufactures and services components for new and existing freight cars and locomotives; builds new commuter locomotives; rebuilds freight locomotives; supplies railway electronics, positive train control equipment, signal design, and engineering services; and provides related heat exchange and cooling systems. It serves publicly traded railroads; leasing companies; manufacturers of original equipment, including locomotives and freight cars; and utilities. The Transit segment manufactures and services components for new and existing passenger transit vehicles, such as regional trains, high speed trains, subway cars, light-rail vehicles, and buses; refurbishes subway cars; and provides heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment, as well as doors for buses and subways. This segment serves public transit authorities and municipalities, leasing companies, and manufacturers of subway cars and buses. It also provides electronically controlled pneumatic braking products; railway electronics; freight car trucks; draft gears, couplers, and slack adjusters; air compressors and dryers; heat exchangers and cooling products; and track and switch products. In addition, the company offers railway braking equipment and related components; friction products; new switcher locomotives; transit locomotive and car overhaul services; and freight locomotive overhaul, modernizations, and refurbishment services. Further, it provides platform screen doors; pantographs; window assemblies; couplers; accessibility lifts and ramps for buses and subway cars; and traction motors. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation trades as WAB on NYSE. The company is classified in Industrials / Railroads and reports in USD.

The current profile places the business in Railroads. This section is intended to summarize the operating segments, products, geographies, and main revenue lines from official filings.

Latest available fiscal data shows $11.17B of revenue and $1.17B of net income.

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Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation can be compared against peers such as EMCOR Group, Inc., Comfort Systems USA, Inc., HEICO Corporation, Ingersoll Rand Inc., Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., Otis Worldwide Corporation.

A complete thesis should compare growth, margins, balance-sheet risk, valuation multiples, and market position against direct competitors.

Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $44.18B, beta of 0.97, and return on equity of +10.5%.

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WAB currently shows total debt of $5.54B and beta of 0.97. Missing data should be treated as a research gap, not as low risk.

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Recent filings to review: SD (2026-06-01 00:00:00), 8-K (2026-05-15 00:00:00), 4 (2026-05-15 00:00:00), 4 (2026-05-15 00:00:00).

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Company website: https://www.wabteccorp.com

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