FreightCar America vs Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
RAIL and WAB side by side, both in transportation equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How RAIL and WAB compare
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is the larger company, worth 345 times as much as FreightCar America ($47.2B against $137M).
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.4% versus −0.50% for FreightCar America).
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays a dividend yielding 0.42%; FreightCar America does not pay one.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 6 for FreightCar America), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | RAIL | WAB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $137M | $47.2B |
| Share price | $4.17 | $279.60 |
| Change, 1 year | −54.5% | 38.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −11.8% | 197% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.47 | 0.98 |
| Employees | 1,986 | 31K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 37.6× |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 3.9× |
| P/B | – | 4.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.2× (better) | 21.2× |
| P/FCF | 7.6× (better) | 27.6× |
| PEG | – | 1.48 |
| FCF yield | 13.1% (better) | 3.6% |
| Fair value | $5.26 | $161.68 |
| Margin of safety | 20.8% (better) | −72.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.50% | 13.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 35.8% (better) | 8.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 10.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 11.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 25.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 12.5% | 35.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 16.4% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 10.6% |
| FCF margin | 3.9% | 14.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 11.5% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 9.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.59 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.55 (better) | 2.35 |
| Interest coverage | – | 6.9× |
| Current ratio | 1.81 (better) | 1.12 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.66 | 3.49 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.42% |
| Payout ratio | – | 15.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 4 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 15.8% |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 1.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 29.8% | 92.8% |
| Held by insiders | 66.2% | 1.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$41.9M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.7% | 2.1% |
Go deeper
- RAIL stock overview
- RAIL income statement
- RAIL valuation and score
- WAB stock overview
- WAB income statement
- WAB valuation and score
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