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 308 times as much as FreightCar America ($50.0B against $162M).
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.2% versus −26.0% for FreightCar America).
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays a dividend yielding 0.31%; FreightCar America does not pay one.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 4 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 | $162M | $50.0B |
| Share price | $4.95 | $297.96 |
| Change, 1 year | −42.8% | 42.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 30.6% | 212% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.49 | 0.98 |
| Employees | 1,986 | 31K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 (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 | – | 37.0× |
| P/S | 0.4× (better) | 4.1× |
| P/B | – | 4.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.0× | 21.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 4.0× (better) | 28.0× |
| PEG | – | 1.45 |
| FCF yield | 25.1% (better) | 3.6% |
| Fair value | $2.79 | $176.59 |
| Margin of safety | −77.5% | −68.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −26.0% | 13.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 35.8% (better) | 8.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 15.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −110% | 17.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 25.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 10.7% | 35.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | −0.04% | 17.2% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 11.2% |
| FCF margin | 10.7% | 14.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 12.2% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 9.5% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.56 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.94 (better) | 2.22 |
| Interest coverage | – | 7.0× |
| Current ratio | 1.44 (better) | 1.10 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.98 | 3.70 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.31% |
| Payout ratio | – | 14.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 4 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 15.8% |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.7% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 2.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 29.8% | 93.4% |
| Held by insiders | 66.2% | 1.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$40.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 9.5% | 2.3% |
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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