Take This Into Account Before Investing in WAB

By Tamara Parker • Monday, September 22 15:24 • Permanent Link

Westinghouse logged a 5.2% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $198.6 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. WAB's trading volume is 1,566,897 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,120,201.

Westinghouse trades -12.25% away from its average analyst target price of $226.33 per share. The 9 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $200.0 to $250.0, and on average have given Westinghouse a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in WAB, you'll want to know the following:

Westinghouse's current price is 124.2% above its Graham number of $88.57, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Westinghouse has moved 5.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.5%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 6.72, Westinghouse has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.6 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
WAB has a forward P/E ratio of 23.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $8.49 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 3.14 compared to its sector average of 2.89
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation provides technology-based locomotives, equipment, systems, and services for the freight rail and passenger transit industries worldwide.
Based in Pittsburgh, the company has 29,500 full time employees and a market cap of $33.95 Billion. Westinghouse currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.5%.

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