Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies PE ratio WAB
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 36.6×
- 10-year median
- 30.6×
- Against its 10-year history
- 79th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 18.7× to 59.9×
- Peer median
- 28.2×
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' PE ratio is 36.6× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $272.35 against $7.44 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.
That is above its ten-year median of 30.6×, higher than on 79% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 18.7× in Nov 2016 to 59.9× in Jan 2020.
The median for 3 railroad stocks of a similar size is 28.2×.
PE ratio over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 36.6× | 31.5× | 40.7× |
| 2025 | 32.0× | 26.8× | 34.8× |
| 2024 | 32.0× | 26.9× | 34.2× |
| 2023 | 30.3× | 24.8× | 31.7× |
| 2022 | 27.7× | 23.9× | 39.9× |
| 2021 | 38.4× | 30.7× | 40.5× |
| 2020 | 30.2× | 22.7× | 59.9× |
| 2019 | 58.6× | 21.4× | 59.6× |
| 2018 | 21.3× | 21.2× | 38.2× |
| 2017 | 30.8× | 20.0× | 30.8× |
| 2016 | 20.9× | 15.5× | 21.8× |
| 2015 | 17.8× | 17.2× | 26.9× |
| 2014 | 25.9× | 22.7× | 27.4× |
| 2013 | 25.4× | 18.5× | 25.4× |
| 2012 | 18.0× | 16.6× | 22.7× |
| 2011 | 21.9× | 18.3× | 24.8× |
Against its peers
Companies in Railroads nearest Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' size, closest first, today.
| Company | PE ratio |
|---|---|
| WABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies | 36.6× |
| NSCNorfolk Southern | 28.2× |
| CSXCSX | 29.4× |
| UNPUnion Pacific | 22.8× |
| Peer median | 28.2× |
What the PE ratio tells you
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.
Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.