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How Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation stacks up
WAB · against 109 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
72/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #63 of 110 · scores higher than 41% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score15 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including WAB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 72?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 9.1% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 73% of peers. Return on assets: 5.5% vs peer median 3.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 82% of peers. Operating margin: 16.4% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WAB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WAB | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 106 reported | 9.1% | 14.1% | 25% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 111 reported | 16.4% | 14.6% | 58% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 108 reported | 5.5% | 6.0% | 47% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 103 reported | 11.6% | 17.9% | 22% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 111 reported | 35.7% | 36.1% | 46% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WAB| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.78T INR (≈$33.3B) | 100 | 72 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 81.6B USD | 99 | 46 | |
| 3 | 68.5B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 61 | 265.7B CNY (≈$37.2B) | 74 | 65 | |
| 61 | 47.9B EUR (≈$52.7B) | 74 | 56 | |
| 63 | 32.8B USD | 72 | 56 | |
| 63 | 28.7B CHF (≈$33.0B) | 72 | 32 | |
| 63 | 49.3B USD | 72 | 51 | |
| 66 | 5.51T JPY (≈$37.5B) | 71 | 58 | |
| 66 | 5.43T INR (≈$65.2B) | 71 | 55 | |
| 68 | 44.2B AUD (≈$29.2B) | 70 | 46 | |
| 69 | 53.7B USD | 69 | 56 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score