Westinghouse Air Brake Technolo (WAB) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.83
- Estimate
- $2.73
- Surprise
- +3.5%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $3.12B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 6.0/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Westinghouse Air Brake Technolo (WAB) beat the $2.73 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.83 — a clear 3.5% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.7/10) to Sell at 6.0/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates WAB Sell at 6.0/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +3.5% surprise compares with a +4.5% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive momentum
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Supplier: single-sourced component suppliers
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $288.96
- Stop
- $274.50
The stock trades at 35.9× trailing but 23.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 2.8× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-22 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
WAB at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Railroads
- Market cap
- $48.81B
- P/E (fwd)
- 23.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 35.9
- 52-week range
- $193.86–$306.64
- Off 52-week high
- 5.8%
- RSI (14)
- 52
- Volume vs avg
- 2.82×
- Score today
- 6.0/10