ITT vs WAB vs FLS Stock Comparison

Itt, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies and Flowserve Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ITT Itt Inc.
$190.10 -10.3% 1M +8.3% 1Y
Market cap
$17.06B
P/E
40.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.74B
Div. yield
0.01%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
4 wins
FLS Flowserve Corp
$68.20 -11.7% 1M +29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$8.87B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.63B
Div. yield
–
Pumps and Valves Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 6, Itt 4, Flowserve 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionITTWABFLSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $17.06B $46.97B $8.87B WAB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 40.5x 37.0x 23.9x FLS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.9x 23.6x 15.7x FLS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +28.1% +13.4% -0.3% ITT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.9% 10.6% 8.0% WAB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.8% 8.3% 6.6% ITT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.3x 2.4x 2.9x ITT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% ITT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.3% +38.2% +29.5% WAB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.1%/yr +24.1%/yr +12.9%/yr WAB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.9% 26.2% 48.8% WAB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 59/100 58/100 WAB

Percentile Scorecard

ITTWABFLS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisITTWABFLS
Valuation 30 #142 of 203 34 #134 of 203 50 #102 of 203
Growth 60 #75 of 188 86 #28 of 188 69 #59 of 188
Profitability 58 #79 of 187 67 #62 of 187 54 #86 of 187
Financial Health 52 #107 of 222 29 #159 of 222 33 #150 of 222
Shareholder Returns 61 #60 of 153 78 #35 of 153 86 #23 of 153
Overall 52 59 58
  • ITT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WAB ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • FLS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodITTWABFLSSPY
1 month -10.3%-6.9%-11.7% -1.0%
3 months -2.9%-10.0%-5.8% +2.9%
6 months -13.0%+1.9%-18.0% +6.4%
Year to date +9.6%+27.5%-1.7% +11.4%
1 year +8.3%+38.2%+29.5% +13.1%
3 years +101.8%+172.4%+86.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year +26.4%+39.7%+23.2% +21.5%
5 years +101.6%+194.6%+83.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year +15.1%+24.1%+12.9% +10.9%
10 years +464.1%+229.9%+56.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year +18.9%+12.7%+4.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureITTWABFLSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.9%26.2%48.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.0%24.1%41.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.260.981.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.251.460.60 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.6%-23.7%-39.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.2%-11.0%-25.9% -2.5%
52-week high $221.69$305.87$92.04 $779.14
52-week low $169.49$196.14$52.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleITTWABFLS
P/E now vs peer median 40.3xmedian 25.9x 36.3xmedian 25.9x 23.4xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 1.9x 3.8xmedian 1.9x 1.9xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.2xmedian 13.7x 20.7xmedian 13.7x 20.7xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 33.4xmedian 21.1x 26.9xmedian 21.1x 21.1xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 2.3x 4.1xmedian 2.3x 3.7xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -13.11median 1.19 1.42median 1.19 1.37median 1.19

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsITTWABFLS
Revenue $4.74B $11.98B $4.63B
Gross profit $1.67B $4.19B $1.57B
Operating income $680.00M $1.96B $392.30M
Net income $421.50M $1.28B $390.08M
Free cash flow $509.50M $1.71B $411.44M
R&D $123.80M $253.00M –
EPS (diluted) $4.69 $7.48 $2.89
Cash & equivalents $590.80M $670.00M $731.01M
Total debt $858.40M $6.57B $2.14B
Shares (diluted) 89.80M 169.60M 128.36M
Enterprise value $13.61B $44.45B $5.75B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricITTWABFLS
P/E 40.3x 36.3x 23.4x
P/FCF 33.4x 26.9x 21.1x
P/Operating cash flow 26.9x 23.0x 17.8x
P/S 3.6x 3.8x 1.9x
P/B 3.5x 4.1x 3.7x
P/Tangible book 9.8x 6.5x 4.4x
EV/EBITDA 19.2x 20.7x 20.7x
EV/EBIT 25.4x 26.4x 25.7x
EV/Revenue 3.6x 4.3x 2.2x
EV/FCF 33.9x 30.3x 24.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.3x 26.0x 20.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -13.11 1.42 1.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricITTWABFLS
Revenue growth (1Y) 28.1% 13.4% -0.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.5% 10.1% 5.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 27.8% 19.2% 4.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.7% 15.9% 10.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -2.1% 14.7% -22.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 21.5% 11.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -18.6% 9.5% 24.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.3% 22.9% 15.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -28.1% 11.1% 30.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.1% 25.6% 17.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.0% 20.1% 1.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.5% 41.6% 81.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 4.4% 18.0% 3.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 47.4% 348.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricITTWABFLS
Gross margin 35.2% 35.0% 33.9%
EBITDA margin 19.0% 21.0% 10.5%
Operating margin 14.4% 16.4% 8.5%
Pretax margin 12.8% 14.2% 11.9%
Net margin 8.9% 10.6% 8.0%
FCF margin 10.8% 14.3% 8.9%
Operating cash flow margin 13.4% 16.7% 10.5%
Return on equity 8.9% 11.4% 16.9%
Return on assets 3.8% 5.5% 6.5%
Return on invested capital 8.8% 8.3% 6.6%
Return on capital employed 7.7% 11.0% 8.6%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.5x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.6x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.8% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricITTWABFLS
Debt / assets 7.8% 28.4% 33.8%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.6x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.3x 2.4x 2.9x
Debt / FCF 1.7x 3.8x 5.2x
Liabilities / assets 56.4% 51.4% 63.2%
Equity / assets 43.6% 48.6% 36.8%
Interest coverage 6.8x 6.9x 4.6x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.1x 2.2x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.5x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 2.73 3.43 3.53

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricITTWABFLS
Dividend yield 0.8% 0.4% 1.3%
Net buyback yield 0.7% 1.2% 2.6%
Shareholder yield 1.5% 1.6% 3.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 29.5% 15.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 24.4% 11.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 14.8% 23.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 10.7% 17.6% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusITTWABFLS
Forward P/E 23.9xFY2026 23.6xFY2026 15.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.94FY2026 $11.51FY2026 $4.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +18.2%FY2026 +28.3%FY2026 +19.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.0% +5.9% +12.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.39BFY2026 $12.87BFY2026 $4.72BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +36.8%FY2026 +15.2%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.4% -2.5% +5.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersITTWABFLS
Held by institutions 98.4% 92.6% 100.0%
Institutions holding 714 1,195 584
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.4% +0.2% +14.6%
Institutions buying 326 553 299
Institutions selling 251 409 201
Buyers to sellers 1.30 1.35 1.49

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ITTWABFLS
ITT 1.00 0.60 0.63
WAB 0.60 1.00 0.49
FLS 0.63 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ITT, WAB and FLS?

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Itt (ITT) $17.06B, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) $46.97B, Flowserve (FLS) $8.87B.

Which stock is cheaper, ITT, WAB and FLS?

Flowserve (FLS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Itt (ITT) 40.5x, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 37.0x, Flowserve (FLS) 23.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Flowserve (FLS) is cheapest (Itt (ITT) 23.9x, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 23.6x, Flowserve (FLS) 15.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Itt (ITT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Itt (ITT) +28.1%, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) +13.4%, Flowserve (FLS) -0.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) has the highest net margin (Itt (ITT) 8.9%, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 10.6%, Flowserve (FLS) 8.0%). On return on invested capital, Itt (ITT) leads (Itt (ITT) 8.8%, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 8.3%, Flowserve (FLS) 6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) returned the most: Itt (ITT) +8.3%, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) +38.2%, Flowserve (FLS) +29.5%. Over five years, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) compounded fastest (Itt (ITT) +15.1%/yr, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) +24.1%/yr, Flowserve (FLS) +12.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Itt (ITT) has the highest dividend yield: Itt (ITT) 0.01%, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 0.00%, Flowserve (FLS) 0.00%. Flowserve (FLS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) has been the steadiest (Itt (ITT) 32.9%, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 26.2%, Flowserve (FLS) 48.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ITT, WAB and FLS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.