WAB vs LINE vs GATX Stock Comparison

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, Lineage and Gatx Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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LINE Lineage, Inc.
$38.61 +10.4% 1M +2.3% 1Y
Market cap
$8.91B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.37B
Div. yield
–
Industrial REITs Real Estate
1 win
GATX Gatx Corp
$190.77 +10.7% 1M +25.4% 1Y
Market cap
$6.69B
P/E
17.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.21B
Div. yield
–
Rail Equipment Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 5, Gatx 5, Lineage 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWABLINEGATXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $47.94B $8.91B $6.69B WAB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 35.0x -52.7x 17.1x GATX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.3x — 20.0x GATX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.2% +1.0% +29.7% GATX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.2% -3.1% 17.7% GATX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.8% — 1.7% WAB
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 5.5x 11.7x WAB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +44.2% +2.3% +25.4% WAB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +25.6%/yr — +12.8%/yr WAB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.4% 36.9% 24.8% GATX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 63/100 51/100 LINE

Percentile Scorecard

WABLINEGATX

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

AxisWABLINEGATX
Valuation 33 #138 of 204 82 #27 of 146 44 #115 of 204
Growth 88 #24 of 191 74 #39 of 145 64 #69 of 191
Profitability 70 #57 of 189 26 #105 of 141 61 #75 of 189
Financial Health 33 #149 of 221 57 #64 of 146 3 #214 of 221
Shareholder Returns 82 #29 of 159 78 #31 of 136 85 #24 of 159
Overall 61 63 51
  • WAB ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • LINE ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • GATX ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodWABLINEGATXSPY
1 month +1.0%+10.4%+10.7% -1.0%
3 months -0.5%-6.1%+6.3% -0.4%
6 months +9.0%+2.1%-4.4% +4.5%
Year to date +38.1%+10.3%+12.5% +12.4%
1 year +44.2%+2.3%+25.4% +13.6%
3 years +164.9%—+75.0% +76.4%
3 years, per year +38.4%—+20.5% +20.8%
5 years +212.9%—+82.9% +63.7%
5 years, per year +25.6%—+12.8% +10.4%
10 years +286.4%—+327.4% +267.7%
10 years, per year +14.5%—+15.6% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureWABLINEGATXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.4%36.9%24.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.3%33.0%25.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.001.010.56 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.670.061.02 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -23.7%-64.1%-32.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.6%-14.4%-5.0% -1.6%
52-week high $305.87$45.10$200.76 $779.14
52-week low $196.14$31.80$152.11 $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.

MultipleWABLINEGATX
P/E now vs peer median 36.2xmedian 25.5x -52.1xmedian 26.6x 17.4xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median 4.1xmedian 1.9x 1.6xmedian 4.3x 3.0xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.8xmedian 14.4x 13.4xmedian 14.7x 18.5xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.8xmedian 23.3x 36.1xmedian 22.1x -1.5xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 2.2x 1.0xmedian 1.3x 1.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.50median 1.16 —median 2.01 1.00median 1.16

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 monthsWABLINEGATX
Revenue $12.21B $5.37B $2.21B
Gross profit $4.35B $1.72B –
Operating income $2.10B $192.00M –
Net income $1.37B -$189.00M $400.70M
Free cash flow $1.78B $244.00M -$4.47B
R&D $261.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $8.10 $-0.74 $10.92
Cash & equivalents $489.00M $58.00M $390.00M
Total debt $6.38B $6.22B $11.94B
Shares (diluted) 168.80M 228.00M 35.80M
Enterprise value $45.46B $8.65B $4.07B

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
MetricWABLINEGATX
P/E 36.2x -52.1x 17.4x
P/FCF 27.8x 36.1x -1.5x
P/Operating cash flow 23.7x 8.9x 7.7x
P/S 4.1x 1.6x 3.0x
P/B 4.4x 1.0x 1.9x
P/Tangible book 6.8x 1.1x 1.9x
EV/EBITDA 20.8x 13.4x 18.5x
EV/EBIT 26.4x 78.0x 52.0x
EV/Revenue 4.5x 2.8x 8.2x
EV/FCF 31.1x 61.3x -4.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.6x 15.2x 21.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.50 – 1.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWABLINEGATX
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2% 1.0% 29.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.9% – 17.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 19.7% 0.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.4% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 18.5% 142.0% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 20.3% – –
Net income growth (1Y) 15.3% 70.0% 28.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 21.4% – 18.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.5% 69.8% 25.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 24.2% – 17.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 40.1% 17.5% 21.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.2% – 14.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 40.6% 45.2% -765.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.5% – -63.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWABLINEGATX
Gross margin 35.6% 32.0% –
EBITDA margin 21.8% 20.9% 44.6%
Operating margin 17.2% 3.6% –
Pretax margin 15.0% -3.5% 15.8%
Net margin 11.2% -3.1% 17.7%
FCF margin 14.6% 4.5% -202.1%
Operating cash flow margin 17.1% 18.4% 39.1%
Return on equity 12.2% -2.1% 11.1%
Return on assets 5.9% -1.0% 2.3%
Return on invested capital 8.8% – 1.7%
Return on capital employed 11.9% 1.1% –
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x -5.2x 2.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 2.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWABLINEGATX
Debt / assets 27.6% 32.9% 69.1%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.7x 3.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 5.5x 11.7x
Debt / FCF 3.6x 25.5x -2.7x
Liabilities / assets 50.9% 53.0% 79.5%
Equity / assets 49.1% 47.0% 20.5%
Interest coverage 7.0x – –
Current ratio 1.1x 0.8x –
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.6x –
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.0x –
Altman Z-score 3.67 0.62 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWABLINEGATX
Dividend yield 0.4% 5.5% 1.4%
Net buyback yield 1.7% – 2.7%
Shareholder yield 2.1% 5.5% 4.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 14.6% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 11.3% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 22.6% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 18.8% – –

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.

ConsensusWABLINEGATX
Forward P/E 25.3xFY2026 – 20.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $11.63FY2026 $-0.77FY2026 $9.52FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +29.7%FY2026 – +8.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.7% – +25.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.82BFY2026 $5.07BFY2026 $2.22BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.8%FY2026 -5.4%FY2026 +27.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.8% +4.1% +17.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWABLINEGATX
Held by institutions 92.7% 33.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,197 328 414
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.2% +18.2% +2.6%
Institutions buying 554 183 180
Institutions selling 410 93 142
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.97 1.27

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.

WABLINEGATX
WAB 1.00 0.15 0.49
LINE 0.15 1.00 0.12
GATX 0.49 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WAB, LINE and GATX?

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) $47.94B, Lineage (LINE) $8.91B, Gatx (GATX) $6.69B.

Which stock is cheaper, WAB, LINE and GATX?

Gatx (GATX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 35.0x, Lineage (LINE) -52.7x, Gatx (GATX) 17.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Gatx (GATX) is cheapest (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 25.3x, Gatx (GATX) 20.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Gatx (GATX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) +13.2%, Lineage (LINE) +1.0%, Gatx (GATX) +29.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Gatx (GATX) has the highest net margin (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 11.2%, Lineage (LINE) -3.1%, Gatx (GATX) 17.7%). On return on invested capital, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) leads (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 8.8%, Gatx (GATX) 1.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) returned the most: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) +44.2%, Lineage (LINE) +2.3%, Gatx (GATX) +25.4%. Over five years, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) compounded fastest (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) +25.6%/yr, Gatx (GATX) +12.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 0.00%, Lineage (LINE) 0.00%, Gatx (GATX) 0.00%. Lineage (LINE) and Gatx (GATX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Gatx (GATX) has been the steadiest (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 26.4%, Lineage (LINE) 36.9%, Gatx (GATX) 24.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WAB, LINE and GATX?

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 5. 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.