WAB vs TRN vs LINE Stock Comparison

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, Trinity Industries and Lineage Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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TRN Trinity Industries Inc
$28.37 +6.3% 1M +1.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.31B
P/E
7.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.12B
Div. yield
0.04%
Rail Equipment Industrials
4 wins
LINE Lineage, Inc.
$36.22 +3.3% 1M -5.3% 1Y
Market cap
$8.18B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.37B
Div. yield
–
Industrial REITs Real Estate
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 5, Trinity Industries 4, Lineage 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWABTRNLINELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $47.18B $2.31B $8.18B WAB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 34.5x 7.1x -48.4x TRN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.5x 13.6x — TRN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.2% -2.4% +1.0% WAB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 15.4% -3.1% TRN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.5% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 5.0x 5.5x TRN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.04% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +41.6% +1.9% -5.3% WAB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +25.8%/yr +0.2%/yr — WAB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.2% 36.8% 36.5% WAB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 61/100 64/100 LINE

Percentile Scorecard

WABTRNLINE

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

AxisWABTRNLINE
Valuation 34 #134 of 203 77 #47 of 203 84 #24 of 145
Growth 88 #23 of 188 73 #52 of 188 75 #36 of 143
Profitability 57 #79 of 183 64 #66 of 183 26 #101 of 136
Financial Health 28 #155 of 216 4 #208 of 216 53 #65 of 138
Shareholder Returns 20 #122 of 152 85 #24 of 152 80 #27 of 131
Overall 46 61 64
  • WAB ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TRN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • LINE ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodWABTRNLINESPY
1 month -2.0%+6.3%+3.3% +0.7%
3 months -2.4%-17.3%-15.5% +3.7%
6 months +5.8%-13.0%-1.8% +7.1%
Year to date +33.7%+7.3%+3.5% +12.8%
1 year +41.6%+1.9%-5.3% +11.9%
3 years +170.5%+36.4%— +85.2%
3 years, per year +39.4%+10.9%— +22.8%
5 years +214.6%+1.1%— +67.6%
5 years, per year +25.8%+0.2%— +10.9%
10 years +271.6%+87.5%— +262.0%
10 years, per year +14.0%+6.5%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureWABTRNLINESPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.2%36.8%36.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.2%35.7%33.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.990.510.99 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.590.05-0.14 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -23.7%-43.0%-64.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.7%-25.5%-19.7% -1.2%
52-week high $305.87$38.09$45.10 $779.14
52-week low $196.14$24.82$31.80 $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.

MultipleWABTRNLINE
P/E now vs peer median 35.3xmedian 25.8x 6.9xmedian 25.8x -48.9xmedian 25.7x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 1.9x 1.0xmedian 1.9x 1.5xmedian 4.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.6x 7.1xmedian 14.6x 12.9xmedian 14.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.7xmedian 22.2x -8.5xmedian 22.2x 33.8xmedian 23.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.2xmedian 2.2x 2.0xmedian 2.2x 0.9xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.47median 1.45 0.11median 1.45 —median 1.86

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 monthsWABTRNLINE
Revenue $12.21B $2.12B $5.37B
Gross profit $4.35B $521.30M $1.72B
Operating income $2.10B $731.90M $192.00M
Net income – $334.90M -$189.00M
Free cash flow – -$259.60M $244.00M
R&D $261.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $8.07 $4.03 $-0.74
Cash & equivalents $489.00M $158.30M $58.00M
Total debt – $5.33B $6.22B
Shares (diluted) 169.60M 81.00M 228.00M
Enterprise value $47.18B $1.66B $7.92B

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
MetricWABTRNLINE
P/E 35.3x 6.9x -48.9x
P/FCF 28.7x -8.5x 33.8x
P/Operating cash flow 23.1x 5.3x 8.4x
P/S 4.0x 1.0x 1.5x
P/B 4.2x 2.0x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 6.6x 2.0x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA – 7.1x 12.9x
EV/EBIT – 10.1x 75.1x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 3.5x 2.7x
EV/FCF – -28.4x 59.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.1x 17.5x 14.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.47 0.11 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWABTRNLINE
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2% -2.4% 1.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.9% -8.6% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 19.7% -8.9% 0.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.4% 3.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 18.5% 71.9% 142.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 20.3% 24.2% –
Net income growth (1Y) – 177.0% 70.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 52.4% –
EPS growth (1Y) 17.0% 246.3% 69.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 24.0% 65.3% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 40.1% 7.8% 17.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.2% 15.9% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 33.2% 45.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 19.2% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWABTRNLINE
Gross margin – 24.6% 32.0%
EBITDA margin – 48.8% 20.9%
Operating margin – 34.5% 3.6%
Pretax margin – 21.9% -3.5%
Net margin – 15.4% -3.1%
FCF margin – -12.2% 4.5%
Operating cash flow margin 17.1% 19.9% 18.4%
Return on equity 12.2% 29.4% -2.1%
Return on assets 5.9% 4.0% -1.0%
Return on invested capital – 8.5% –
Return on capital employed – – 1.1%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x -5.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.1% 2.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWABTRNLINE
Debt / assets – 63.8% 32.9%
Debt / equity – 4.7x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 5.0x 5.5x
Debt / FCF – -20.5x 25.5x
Liabilities / assets 50.9% 86.4% 53.0%
Equity / assets 49.1% 13.6% 47.0%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.1x – 0.8x
Quick ratio – – 0.6x
Cash ratio – – 0.0x
Altman Z-score – – 0.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWABTRNLINE
Dividend yield 0.4% 4.4% 5.8%
Net buyback yield – 2.5% –
Shareholder yield 0.4% 6.8% 5.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 29.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – -38.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 6.1% –

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.

ConsensusWABTRNLINE
Forward P/E 24.5xFY2026 13.6xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $11.63FY2026 $2.08FY2026 $-0.77FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +29.7%FY2026 -33.8%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +5.7% -1.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.82BFY2026 $2.34BFY2026 $5.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.8%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026 -5.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.8% +4.3% +4.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWABTRNLINE
Held by institutions 92.7% 95.3% 33.7%
Institutions holding 1,196 344 328
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.2% +6.3% +18.2%
Institutions buying 554 171 183
Institutions selling 409 96 93
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.78 1.97

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.

WABTRNLINE
WAB 1.00 0.35 0.15
TRN 0.35 1.00 0.22
LINE 0.15 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WAB, TRN and LINE?

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) $47.18B, Trinity Industries (TRN) $2.31B, Lineage (LINE) $8.18B.

Which stock is cheaper, WAB, TRN and LINE?

Trinity Industries (TRN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 34.5x, Trinity Industries (TRN) 7.1x, Lineage (LINE) -48.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Trinity Industries (TRN) is cheapest (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 24.5x, Trinity Industries (TRN) 13.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) +13.2%, Trinity Industries (TRN) -2.4%, Lineage (LINE) +1.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Trinity Industries (TRN) has the highest net margin (Trinity Industries (TRN) 15.4%, Lineage (LINE) -3.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) returned the most: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) +41.6%, Trinity Industries (TRN) +1.9%, Lineage (LINE) -5.3%. Over five years, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) compounded fastest (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) +25.8%/yr, Trinity Industries (TRN) +0.2%/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%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 0.04%, Lineage (LINE) 0.00%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) and Lineage (LINE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) has been the steadiest (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) 26.2%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 36.8%, Lineage (LINE) 36.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.