Growth Metrics

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.28 for Q1 2026, up 34.32% year-on-year from 0.21 in Q1 2025, and up 12.26% on a QoQ basis from 0.25 in Q4 2025.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.28 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio rose 34.32% year-over-year to 0.28; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.28 (up 34.32% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.25, up 17.98% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.28, up from 0.25 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.28 in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.21 in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.22 (2023), against an average of 0.23.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Debt Ratio dropped 8.43%; it then surged 34.32% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.22 in 2022, then declined by 0.85% to 0.21 in 2023, then fell by 0.69% to 0.21 in 2024, then increased by 17.98% to 0.25 in 2025, then climbed by 12.26% to 0.28 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.28 (Q1 2026), 0.25 (Q4 2025), and 0.25 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 0.44
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 0.43
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 0.38
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.28
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.28
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn -
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn -
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 0.18
9 FreightCar America 145.10 Mn 80.80 Mn - 0.37
10 Swvl Holdings 18.35 Mn 13.93 Mn - 0.06

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.28
Dec 31, 2025 0.25
Sep 30, 2025 0.25
Jun 30, 2025 0.23
Mar 31, 2025 0.21
Dec 31, 2024 0.21
Sep 30, 2024 0.22
Jun 30, 2024 0.21
Mar 31, 2024 0.21
Dec 31, 2023 0.21
Sep 30, 2023 0.22
Jun 30, 2023 0.23
Mar 31, 2023 0.22
Dec 31, 2022 0.22
Sep 30, 2022 0.22
Jun 30, 2022 0.23
Mar 31, 2022 0.23
Dec 31, 2021 0.22
Sep 30, 2021 0.22
Jun 30, 2021 0.22
Mar 31, 2021 0.23
Dec 31, 2020 0.23
Sep 30, 2020 0.23
Jun 30, 2020 0.24
Mar 31, 2020 0.25
Dec 31, 2019 0.23
Sep 30, 2019 0.25
Jun 30, 2019 0.24
Mar 31, 2019 0.26
Dec 31, 2018 0.45
Sep 30, 2018 0.45
Jun 30, 2018 0.28
Mar 31, 2018 0.28
Dec 31, 2017 0.28
Sep 30, 2017 0.29
Jun 30, 2017 0.31
Mar 31, 2017 0.31
Dec 31, 2016 0.29
Sep 30, 2016 0.24
Jun 30, 2016 0.22
Mar 31, 2016 0.24
Dec 31, 2015 0.21
Sep 30, 2015 0.14
Jun 30, 2015 0.12
Mar 31, 2015 0.13
Dec 31, 2014 0.16
Sep 30, 2014 0.16
Jun 30, 2014 0.16
Mar 31, 2014 0.15
Dec 31, 2013 0.16
Sep 30, 2013 0.19
Jun 30, 2013 0.16
Mar 31, 2013 0.08
Dec 31, 2012 0.14
Sep 30, 2012 0.18
Jun 30, 2012 0.19
Mar 31, 2012 0.17
Dec 31, 2011 0.18
Sep 30, 2011 0.11
Jun 30, 2011 0.20
Mar 31, 2011 0.21
Dec 31, 2010 0.23
Sep 30, 2010 0.24
Jun 30, 2010 0.25
Dec 31, 2009 0.25