Growth Metrics

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies posted quarterly Debt to Equity of $0.59 for Q1 2026, up 53.04% year-on-year from $0.38 in Q1 2025, and up 18.41% on a QoQ basis from $0.5 in Q4 2025.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) has 18 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.59 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt to Equity rose 53.04% year-over-year to $0.59; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $0.59 (up 53.04% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $0.5, up 26.61% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 stood at $0.59, up from $0.5 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.59 in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $0.38 in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.41 (2022), against an average of $0.42.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Debt to Equity fell 11.49%; it then surged 53.04% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $0.39 in 2022, then dropped by 1.97% to $0.39 in 2023, then grew by 1.59% to $0.39 in 2024, then increased by 26.61% to $0.5 in 2025, then rose by 18.41% to $0.59 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.59 (Q1 2026), $0.5 (Q4 2025), and $0.48 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 1.58
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 1.39
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 1.08
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.52
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.59
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 0.34
9 FreightCar America 145.10 Mn 80.80 Mn - -1.00
10 Swvl Holdings 18.35 Mn 13.93 Mn - 0.43

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.59
Dec 31, 2025 0.50
Sep 30, 2025 0.48
Jun 30, 2025 0.44
Mar 31, 2025 0.38
Dec 31, 2024 0.39
Sep 30, 2024 0.39
Jun 30, 2024 0.38
Mar 31, 2024 0.38
Dec 31, 2023 0.39
Sep 30, 2023 0.39
Jun 30, 2023 0.43
Mar 31, 2023 0.41
Dec 31, 2022 0.39
Sep 30, 2022 0.41
Jun 30, 2022 0.42
Mar 31, 2022 0.42
Dec 31, 2021 0.40
Sep 30, 2021 0.40
Jun 30, 2021 0.40
Mar 31, 2021 0.42
Dec 31, 2020 0.42
Sep 30, 2020 0.42
Jun 30, 2020 0.45
Mar 31, 2020 0.48
Dec 31, 2019 0.44
Sep 30, 2019 0.49
Jun 30, 2019 0.47
Mar 31, 2019 0.51
Dec 31, 2018 1.34
Sep 30, 2018 1.33
Jun 30, 2018 0.66
Mar 31, 2018 0.64
Dec 31, 2017 0.66
Sep 30, 2017 -43.53
Jun 30, 2017 -15.76
Mar 31, 2017 -6.88
Dec 31, 2016 0.64
Sep 30, 2016 -190.85
Jun 30, 2016 -15.58
Mar 31, 2016 -176.38
Dec 31, 2015 0.41
Sep 30, 2015 0.23
Jun 30, 2015 0.20
Mar 31, 2015 0.23
Dec 31, 2014 0.29
Sep 30, 2014 0.29
Jun 30, 2014 0.28
Mar 31, 2014 0.27
Dec 31, 2013 0.29
Sep 30, 2013 0.36
Jun 30, 2013 0.28
Mar 31, 2013 0.15
Dec 31, 2012 0.25
Sep 30, 2012 0.35
Jun 30, 2012 0.38
Mar 31, 2012 0.34
Dec 31, 2011 0.38
Sep 30, 2011 0.21
Jun 30, 2011 0.39
Mar 31, 2011 0.41
Dec 31, 2010 0.47
Sep 30, 2010 0.47
Jun 30, 2010 0.51
Dec 31, 2009 0.50