Growth Metrics

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies posted quarterly EBT Margin of 15.9% for Q1 2026, down 42.0% year-on-year from 27.41% in Q1 2025, and up 61.99% on a QoQ basis from 9.81% in Q4 2025.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 15.9% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 42.0% year-over-year to 15.9%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 14.21% (up 18.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 14.26%, up 68.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 15.9%, up from 9.81% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 16.63% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 9.11% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 11.08% (2023), against an average of 12.57%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBT Margin sank 223 bps; it then soared 392 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 9.11% in 2022, then advanced by 22 bps to 11.08% in 2023, then dropped by 1 bps to 10.99% in 2024, then slipped by 11 bps to 9.81% in 2025, then surged by 62 bps to 15.9% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 15.9% (Q1 2026), 9.81% (Q4 2025), and 14.73% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 35.85%
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 30.53%
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 23.85%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 30.26%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 15.90%
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn 7.13%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 1.94%
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 1.16%
9 FreightCar America 145.10 Mn 80.80 Mn - -
10 Swvl Holdings 18.35 Mn 13.93 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 15.90%
Dec 31, 2025 9.81%
Sep 30, 2025 14.73%
Jun 30, 2025 16.63%
Mar 31, 2025 16.32%
Dec 31, 2024 10.99%
Sep 30, 2024 14.19%
Jun 30, 2024 14.56%
Mar 31, 2024 14.54%
Dec 31, 2023 11.08%
Sep 30, 2023 12.55%
Jun 30, 2023 10.76%
Mar 31, 2023 10.62%
Dec 31, 2022 9.11%
Sep 30, 2022 10.43%
Jun 30, 2022 11.08%
Mar 31, 2022 10.38%
Dec 31, 2021 11.34%
Sep 30, 2021 9.18%
Jun 30, 2021 8.40%
Mar 31, 2021 8.63%
Dec 31, 2020 5.84%
Sep 30, 2020 9.40%
Jun 30, 2020 6.58%
Mar 31, 2020 7.73%
Dec 31, 2019 7.38%
Sep 30, 2019 5.66%
Jun 30, 2019 6.45%
Mar 31, 2019 0.91%
Dec 31, 2018 5.14%
Sep 30, 2018 9.53%
Jun 30, 2018 8.44%
Mar 31, 2018 10.75%
Dec 31, 2017 6.95%
Sep 30, 2017 8.48%
Jun 30, 2017 10.38%
Mar 31, 2017 10.86%
Dec 31, 2016 4.35%
Sep 30, 2016 17.06%
Jun 30, 2016 17.56%
Mar 31, 2016 17.81%
Dec 31, 2015 17.94%
Sep 30, 2015 17.89%
Jun 30, 2015 17.70%
Mar 31, 2015 17.25%
Dec 31, 2014 15.98%
Sep 30, 2014 16.46%
Jun 30, 2014 17.51%
Mar 31, 2014 16.88%
Dec 31, 2013 15.78%
Sep 30, 2013 16.53%
Jun 30, 2013 17.19%
Mar 31, 2013 16.16%
Dec 31, 2012 15.91%
Sep 30, 2012 15.72%
Jun 30, 2012 16.00%
Mar 31, 2012 15.48%
Dec 31, 2011 -17.07%
Sep 30, 2011 14.06%
Jun 30, 2011 10.89%
Mar 31, 2011 13.87%
Dec 31, 2010 -16.69%
Sep 30, 2010 12.20%
Jun 30, 2010 12.47%
Mar 31, 2010 12.79%
Dec 31, 2009 10.20%
Sep 30, 2009 12.85%
Jun 30, 2009 9.90%