Growth Metrics

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

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies posted quarterly FCF Margin of 5.19% for Q1 2026, down 45.0% year-on-year from 9.43% in Q1 2025, and down 82.32% on a QoQ basis from 29.34% in Q4 2025.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 5.19% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 45.0% year-over-year to 5.19%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.08% (down 93.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 13.42%, down 224.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 5.19%, down from 29.34% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 29.34% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 2.6% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 10.81% (2025), against an average of 11.86%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Margin tumbled 992 bps; it then jumped 1473 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 14.87% in 2022, then jumped by 62 bps to 24.11% in 2023, then gained by 3 bps to 24.74% in 2024, then advanced by 19 bps to 29.34% in 2025, then sank by 82 bps to 5.19% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 5.19% (Q1 2026), 29.34% (Q4 2025), and 10.81% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 24.18%
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 20.94%
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn -1.27%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 8.43%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 5.19%
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn -10.45%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 21.89%
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn -11.06%
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 5.19%
Dec 31, 2025 29.34%
Sep 30, 2025 10.81%
Jun 30, 2025 6.28%
Mar 31, 2025 5.63%
Dec 31, 2024 24.74%
Sep 30, 2024 18.63%
Jun 30, 2024 7.15%
Mar 31, 2024 12.13%
Dec 31, 2023 24.11%
Sep 30, 2023 15.14%
Jun 30, 2023 3.20%
Mar 31, 2023 -2.60%
Dec 31, 2022 14.87%
Sep 30, 2022 8.27%
Jun 30, 2022 11.38%
Mar 31, 2022 7.32%
Dec 31, 2021 12.64%
Sep 30, 2021 11.59%
Jun 30, 2021 9.69%
Mar 31, 2021 14.48%
Dec 31, 2020 14.26%
Sep 30, 2020 10.64%
Jun 30, 2020 15.90%
Mar 31, 2020 -5.97%
Dec 31, 2019 15.83%
Sep 30, 2019 3.66%
Jun 30, 2019 17.01%
Mar 31, 2019 0.10%
Dec 31, 2018 22.15%
Sep 30, 2018 -5.05%
Jun 30, 2018 1.93%
Mar 31, 2018 0.64%
Dec 31, 2017 12.37%
Sep 30, 2017 1.92%
Jun 30, 2017 -0.72%
Mar 31, 2017 -4.96%
Dec 31, 2016 24.36%
Sep 30, 2016 3.01%
Jun 30, 2016 17.66%
Mar 31, 2016 8.69%
Dec 31, 2015 21.52%
Sep 30, 2015 16.33%
Jun 30, 2015 6.48%
Mar 31, 2015 4.30%
Dec 31, 2014 27.48%
Sep 30, 2014 10.02%
Jun 30, 2014 13.60%
Mar 31, 2014 2.86%
Dec 31, 2013 19.52%
Sep 30, 2013 4.90%
Jun 30, 2013 0.77%
Mar 31, 2013 4.16%
Dec 31, 2012 18.45%
Sep 30, 2012 12.72%
Jun 30, 2012 3.82%
Mar 31, 2012 -1.58%
Dec 31, 2011 24.85%
Sep 30, 2011 4.92%
Jun 30, 2011 9.22%
Mar 31, 2011 2.00%
Dec 31, 2010 23.50%
Sep 30, 2010 12.11%
Jun 30, 2010 2.30%
Mar 31, 2010 2.41%
Dec 31, 2009 17.27%
Sep 30, 2009 15.94%