Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies WAB
NYSE WAB
$297.57 +5.26 (+1.80%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' (WAB) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.0% in Q2 2026, little changed YoY from 0.0% in Q2 2025, and down 31.04% on a QoQ basis from 0.01% in Q1 2026.

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) has 17 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.0% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.02%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital fell to 0.0% in Q2 2026, from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.06% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.0% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.01% and a median of 0.01% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Invested Capital grew 5 bps — and 2023, when it slipped 5 bps.
  • Tracing WAB's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.01% in 2022, then tumbled by 76 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then soared by 150 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then grew by 11 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then tumbled by 57 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.0% (Q2 2026), 0.01% (Q1 2026), and 0.01% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 182.58 Bn 180.47 Bn 6.50 Bn 0.01%
2 Csx 95.72 Bn 94.33 Bn 3.29 Bn 0.00%
3 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 85.71 Bn 85.44 Bn 2.92 Bn 0.00%
4 Canadian National Railway 79.38 Bn 79.38 Bn - -
5 Norfolk Southern 78.72 Bn 77.65 Bn - 0.00%
6 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 50.38 Bn 49.71 Bn 1.16 Bn 0.00%
7 Trinity Industries 2.37 Bn 2.21 Bn 109.90 Mn 0.00%
8 Greenbrier Companies 1.43 Bn 1.15 Bn 81.10 Mn 0.00%
9 Foster L B 392.93 Mn 387.15 Mn 30.87 Mn 0.00%
10 FreightCar America 235.01 Mn 170.72 Mn - -

Historic Data

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Jun 30, 2026 0.00%
Mar 31, 2026 0.01%
Dec 31, 2025 0.01%
Sep 30, 2025 0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 0.01%
Mar 31, 2025 0.01%
Dec 31, 2024 0.01%
Sep 30, 2024 0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.01%
Dec 31, 2022 0.01%
Sep 30, 2022 0.02%
Jun 30, 2022 0.06%
Mar 31, 2022 0.04%
Dec 31, 2021 0.01%
Sep 30, 2021 0.01%