Growth Metrics

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.07%, compared with a TTM value of 0.11% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.11%, changed 0.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.07% for Q4 2025 at Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, down from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.13% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.06% in Q2 2021.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.08% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales increased 5bps in 2021, then dropped -2bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.09% in 2021, then decreased by -26bps to 0.07% in 2022, then increased by 25bps to 0.09% in 2023, then decreased by -4bps to 0.08% in 2024, then fell by -17bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for WAB at 0.07% in Q4 2025, 0.11% in Q3 2025, and 0.13% in Q2 2025.