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Wabtec WAB Return on assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.0B+13.0%
Gross profit$1.1B+17.9%
Operating income$517.0M+9.1%
Net income$362.0M+12.4%
EPS (diluted)$2.12+12.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$531.0M-23.9%
Total debt$6.9B+60.5%
Total equity$11.1B+7.1%
Total assets$23.2B+21.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$199.0M+4.2%
CapEx$46.0M+4.6%
Free cash flow$153.0M+4.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$46.46B+37.5%
Enterprise value$52.85B+41.6%
P/E38.4×+7.9×
P/S+0.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin34.5%+1.6pp
Operating margin16%0.0pp
Net margin10.5%0.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity11.3%+0.7pp
Debt / equity0.6×+0.2×
Current ratio-0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Wabtec’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Wabtec’s 10-Q, filed April 22, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Wabtec's return on assets?
Wabtec (WAB) reported return on assets of 5.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Wabtec's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Wabtec's return on assets decreased by 2.1% year-over-year, from 5.8% to 5.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Wabtec's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Wabtec's return on assets has grown at a 23.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 10.2% to 23.3%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.