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WAB Wabtec

industrial · 2026-10-06

N/A
too hard · 60
Owner-earnings value$187.94
Price$291.86
Margin of safety -35.6%

Quality gate · 60/100

Returns on capital 3.7/30
Consistency 20.0/22
Margins / pricing power 10.2/16
Balance sheet 9.9/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 5.7/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 7% < 9%)

Median ROIC7.4%
Gross margin35.0%
Net debt / EBITDA1.9x
FCF conversion137%
Share count / yr-2.0%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.49B
Owner-earnings yield3.0%
Free-cash-flow yield3.5%
Growth used (normalized)10.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)21.1%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.4%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.64B 10.0%1.50B
21.79B 9.2%1.49B
31.94B 8.4%1.48B
42.09B 7.7%1.46B
52.23B 6.9%1.42B
62.37B 6.1%1.38B
72.49B 5.3%1.33B
82.61B 4.6%1.27B
92.71B 3.8%1.20B
102.79B 3.0%1.13B

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~21%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 10%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-06 60 $291.86 $187.94 -35.6% N/A
2026-07-02 59 $264.00 $192.61 -27.0% N/A
2026-06-25 59 $272.48 $192.61 -29.3% N/A
2026-06-23 59 $270.26 $192.61 -28.7% N/A