TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC vs WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, two Railroad Equipment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where TRN and WAB diverge most: on revenue growth, TRN reads -16.5% and WAB reads +13.4%; on debt / equity, TRN reads 0.00 and WAB reads 0.73. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What TRN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What WAB's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | TRN | WAB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $31.14 | $290.85 |
| Market cap | $2.5B | $49.3B |
| Sector | Railroad Equipment | Railroad Equipment |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 7.5 | 39.1 |
| P/B | 2.22 | 4.39 |
| P/S | 1.24 | 4.12 |
| EV/EBITDA | 2.3 | 22.9 |
| Revenue growth | -16.5% | +13.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 36.5% |
| Operating margin | 41.2% | 18.9% |
| Net margin | 16.6% | 10.6% |
| Return on equity | 29.6% | 11.3% |
| Return on assets | 4.1% | 5.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 50.3% | 7.7% |
| FCF yield | 13.5% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | 3.9% | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.73 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.12 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.74 | 3.40 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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