Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, known as Wabtec, is a US rail technology company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker WAB, and the company is included in the S&P 500 index. Its history goes back to the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, established in 1869 around the invention of the air brake.

Wabtec makes locomotives, braking systems, signaling and control equipment, propulsion and traction systems and rail components for freight and passenger transport. It entered locomotive manufacturing in 2019 by taking in GE Transportation. It also supplies equipment for industrial fields such as mining and marine. Digital monitoring solutions, service work and spare parts sales form an important part of its income structure.

Those following Wabtec stock typically watch locomotive and railcar orders, investment spending by railroad companies, and the volume of service and spare parts business. On the WAB page at Lzzo.com, the price is shown in US dollars, and the page includes a historical price chart, technical indicators and the data source.