WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (WAB) Spending and interest coverage
- R&D / revenue · 12 months: Value 2.11%; Formula and calculation Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months: Value 0.78%; Formula and calculation Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Interest coverage · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Estimated: average term debt × dated USD coupon proxy + average commercial paper × matching-currency disclosed rate at or before period end. Swaps, foreign-exchange, lease interest and amortization are not quantified..
Spending and interest coverage
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-06-30; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| R&D / revenue · 12 months | 2.11% | Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $253.00M ÷ $11.98B × 100 ≈ 2.11% |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months | 0.78% | Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $94.00M ÷ $11.98B × 100 ≈ 0.78% |
| Interest coverage · 12 months | (m) | Estimated: average term debt × dated USD coupon proxy + average commercial paper × matching-currency disclosed rate at or before period end. Swaps, foreign-exchange, lease interest and amortization are not quantified. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Research and development spending | 253.00M USD | Research and Development Expense |
| Revenue | 11.98B USD | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax |
| Stock-based compensation | 94.00M USD | Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense |
| Operating income | 1.96B USD | Operating Income (Loss) |
| Interest expense · reported / estimated | (m) | Interest Expense · Estimated expense assumptions |
Latest interest expense basis: (m). Estimated values carry *; expand each history row’s basis for its dated balances and rate assumptions.
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Research and development spending (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Stock-based compensation (USD) | Operating income (USD) | Interest expense · reported / estimated (USD) | R&D / revenue | SBC / revenue | Interest coverage | Interest expense basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $253.00M | $11.98B | $94.00M | $1.96B | (m) | 2.11% | 0.78% | (m) | (m) |
| 2026-03-31 | $233.00M | $11.51B | $85.00M | $1.84B | (m) | 2.02% | 0.74% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-12-31 | $223.00M | $11.17B | $80.00M | $1.79B | (m) | 2.00% | 0.72% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-09-30 | $206.00M | $10.79B | $80.00M | $1.77B | (m) | 1.91% | 0.74% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-06-30 | $197.00M | $10.56B | $76.00M | $1.71B | (m) | 1.87% | 0.72% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-03-31 | $204.00M | $10.50B | $71.00M | $1.67B | (m) | 1.94% | 0.68% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-12-31 | $206.00M | $10.39B | $66.00M | $1.61B | (m) | 1.98% | 0.64% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-09-30 | $216.00M | $10.33B | $55.00M | $1.58B | (m) | 2.09% | 0.53% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-06-30 | $219.00M | $10.22B | $51.00M | $1.52B | (m) | 2.14% | 0.50% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-03-31 | $215.00M | $9.98B | $49.00M | $1.40B | (m) | 2.15% | 0.49% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-12-31 | $218.00M | $9.68B | $47.00M | $1.27B | (m) | 2.25% | 0.49% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-09-30 | $217.00M | $9.46B | $47.00M | $1.21B | (m) | 2.29% | 0.50% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-06-30 | $218.00M | $8.99B | $43.00M | $1.10B | (m) | 2.43% | 0.48% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-03-31 | $215.00M | $8.63B | $41.00M | $1.05B | (m) | 2.49% | 0.48% | (m) | (m) |
| 2022-12-31 | $209.00M | $8.36B | $41.00M | $1.01B | (m) | 2.50% | 0.49% | (m) | (m) |
| 2022-09-30 | $201.00M | $8.13B | $42.00M | $1.03B | (m) | 2.47% | 0.52% | (m) | (m) |
| 2022-06-30 | $191.00M | $7.96B | $42.00M | $984.00M | (m) | 2.40% | 0.53% | (m) | (m) |
| 2022-03-31 | $183.00M | $7.92B | $48.00M | $923.00M | (m) | 2.31% | 0.61% | (m) | (m) |
| 2021-12-31 | $176.00M | $7.82B | $46.00M | $876.00M | (m) | 2.25% | 0.59% | (m) | (m) |
| 2021-09-30 | $161.90M | $7.77B | $36.10M | $773.00M | (m) | 2.08% | 0.46% | (m) | (m) |
| 2021-06-30 | $154.60M | $7.73B | $38.00M | $762.70M | (m) | 2.00% | 0.49% | (m) | (m) |
| 2021-03-31 | $150.80M | $7.46B | $20.40M | $718.80M | (m) | 2.02% | 0.27% | (m) | (m) |
| 2020-12-31 | $162.10M | $7.56B | $19.50M | $744.50M | (m) | 2.15% | 0.26% | (m) | (m) |
| 2020-09-30 | $183.30M | $7.90B | $31.50M | $809.50M | (m) | 2.32% | 0.40% | (m) | (m) |
| 2020-06-30 | $205.40M | $8.04B | $31.80M | $771.90M | (m) | 2.56% | 0.40% | (m) | (m) |
| 2020-03-31 | $224.40M | $8.54B | $48.80M | $813.10M | (m) | 2.63% | 0.57% | (m) | (m) |
| 2019-12-31 | $209.90M | $8.20B | $50.00M | $663.10M | (m) | 2.56% | 0.61% | (m) | (m) |
| 2019-09-30 | $176.15M | $6.95B | $40.91M | $530.44M | (m) | 2.53% | 0.59% | (m) | (m) |
| 2019-06-30 | $137.68M | $6.03B | $35.26M | $486.58M | (m) | 2.28% | 0.59% | (m) | (m) |
| 2019-03-31 | $99.95M | $4.90B | $28.14M | $409.46M | (m) | 2.04% | 0.57% | (m) | (m) |
| 2018-12-31 | $87.45M | $4.36B | $25.32M | $473.44M | (m) | 2.00% | 0.58% | (m) | (m) |
| 2018-09-30 | $85.22M | $4.32B | $27.23M | $472.18M | (m) | 1.97% | 0.63% | (m) | (m) |
| 2018-06-30 | $89.80M | $4.20B | $23.39M | $448.67M | (m) | 2.14% | 0.56% | (m) | (m) |
| 2018-03-31 | $93.75M | $4.02B | $21.29M | $438.50M | (m) | 2.33% | 0.53% | (m) | (m) |
| 2017-12-31 | $95.17M | $3.88B | $21.29M | $421.73M | (m) | 2.45% | 0.55% | (m) | (m) |
| 2017-09-30 | $90.61M | $3.57B | $20.56M | $393.37M | (m) | 2.54% | 0.58% | (m) | (m) |
| 2017-06-30 | $82.19M | $3.28B | $23.02M | $411.45M | (m) | 2.50% | 0.70% | (m) | (m) |
| 2017-03-31 | $76.89M | $3.08B | $21.00M | $431.04M | (m) | 2.50% | 0.68% | (m) | (m) |
| 2016-12-31 | $71.38M | $2.93B | $20.81M | $458.36M | (m) | 2.44% | 0.71% | (m) | (m) |
| 2016-09-30 | $71.63M | $3.00B | $20.71M | $546.77M | (m) | 2.38% | 0.69% | (m) | (m) |
| 2016-06-30 | $72.58M | $3.14B | $20.70M | $578.75M | (m) | 2.31% | 0.66% | (m) | (m) |
| 2016-03-31 | $72.30M | $3.26B | $22.77M | $601.33M | (m) | 2.22% | 0.70% | (m) | (m) |
| 2015-12-31 | $71.21M | $3.31B | $26.02M | $607.57M | (m) | 2.15% | 0.79% | (m) | (m) |
| 2015-09-30 | $70.18M | $3.30B | $27.12M | $593.32M | (m) | 2.13% | 0.82% | (m) | (m) |
| 2015-06-30 | $69.33M | $3.28B | $29.02M | $577.22M | (m) | 2.11% | 0.88% | (m) | (m) |
| 2015-03-31 | $65.80M | $3.17B | $28.19M | $553.68M | (m) | 2.08% | 0.89% | (m) | (m) |
| 2014-12-31 | $61.89M | $3.04B | $26.13M | $527.11M | (m) | 2.03% | 0.86% | (m) | (m) |
| 2014-09-30 | $56.31M | $2.91B | $25.62M | $501.36M | (m) | 1.94% | 0.88% | (m) | (m) |
| 2014-06-30 | $50.84M | $2.74B | $25.12M | $475.26M | (m) | 1.86% | 0.92% | (m) | (m) |
| 2014-03-31 | $47.90M | $2.65B | $25.25M | $455.49M | (m) | 1.81% | 0.95% | (m) | (m) |
| 2013-12-31 | $46.29M | $2.57B | $24.11M | $437.31M | (m) | 1.80% | 0.94% | (m) | (m) |
| 2013-09-30 | $43.80M | $2.50B | $22.44M | $426.55M | (m) | 1.76% | 0.90% | (m) | (m) |
| 2013-06-30 | $43.63M | $2.45B | $21.02M | $413.52M | (m) | 1.78% | 0.86% | (m) | (m) |
| 2013-03-31 | $42.49M | $2.42B | $20.36M | $401.84M | $15.28M | 1.75% | 0.84% | 26.30× | Reported |
| 2012-12-31 | $41.31M | $2.39B | $19.85M | $392.28M | $14.92M | 1.73% | 0.83% | 26.29× | Reported |
| 2012-09-30 | $40.33M | $2.32B | $20.43M | $364.33M | $-16.52M | 1.74% | 0.88% | (m) | Reported |
| 2012-06-30 | $39.47M | $2.23B | $19.20M | $342.94M | $-15.69M | 1.77% | 0.86% | (m) | Reported |
| 2012-03-31 | $38.45M | $2.10B | $20.27M | $298.43M | $-16.00M | 1.83% | 0.97% | (m) | Reported |
| 2011-12-31 | $37.19M | $1.97B | $18.65M | $270.70M | $-15.39M | 1.89% | 0.95% | (m) | Reported |
| 2011-09-30 | $37.63M | $1.83B | $16.77M | $249.54M | (m) | 2.06% | 0.92% | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-06-30 | $37.10M | $1.70B | $15.49M | $224.72M | (m) | 2.18% | 0.91% | (m) | (m) |
| 2011-03-31 | $38.40M | $1.60B | $12.69M | $218.01M | (m) | 2.40% | 0.79% | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-12-31 | $40.20M | $1.51B | $11.77M | $202.81M | (m) | 2.67% | 0.78% | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-03-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-12-31 | $42.45M | $1.40B | $3.62M | $180.03M | (m) | 3.03% | 0.26% | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-12-31 | $38.98M | $1.57B | $10.47M | $212.52M | (m) | 2.48% | 0.67% | (m) | (m) |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.
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