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1MPast Month3MPast 3 Months6MPast 6 MonthsYTDYear to Date1YPast Year5YPast 5 Years
Selected1M Return
  • WABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp− 2.72%
  • CATCaterpillar Inc− 0.18%
  • CMICummins Inc− 11.70%
  • PCARPaccar Inc− 6.04%

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Each series is converted to a percentage of its own starting point, so all of them begin at zero. What is compared is the return over the period, not price levels.

WAB− 2.7%CAT− 0.2%CMI− 11.7%PCAR− 6.0%Tap or hover the chart for values along the way
MetricWABCATCMIPCAR
Return
Last Price281.88809.20558.47—
Daily Change+ 0.37%+ 1.13%+ 2.38%—
Period ReturnPast Month
− 2.72%
− 0.18%
− 11.70%
− 6.04%
Valuation
Market Cap$47.6 B$373 B$77.1 B$65.5 B
P/E Ratio—34.81——
Dividend Yield—2.10%——
Net MarginTrailing 12M—14.5%——
Risk
Beta—1.61——
52-Week Range—414.29 — $1,073.46——

Company

  • WABIndustrials · Machinery
  • CATIndustrials · Machinery
  • CMIIndustrials · Machinery
  • PCARIndustrials · Machinery

Metrics could not be loaded for WAB, CMI, PCAR: P/E, dividend, beta and the 52-week range stay empty in that column.

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