Stocks · Industrials · Agricultural - Machinery
Wabash National Corporation WNC
$13.99 -0.36% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $571.9M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 79 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.42B, down 17.3% from a year earlier.
- The diluted share count fell 3.8% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 3%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 44%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 16%
- Gross marginBottom 5%
- Operating marginBottom 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 31%
- Interest coverBottom 16%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 17%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 15%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 10%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 18%
- 6-month returnTop 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 21%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 6%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 11%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 16%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 36%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 25%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -19.2% | -17.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 9.3% | 0.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -7.0% | -4.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.3% | -1.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -17.3% | -19.2% | ↑ | Bottom 4% |
| Gross margin | 0.2% | 9.3% | ↓ | Bottom 5% |
| Operating margin | -4.7% | -7.0% | ↑ | Bottom 17% |
| Net margin | -5.5% | -6.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -1.1% | 3.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -5.8% | — | Bottom 16% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -14.9% | — | Bottom 3% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.6 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -2.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.33%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.20%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.52%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -36.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -7.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $20.00
- Target vs current price
- +43.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 28%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +5.4% | -6.8% | -6.5% | -6.8% | — |
| May 1, 2026 | -15.8% | -11.6% | -10.2% | -8.7% | +53.2% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | -20.8% | -1.8% | +2.0% | -11.7% | -22.7% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -113.3% | -2.6% | -5.4% | +3.9% | +19.5% |
| Jul 25, 2025 | +51.6% | -6.5% | -6.6% | -5.1% | -17.3% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -123.1% | -30.6% | -18.4% | -11.5% | +0.1% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | -200.0% | +4.3% | -3.6% | -24.7% | -33.2% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | -24.0% | -0.9% | +4.6% | +8.1% | -6.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -$0.53 | -$0.56 | +5.4% | $417.2M |
| May 1, 2026 | -$1.17 | -$1.01 | -15.8% | $303.2M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | -$0.93 | -$0.77 | -20.8% | $321.5M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -$0.51 | -$0.24 | -113.3% | $381.6M |
| Jul 25, 2025 | -$0.15 | -$0.31 | +51.6% | $458.8M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -$0.58 | -$0.26 | -123.1% | $380.9M |
| Jan 29, 2025 | -$0.02 | $0.02 | -200.0% | $416.8M |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.19 | $0.25 | -24.0% | $464.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.71× | — | — | Top 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -2.80% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Earnings yield | -13.80% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 1.3× – 75.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 79
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +10.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +33.1%
- RSI (14)
- 62.4
- Relative volume
- 1.31×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 60.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 89th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.76
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.20
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -2.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -77.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2023 | May 19, 2026 | -77.4% | 823 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 14, 2022 | Apr 8, 2022 | -42.2% | 58 days | 141 days (Oct 31, 2022) |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -34.0% | 88 days | 118 days (Jan 4, 2022) |
| Dec 9, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 | -15.2% | 34 days | 27 days (Mar 10, 2021) |
| Dec 2, 2022 | Dec 29, 2022 | -13.0% | 18 days | 22 days (Feb 1, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $571.9M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.93
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.42B
- Dividend yield
- 2.29%
- 52-week range
- $6.63 – $14.55
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.80B | $2.50B | $2.54B | $1.95B | $1.54B |
| Gross profit | $196.5M | $322.7M | $498.2M | $265.1M | $58.7M |
| Operating income | $33.5M | $166.6M | $311.9M | -$356.1M | $321.1M |
| Net income | $1.2M | $112.3M | $231.3M | -$284.1M | $211.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.02 | $2.25 | $4.81 | -$6.40 | $5.07 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $464.0M | $416.8M | $380.9M | $458.8M | $381.6M | $321.5M | $303.2M | $417.2M |
| Net income | -$330.2M | -$1.0M | $230.9M | -$9.6M | $40.0M | -$49.9M | -$45.2M | -$22.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$7.53 | -$0.02 | $5.36 | -$0.23 | $0.97 | -$1.23 | -$1.11 | -$0.56 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$7.5M | $124.1M | $319.6M | $117.3M | $11.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$49.1M | -$57.1M | -$98.1M | -$72.2M | -$24.7M |
| Free cash flow | -$56.6M | $67.0M | $221.5M | $45.1M | -$13.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$16.4M | -$16.0M | -$15.9M | -$14.8M | -$13.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$64.5M | -$32.1M | -$76.1M | -$70.9M | -$33.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $71.5M
- Total assets
- $1.24B
- Total liabilities
- $944.9M
- Total debt
- $513.2M
- Net debt
- $441.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $292.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.08 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | $0.08 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | $0.08 | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Jan 8, 2026 | $0.08 | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Oct 2, 2025 | $0.08 | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Jul 3, 2025 | $0.08 | Jul 24, 2025 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | $0.08 | Apr 24, 2025 |
| Jan 10, 2025 | $0.08 | Jan 30, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,182,802
- Days to cover
- 5.97
- Change vs previous report
- +0.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 29, 1994
- 3-for-2