Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited vs Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CP) is overvalued and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (WAB) is overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. CP is the closer of the two: -41%, against -45% for WAB.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CP)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $62.32; the price of $87.99 is 41% above that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 27/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (WAB)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $199.51; the price of $289.71 is 45% above that value, and 74% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 55/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricCPWAB
VerdictOvervaluedOvervalued
Price$87.99$289.71
Intrinsic value$62.32$199.51
Margin of safety-41%-45%
Leak Score27/100 (3/12)55/100 (10/12)
Market cap$77.4B$48.9B
Revenue growth, 5 years13.4%8.1%
Operating margin37.1%16.7%
Net margin25.0%10.6%
Return on equity8.4%11.5%
Debt to equity0.540.62
P/E28.3x39.0x
Forward P/E20.6x23.3x
P/B2.4x4.4x
Dividend yield0.8%0.4%

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