WABASH NATIONAL CORP (WNC)
Industrials · commercial vehicle manufacturing · NYSE
Wabash is a leading North American designer and manufacturer of transportation equipment and commercial vehicle bodies.
What WABASH NATIONAL CORP does
Wabash National Corporation is a manufacturer of semi-trailers, commercial vehicle bodies, and related equipment. The company produces a wide array of transportation products, including dry van and refrigerated trailers, platform trailers, and truck bodies, and provides aftermarket parts and services for the commercial vehicle industry.
Themes: freight logistics, commercial transportation equipment
Fundamentals
- Price$13.41 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$545M as of 2026-04-24 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+45.1% 2025-10-08 close $9.24 → 2026-10-08 close $13.41
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin+13.7% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+4.5% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+57.6% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity1.75 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)-17.3% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-14.9% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.16 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-07-29 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +2.7%; 10-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How WNC compares in its sector
- net profit margintop 25% 417 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating margintop 25% 392 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- gross marginbottom 10% 253 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitytop 10% 432 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 428 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 25% 271 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 417 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, WNC's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 7%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout7% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payoutnot assessable free cash flow was not positive that year
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How WABASH NATIONAL CORP looks technically
WABASH NATIONAL CORP (WNC) is trading 26.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 64 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 8 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 11 trading days ago.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 26.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +26.7% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $12.71 | $12.71 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $10.59 | $10.59 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 22 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 22 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 64 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 64 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 18.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 55.5 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($11.44 to $14.55) — its "stochastic" reading is 63 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 63.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 8 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 8 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $14.55 | $14.55 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 7.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -7.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 102.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +102.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 7.8% below its highest point of the past year | 7.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 11 trading days ago | 11 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 24 trading days ago | 24 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $30.10 (set on 2023-02-06) | $30.10 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($6.77 to $14.31), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 12% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $9.41 to $9.65. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 11.9% |
| From the all-time high | it is 55.4% below its all-time high | -55.5% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 3.0% above a support level at $13.02 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-02-12, most recently on 2026-08-07. Since 2024-10-08 it has 12 such levels below the current price and 3 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -3.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.5 (set on 2009-07-17) | $0.5 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2582.0% above its all-time low | +2,582% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 52nd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.729 between its high and its low — about 5.4% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.729 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $11.12 and $14.16 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $11.12 – $12.64 – $14.16 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.4% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 5.4% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (26.7% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.05× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 1.9% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -1.9% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.2% below the previous close 1 session ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 13.87 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -2.2% |
| Gap filled | a 3.8% gap up opened on 2026-09-17 has been "filled" 14 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 14 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 4 sessions in a row, a -4.49% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 4 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 2.5 percentage points (the stock lost 1.5% while the market gained 1.0%) | -2.5% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 5.5 percentage points (the stock gained 9.3% while the market gained 3.8%) | +5.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 39.2 percentage points (the stock gained 56.7% while the market gained 17.5%) | +39.2% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 30.2 percentage points (the stock gained 45.1% while the market gained 15.0%) | +30.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 6.8% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 0.6% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +6.8% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 21% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $11.12 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +20.6% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 5% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-14 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $12.80 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 62 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +4.8% |
Double top, bearish — forming · entry $11.67 · 55 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
WNC last closed at $13.41 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 12 prices below its last close and 3 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $13.02 | Support | 3.0% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-02-12 to 2026-08-07 |
| $14.39 | Resistance | 7.3% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-26 to 2026-09-04 |
| $11.81 | Support | 11.9% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-08-27 to 2026-08-12 |
| $11.48 | Support | 14.4% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-07-03 to 2026-09-24 |
| $18.88 | Resistance | 40.8% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-10-17 to 2024-10-28 |
| $20.21 | Resistance | 50.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-11 to 2024-11-25 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · beating the market · Printed a doji candle · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.50 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 2 analysts
- Mean price target$22.50 range $20.00 – $25.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-07. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for WNC
- Consensus EPS estimate-$0.455 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-07
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 from -$0.455, on 2026-09-02, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 5 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Cyclical demand for commercial vehicles which is highly sensitive to general economic conditions.","Fluctuations in raw material costs, particularly steel and aluminum, impacting manufacturing margins."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of WNC's 10-Q filed 2026-05-01 against the prior one filed 2025-10-30.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-01) added bullet point: 'unfairly traded imports of dry vans and refrigerated trailers that may injure or threaten with injury America's domestic dry van and refrigerated trailer industry'
- Newer filing (2026-05-01) added bullet point: 'use of artificial intelligence in our business and challenges in managing its use'
- Newer filing (2026-05-01) added language: 'including foreign competitors who may be violating anti-dumping laws or benefitting from subsidization in their home countries' to the competition bullet point
- Newer filing (2026-05-01) added bullet point: 'our arrangement to wholly own Linq Venture Holdings LLC'
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-10-30) contained 'the highly cyclical nature' which changed to 'the cyclical nature' in newer filing (2026-05-01)
- Older filing (2025-10-30) had separate bullet point: 'our ability to realize all of the expected enhanced revenue, earnings, and cash flow from our joint venture arrangement to create Linq Venture Holdings LLC' - removed in newer filing (2026-05-01)
- Older filing (2025-10-30) had language 'including offerings by our competitors' which was expanded in newer filing (2026-05-01)
- Reworded:
- Changed from 'the highly cyclical nature of our business' (2025-10-30) to 'the cyclical nature of our business' (2026-05-01)
- Changed from 'significant competition in the industries in which we operate including offerings by our competitors' (2025-10-30) to 'significant competition in the industries in which we operate, including offerings by our competitors' (2026-05-01) - added comma and extended with foreign competitor language
- Changed from 'our ability to realize all of the expected enhanced revenue, earnings, and cash flow from our joint venture arrangement to create Linq Venture Holdings LLC' (2025-10-30) to 'our arrangement to wholly own Linq Venture Holdings LLC' (2026-05-01)
- Notes:
- Both filings appear truncated at the end; comparison limited to complete text available
- Page numbers differ between filings (27 vs 32) suggesting different document lengths overall
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 1 open-market sale by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($122500) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($122500) — 1 selling insider
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($122500) — 1 selling insider
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-14. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about WNC's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding WNC as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 8,114,518
- Reported value $109,546,000
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
WNC had 4,182,802 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
WNC had 10.3% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 5.97 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 4,182,802
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 10.3%
- Prior settlement (shares) 4,163,131
- Reported change 0.47%
- Days to cover (reported) 5.97
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Great Dane Trailers
- Hyundai Translead
- Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company
- Fontaine Trailer
- Morgan Truck Body
AI-enriched competitor set. Linked names are companies covered by stocks-llm; other named peers are shown for reference only.
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Frequently asked questions
What does WABASH NATIONAL CORP (WNC) do?
Wabash National Corporation is a manufacturer of semi-trailers, commercial vehicle bodies, and related equipment. The company produces a wide array of transportation products, including dry van and refrigerated trailers, platform trailers, and truck bodies, and provides aftermarket parts and services for the commercial vehicle industry.
What sector is WABASH NATIONAL CORP (WNC) in?
WABASH NATIONAL CORP (WNC) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is commercial vehicle manufacturing. It trades on NYSE.
Does WNC pay a dividend?
Yes — WABASH NATIONAL CORP (WNC) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 2.70% and 10-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are WABASH NATIONAL CORP's (WNC) competitors?
Notable peers of WABASH NATIONAL CORP (WNC) include Great Dane Trailers, Hyundai Translead, Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company, Fontaine Trailer and Morgan Truck Body. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is WABASH NATIONAL CORP (WNC) overbought or oversold right now?
WABASH NATIONAL CORP (WNC) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on WNC come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.