secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP (WAB)
CIK:        0000943452
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-21T11:08:59+00:00
Accession:  0000943452-26-000017
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Wabtec Q3 sales rise 8.1% to $3.12B; adjusted EPS $2.83, up 22%, guidance raised
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- Third-quarter sales $3.12B, +8.1% YoY; GAAP EPS $2.42 (+33.7%) and adjusted EPS $2.83 (+22.0%).
- Adjusted operating margin 22.9%, up 1.9 pts; GAAP operating margin 20.0%; cash from operations $455M vs $367M.
- Freight sales $2.237B (+6.9%) with digital sales +24.2%; Transit sales $883M (+11.3%), helped by Dellner Couplers and Frauscher acquisitions.
- Total backlog $31.435B, +22.9% YoY; 12-month backlog $8.992B, +8.8%; repurchased $305M of shares and paid $52M in dividends.
- 2026 adjusted EPS guidance raised and tightened to $10.85-$11.05, up $0.20 at midpoint (+22% YoY); revenue outlook $12.30B-$12.60B, +11.5% at midpoint.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000094345226000017/0000943452-26-000017-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000094345226000017/wab-20261021.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943452-26-000017

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