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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-020568"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAB"
cik: "0000943452"
company_name: "WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:48:23.040428+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wabtec Q3 adj EPS $1.14, up 20% YoY; sales $1.91B; tightens FY21 guidance

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.69; adj EPS $1.14 (+20% YoY); operating cash flow $244M in Q3.
- Freight segment sales $1.30B (+4.7%); Transit $612M (-2.5%); adj op margin 17.0% (+130bps).
- Backlog $21.84B, up $314M vs June; achieved $250M run-rate synergies earlier than expected.
- Repurchased 2.3M shares for $199M in Q3.
- FY21 guidance tightened: sales $7.90-8.05B; adj EPS $4.20-4.30; expects ~$1B operating cash flow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-020568
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAB
- cik: 0000943452
- company_name: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000162828021020568/0001628280-21-020568-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000162828021020568/wab-20211027.htm

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