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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-002794"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAB"
cik: "0000943452"
company_name: "WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2022-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T07:48:05.452958+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wabtec Q4 GAAP EPS $1.02, adj. EPS $1.18; 2022 guidance issued; buyback reauthorized, dividend +25%

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP EPS $1.02 (+121.7% YoY); adjusted EPS $1.18 (+20.4%); sales $2.07B (+2.4%).
- Adjusted operating margin 16.1%, up 210 bps YoY; full-year operating cash flow $1.07B (record, 102% conversion).
- Board reauthorized $750M share buyback program and raised quarterly dividend 25% to $0.15/share.
- 2022 guidance: sales $8.3-8.6B, adjusted EPS $4.65-$5.05, operating cash flow conversion >90%.
- Freight segment sales up 6.4% to $1.425B; backlog grew 13.5% to $6.27B (12-month).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-002794
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAB
- cik: 0000943452
- company_name: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2022-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000162828022002794/0001628280-22-002794-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000162828022002794/wab-20220216.htm

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