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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-010674"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAB"
cik: "0000943452"
company_name: "WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2022-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T04:26:11.061559+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wabtec Q1 GAAP EPS $0.80, adj EPS $1.13 (+27%); dividend raised 25%

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.80, adjusted EPS $1.13 (+27% YoY); GAAP op margin 12.4%, adjusted 16.5%.
- Sales $1.93B (+5.3%); Freight $1.32B (+11.7%), Transit $605M (-6.5%).
- Multi-year backlog $22.76B (+5% YoY) driven by Equipment, Services, Digital Electronics.
- Repurchased 3.1M shares for $296M; raised quarterly dividend by 25%.
- FY22 guidance reaffirmed: sales $8.3-8.6B, adj EPS $4.65-5.05, cash conversion >90%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-010674
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAB
- cik: 0000943452
- company_name: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2022-04-27T23:59:59+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/943452/000162828022010674/0001628280-22-010674-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000162828022010674/wab-20220427.htm

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