---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-021232"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAB"
cik: "0000943452"
company_name: "WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2022-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T03:34:50.526358+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wabtec Q2 adj EPS $1.23 (+16% YoY); backlog $23.2B; guidance narrowed

## Summary
- Q2 GAAP EPS $0.91 (+37.9% YoY); adjusted EPS $1.23 (+16% YoY).
- Sales $2.05B (+1.8% YoY; +5.6% constant currency).
- Freight segment sales up 11.5% to $1.49B; Transit down 17.5% to $558M.
- Total backlog $23.23B, up $1.70B from prior year; 12-month backlog $6.57B.
- FY 2022 guidance: sales $8.30-8.60B; adj EPS $4.70-5.00 (narrowed from $4.65-5.05).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-021232
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAB
- cik: 0000943452
- company_name: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2022-08-05T23:59:59+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/943452/000162828022021232/0001628280-22-021232-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000162828022021232/wab-20220805.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-021232
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-021232.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-021232.txt

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