---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-027471"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAB"
cik: "0000943452"
company_name: "WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T21:07:26.481134+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wabtec Q3 sales $2.08B (+9.1%), adj EPS $1.22 (+7%), narrows FY guidance on FX

## Summary
- Q3 sales $2.08B (+9.1% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.88 (+27.5%), adj EPS $1.22 (+7.0%).
- Freight segment sales up 18.2% to $1.53B; Transit sales down 10.1% to $550M (constant currency +2.6%).
- Total backlog $22.61B, up $1.52B constant currency YoY; 12-month backlog $6.27B (+9.8%).
- FY2022 guidance: sales $8.15-8.35B (prev. $8.3-8.6B); adj EPS $4.75-4.95 (prev. $4.70-5.00); cash conversion >90%.
- Operating cash flow $204M vs $244M prior year; management cites FX, supply chain, inflation headwinds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-027471
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAB
- cik: 0000943452
- company_name: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000162828022027471/0001628280-22-027471-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000162828022027471/wab-20221101.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP reported the fiscal year 2022 results: revenue $8.15 billion to $8.35 billion, EPS $4.75 to $4.95 per diluted share. Guidance lowered.
  - Period: the fiscal year 2022
  - Revenue: $8.15 billion to $8.35 billion
  - EPS: $4.75 to $4.95 per diluted share
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Wabtec updated its 2022 financial guidance with sales expected to be in a range of $8.15 billion to $8.35 billion versus previous guidance of $8.3 billion to $8.6 billion. The reduction reflects the expected impacts from unfavorable foreign currency exchange in the second half of the year. Adjusted earnings per diluted share is expected to be in a range of $4.75 to $4.95 versus previous guidance of $4.70 to $5.00.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000162828022027471/0001628280-22-027471-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP reported the third quarter of 2022 results: revenue $2.08 billion, EPS $0.88 per diluted share.
  - Period: the third quarter of 2022
  - Revenue: $2.08 billion
  - EPS: $0.88 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) today reported third quarter 2022 GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.88, up 27.5% versus the third quarter of 2021. Adjusted earnings per diluted share were $1.22, up 7.0% versus the same quarter a year ago. Third quarter sales were $2.08 billion, and cash from operations was $204 million.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000162828022027471/0001628280-22-027471-index.htm

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