Johnson Controls
Q3 2022 Earnings Call
Aug 04, 2022, 8:30 a.m. ET
Contents:
- Prepared Remarks
- Questions and Answers
- Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:
Operator
Welcome to Johnson Controls third quarter 2022 earnings call. [Operator instructions] This conference is being recorded. If you have any objections, please disconnect at this time. I will turn the call over to Michael Gates, senior director, investor relations.
Michael Gates -- Senior Director of Investor Relations
Good morning, and thank you for joining our conference call to discuss Johnson Controls third quarter fiscal 2022 results. The press release and all related tables issued earlier this morning, as well as the conference call slide presentation can be found on the investor relations portion of our website at johnsoncontrols.com. Joining me on the call today are Johnson Controls chairman and chief executive officer, George Oliver; and our chief financial officer, Olivier Leonetti. As a reminder, before we begin, during the course of today's call, we'll be providing certain forward-looking information.
We ask that you review today's press release and read through the forward-looking cautionary informational statements that we've included there. In addition, we will use certain non-GAAP measures in our discussions, and we ask that you read through the sections of our press release that address the use of these items. In discussing our results during the call, references are made to adjusted earnings per share, EBITDA and EBIT, excluding restructuring, as well as other special items. These metrics, together with organic sales and free cash flow, are non-GAAP measures and are reconciled in the schedules attached to our press release and in the appendix to the presentation posted on our website.
Additionally, all comparisons to the prior year are on a continuing ops basis. With that, I will turn the call over to George.
George Oliver -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Thanks, Mike, and good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us on the call today. Let's begin with Slide 3. As we closed out the third quarter, we continued our pace of delivering solid topline growth, supported by a resilient backlog and strong order pipeline.
Reported sales for the quarter increased 4% to $6.6 billion compared to the prior year and grew 8% organically, in line with our expectations for the quarter. The overall demand backdrop remains robust with total field orders up 11% organically year over year and 29% on a two-year stack as our record backlog continues to grow, increasing 13% organically year over year. The third quarter was an inflection point, and our teams have done an excellent job of executing both from a sales perspective and operationally, despite the challenging macroenvironment we have faced throughout the fiscal year. While supply chain disruptions have reduced the speed at which we can convert our substantial backlog, primarily in our longer cycle North America Solutions business, our enhanced focus on supply chain management is beginning to produce results.