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About Woodward Inc
Woodward, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets worldwide. It operates through two segments, Aerospace and Industrial. The Aerospace segment offers fuel pumps, metering units, actuators, air valves, specialty valves, fuel nozzles, and thrust reverser actuation systems for turbine engines and nacelles, as well as flight deck controls, actuators, servocontrols, motors, and sensors for ai… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Aerospace & Defense
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: May 30, 1996
Headquarters: 1081 Woodward Way, Fort Collins, CO, United States, 80524
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$358.21
Market Cap
$21.20B
Float
59.4M
Shares Outstanding
59.6M
P/E (Forward)
40.00
P/E (TTM)
42.56
Price/Sales (TTM)
5.30
vs. Analyst Target
+22.1% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
12.85%
Operating Margin (TTM)
15.41%
Revenue (TTM)
$4.00B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
23.00%
Dividend Rate
1.3%
Analyst Target Price
$437.30 (12 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$2.50B
$240M
$640M
$425M
2021
$2.25B
$209M
$551M
$384M
2022
$2.38B
$172M
$525M
$335M
2023
$2.91B
$232M
$678M
$329M
2024
$3.32B
$373M
$876M
$556M
2025
$3.57B
$442M
$956M
$680M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$915M
$108M
Sep 2025
$995M
$138M
Dec 2025
$996M
$134M
Mar 2026
$1.09B
$134M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
0.3%
Institutional Ownership
90.7%
Short Float
1.3%
% of All Funds Holding
8.33%
Number of Funds Holding
685
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$366.29
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$317.75
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$260.30
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$181.35
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$314.77
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$256.07
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$196.47
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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