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 aircraft. This segment also provides aftermarket maintenance, repair and overhaul, and other services to commercial airlines, repair facilities, military depots, third party repair shops, and other end users. Its Industrial segment offers actuators, valves, pumps, fuel injection systems, solenoids, ignition systems, control systems, electronics and software, and sensors used on industrial gas turbines, steam turbines, compressors, and reciprocating engines, as well as aftermarket products and related services. The company primarily serves OEMs and equipment packagers. Woodward, Inc. was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Ticker
WWD
Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Market cap
$18.86B
52-week range
$253.52 - $450.92
Valuation
Share price
$317.31 (close of Nov 6, 2026)
P/E (TTM)
34.30x
Price to book
7.62x
Price to free cash flow
50.10x
Enterprise value
$19.75B
Book value per share
$41.61
Price performance
Period
Change
1 day
+3.41%
5 days
+4.16%
1 month
-4.59%
3 months
-13.25%
6 months
-17.03%
Year to date
+4.96%
1 year
+20.15%
3 years
+142.54%
5 years
+163.28%
10 years
+436.81%
All time
+8,755.16%
Short interest
As of
Oct 15, 2026
Short % of float
2.36%
Shares short
1.24M
Days to cover
2.04
Change since prior report
+14.49%
Source
FINRA consolidated short interest
Profitability and growth
Return on equity
17.23%
Return on invested capital
14.83%*
Return on assets
9.55%
Return on capital employed
15.23%*
Gross margin
26.81%
Net margin
12.39%
EBITDA margin
19.07%
Revenue growth
7.30%
Net income growth
18.54%
Free cash flow growth
-0.71%
* Estimated EBIT: pre-tax income + net interest. This company reports no operating income line.
Cash flow and balance sheet
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
2.00%
Current ratio
1.65x
Net debt to EBITDA
1.03x
Latest reported year
Period end
Sep 30, 2025
Fiscal year
2025
Revenue
$3.57B
Cost of revenue
$2.61B
Gross profit
$956.29M
EBITDA
$680.38M
Net income
$442.11M
Earnings per share
$7.42
Research and development
$147.57M
Interest expense
$45.69M
Shares outstanding
59.56M
Income statement by year
Period end
Revenue
Gross profit
Net income
EPS
2025-09-30
$3.57B
$956.29M
$442.11M
$7.42
2024-09-30
$3.32B
$876.48M
$372.97M
$6.21
2023-09-30
$2.91B
$677.58M
$232.37M
$3.88
2022-09-30
$2.38B
$525.30M
$171.70M
$2.79
2021-09-30
$2.25B
$551.06M
$208.65M
$3.30
2020-09-30
$2.50B
$640.24M
$240.40M
$3.86
2019-09-30
$2.90B
$707.54M
$259.60M
$4.19
2018-09-30
$2.33B
$603.07M
$180.38M
$2.93
2017-09-30
$2.10B
$571.12M
$200.51M
$3.27
2016-09-30
$2.02B
$539.12M
$180.84M
$2.92
Margins and returns by year
Period end
Gross margin
Net margin
Return on equity
Return on capital
2025-09-30
26.81%
12.39%
17.23%
14.83%*
2024-09-30
26.37%
11.22%
17.14%
13.70%*
2023-09-30
23.25%
7.97%
11.22%
9.96%*
2022-09-30
22.05%
7.21%
9.03%
7.64%*
2021-09-30
24.54%
9.29%
9.42%
8.18%*
2020-09-30
25.65%
9.63%
12.06%
9.68%*
2019-09-30
24.40%
8.95%
15.03%
10.80%*
2018-09-30
25.93%
7.76%
11.73%
7.93%*
2017-09-30
27.21%
9.55%
14.62%
12.10%*
2016-09-30
26.65%
8.94%
14.91%
10.70%*
* Estimated EBIT: pre-tax income + net interest. This company reports no operating income line.