Zacks Research Has Positive View of Woodward FY2025 Earnings

Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research raised their FY2025 EPS estimates for Woodward in a report released on Monday, May 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $6.15 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $6.09. The consensus estimate for Woodward's current full-year earnings is $6.15 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Woodward's FY2026 earnings at $6.97 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.78 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.86 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $7.95 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also weighed in on WWD. Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of Woodward from $205.00 to $209.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Woodward from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of Woodward from $175.00 to $193.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Woodward from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $187.00 target price on shares of Woodward and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $195.00.

Woodward Price Performance

Shares of WWD opened at $213.53 on Tuesday. Woodward has a twelve month low of $145.98 and a twelve month high of $213.71. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $183.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $181.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.77, a PEG ratio of 2.37 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a current ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.

Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 28th. The technology company reported $1.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.44 by $0.25. Woodward had a net margin of 11.18% and a return on equity of 16.76%. The business had revenue of $883.63 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $838.61 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.62 EPS. The company's revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis.

Woodward Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 22nd will be issued a $0.28 dividend. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.52%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 22nd. Woodward's payout ratio is 18.09%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Gregg C. Sengstack sold 4,600 shares of Woodward stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $187.86, for a total value of $864,156.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 17,450 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,278,157. The trade was a 20.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director John D. Cohn sold 2,800 shares of Woodward stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $191.52, for a total transaction of $536,256.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 20,965 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,015,216.80. The trade was a 11.78% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 30,700 shares of company stock valued at $5,751,700 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.82% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Woodward

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Woodward in the fourth quarter valued at about $465,000. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its stake in shares of Woodward by 105.2% in the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 5,299 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $882,000 after purchasing an additional 2,717 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Woodward by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 10,286 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,712,000 after purchasing an additional 389 shares during the period. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Woodward in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,137,000. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Woodward by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 503,977 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $83,872,000 after purchasing an additional 3,099 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.18% of the company's stock.

About Woodward

Woodward, Inc designs, manufactures, and services control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Aerospace and Industrial. The Aerospace segment provides fuel pumps, metering units, actuators, air valves, specialty valves, fuel nozzles, and thrust reverser actuation systems for turbine engines and nacelles, and flight deck controls, actuators, servocontrols, motors, and sensors for aircraft.

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