Woodward (WWD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Woodward in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" WWD shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WWD, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Woodward's shares. Their WWD share price targets range from $103.00 to $160.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $136.11 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.7% from the stock's current price.
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Woodward's stock was trading at $96.61 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, WWD shares have increased by 38.5% and is now trading at $133.80.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 29th 2024.
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Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD) issued its earnings results on Thursday, November, 16th. The technology company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.02. The technology company had revenue of $777.07 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $763.40 million. Woodward had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.76% and a net margin of 7.97%. The company's revenue was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.84 EPS.

Woodward declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Monday, December 4th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 17th.
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Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.66%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 23.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WWD will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.58% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR), Gabelli Commercial Aerospace & Defense ETF (GCAD), First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF (MISL), iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA), Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares (DFEN), Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA), WisdomTree U.S. Value Fund (WTV) and WisdomTree U.S. Quality Shareholder Yield Fund (QSY).

Woodward updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Monday, December, 11th. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.700-5.150 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.880. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.1 billion-$3.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.1 billion.

178 employees have rated Woodward Chief Executive Officer Thomas A. Gendron on Glassdoor.com. Thomas A. Gendron has an approval rating of 67% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Woodward investors own include Tesla (TSLA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Boeing (BA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Verizon Communications (VZ), AbbVie (ABBV), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Caterpillar (CAT), Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Intuitive Surgical (ISRG).

Woodward's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Earnest Partners LLC (1.76%), FMR LLC (1.65%), Morgan Stanley (1.64%), Brown Advisory Inc. (1.55%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.15%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles P Blankenship, Christopher Fawzy, Daniel G Korte, David P Hess, David P Hess, Gregg C Sengstack, John D Cohn, Mark D Hartman, Mary L Petrovich, Paul Donovan, Rajeev Bhalla, Randall Hobbs, Robert F Weber Jr, Ronald M Sega, Sagar A Patel, Terence J Voskuil and Thomas A Gendron.
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