NASDAQ:WWD - Woodward, Inc.Common Stock Stock Price, Price Target & More

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WWD."

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 21st will be given a dividend of $0.142 per share on Monday, June 4th. This represents a $0.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 18th. View Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's Dividend History.

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 11.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock (NASDAQ:WWD) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 23rd. The technology company reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.03. The technology company had revenue of $548.25 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $526.84 million. Woodward, Inc.Common Stock had a return on equity of 14.56% and a net margin of 7.94%. The business's revenue was up 9.6% compared to the same quarter last year. View Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's Earnings History.

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.60-3.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.63. The company issued revenue guidance of approx $2.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.27 billion.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's shares. Their predictions range from $62.00 to $89.00. On average, they anticipate Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's share price to reach $78.4286 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.2%. View Analyst Ratings for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to Woodward, Inc.Common Stock include GrafTech International (EAF), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Plug Power (PLUG), Ideal Power (IPWR), American Electric Technologies (AETI), SCI Engineered Materials (SCIA) and China Carbon Graphite Group (CHGI).

News stories about WWD stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Woodward, Inc.Common Stock earned a media sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the technology company an impact score of 44.60 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pendal Group Ltd (0.04%), YHB Investment Advisors Inc. (0.03%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.02%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.02%), Amalgamated Bank (0.01%) and Oakbrook Investments LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Woodward, Inc.Common Stock stock include Chad Robert Preiss, Christopher Fawzy, James R Rulseh, John A Halbrook, John D Cohn, Larry E Rittenberg, Martin Val Glass, Mary L Petrovich, Matthew Freeman Taylor, Paul Donovan, Robert F Weber Jr and Thomas A Gendron. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

WWD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Fortaleza Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Woodward, Inc.Common Stock company stock in the last year include Chad Robert Preiss, John A Halbrook, John D Cohn, Mary L Petrovich, Matthew Freeman Taylor, Paul Donovan, Robert F Weber Jr and Thomas A Gendron. View Insider Buying and Selling for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

WWD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oakbrook Investments LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, YHB Investment Advisors Inc., Amalgamated Bank and Pendal Group Ltd. View Insider Buying and Selling for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

Shares of WWD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WWD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $82.73.

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock has a market capitalization of $4.99 billion and generates $2.10 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $200.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.16 on an earnings per share basis. Woodward, Inc.Common Stock employs 6,900 workers across the globe.

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's mailing address is 1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO, 80524. The technology company can be reached via phone at 970-482-5811 or via email at [email protected]