Woodward Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Woodward in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Woodward stock. 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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Woodward is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 18th 2021.
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Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, August, 1st. The technology company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.23. The technology company had revenue of $556.68 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $617.21 million. Woodward had a net margin of 9.79% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.86%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.48 earnings per share.
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Woodward's stock was trading at $84.84 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WWD stock has increased by 36.9% and is now trading at $116.17.
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Woodward declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 29th. Investors of record on Monday, August 16th will be given a dividend of $0.162 per share on Monday, August 30th. This represents a $0.65 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.56%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 13th.
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Woodward pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.57%. Woodward does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Woodward is 16.41%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Woodward will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.74% next year. This indicates that Woodward will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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5 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Woodward's stock. Their forecasts range from $108.00 to $138.00. On average, they expect Woodward's share price to reach $123.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price.
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178 employees have rated Woodward CEO Thomas A. Gendron on Glassdoor.com. Thomas A. Gendron has an approval rating of 67% among Woodward's employees.

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Woodward trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WWD."

Woodward's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.52%), BlackRock Inc. (7.50%), Deccan Value Investors L.P. (3.24%), FMR LLC (3.19%), Cooke & Bieler LP (2.72%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.30%). Company insiders that own Woodward stock include Chad Robert Preiss, Christopher Fawzy, David P Hess, John D Cohn, Mary L Petrovich, Paul Donovan, Robert F Weber Jr, Ronald M Sega, Sagar A Patel, Terence J Voskuil and Thomas A Gendron.
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WWD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, BlackRock Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Millennium Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Wells Fargo & Company MN, and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Woodward company stock in the last year include Christopher Fawzy, John D Cohn, Paul Donovan, Robert F Weber Jr, Ronald M Sega, Sagar A Patel, Terence J Voskuil, and Thomas A Gendron.
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WWD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cooke & Bieler LP, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, State Street Corp, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, and Bank of America Corp DE.
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Shares of WWD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WWD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $116.17.

Woodward has a market capitalization of $7.39 billion and generates $2.50 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $240.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.96 on an earnings per share basis.

Woodward employs 7,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for Woodward is www.woodward.com.

Woodward is headquartered at 1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO, 80524.

Woodward'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].