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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.142 per share on Monday, June 4th. This represents a $0.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 18th. View Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's Dividend History.

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 11.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

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

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock updated 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 EPS estimate of $3.63. The company issued revenue guidance of approx $2.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.27 billion.

10 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's shares. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $89.00. On average, they anticipate Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's stock price to reach $78.8889 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

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).

Media coverage about WWD stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Woodward, Inc.Common Stock earned a media sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the technology company an impact score of 45.51 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.33%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (2.35%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (2.20%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (2.00%), Northern Trust Corp (1.74%) and Royal Bank of Canada (1.61%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., FIL Ltd, Hsbc Holdings PLC, American Century Companies Inc., Guggenheim Capital LLC and Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eagle Asset Management Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Champlain Investment Partners LLC, BlackRock Inc., Penn Capital Management Co. Inc., Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Crawford Investment Counsel Inc. and Royal Bank of Canada. 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 $78.02.

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock has a market capitalization of $4.79 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]