Woodward - WWD Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Woodward in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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6 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Woodward's stock. Their WWD share price forecasts range from $90.00 to $125.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $106.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%.
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Woodward's stock was trading at $96.61 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, WWD stock has increased by 13.2% and is now trading at $109.33.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 30th 2023.
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Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 17th. The technology company reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.12. The technology company had revenue of $640.03 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $626.12 million. Woodward had a net margin of 7.21% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.60%.

Woodward announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 21st. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 14th will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Monday, November 28th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 10th.
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Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.69%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 27.84%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WWD will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.18% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Woodward updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.15-$3.60 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.41. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.60-$2.75 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.64 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.

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

Woodward's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.19%), LaFleur & Godfrey LLC (0.15%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), YHB Investment Advisors Inc. (0.05%), Graybill Bartz & Assoc Ltd. (0.05%) and Fifth Third Bancorp (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Chad Robert Preiss, Charles P Blankenship, Christopher Fawzy, Daniel G Korte, David P Hess, David P Hess, John D Cohn, Mark D Hartman, Mary L Petrovich, Paul Donovan, Rajeev Bhalla, Robert F Weber Jr, Ronald M Sega, Sagar A Patel, Terence J Voskuil and Thomas A Gendron.
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Shares of WWD stock 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 $109.33.

Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) has a market capitalization of $6.53 billion and generates $2.38 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $171.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.73 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 8,300 workers across the globe.

Woodward's mailing address is 1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO, 80524. The official website for the company is www.woodward.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (970) 482-5811, via email at investorrelations@woodward.com, or via fax at 970-498-3050.