NASDAQ:WWD - Woodward, Inc.Common Stock Stock Price, Forecast & News

$125.30

-0.56 (-0.44 %)

(As of 01/20/2020 04:00 PM ET)

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Today's Range

$124.47

Now: $125.30▼

$125.85

50-Day Range

$114.97

MA: $121.20▼

$127.83

52-Week Range

$75.99

Now: $125.30▼

$129.06

Volume546,562 shs

Average Volume459,727 shs

Market Capitalization$7.77 billion

P/E Ratio31.17

Dividend Yield0.52%

Beta1.31

Woodward, Inc designs, manufactures, and services control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets worldwide. The company's Aerospace segment offers fuel pumps, metering units, actuators, air valves, specialty valves, fuel nozzles, and thrust reverser actuation systems for turbine engines and nacelles; and flight deck controls, actuators, servo controls, motors, and sensors for aircraft that are used on commercial and private aircraft and rotorcraft, as well as on military fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft, guided weapons, and other defense systems. Read More…

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange NASDAQ

Industry Electrical industrial apparatus

Sub-IndustryIndustrial Machinery

SectorComputer and Technology

Current SymbolNASDAQ:WWD

Previous Symbol

CUSIP98074510

CIK108312

Webhttp://www.woodward.com/

Phone970-482-5811

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.50

Current Ratio1.80

Quick Ratio1.07

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio31.17

Forward P/E Ratio22.99

P/E Growth1.75

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$2.90 billion

Price / Sales2.68

Cash Flow$7.38 per share

Price / Cash Flow16.98

Book Value$27.92 per share

Price / Book4.49

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$4.88

Net Income$259.60 million

Net Margins8.95%

Return on Equity18.62%

Return on Assets7.96%

Miscellaneous

Employees9,000

Outstanding Shares62,010,000

Market Cap$7.77 billion

Next Earnings Date1/27/2020 (Estimated)

OptionableOptionable

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Woodward, Inc.Common Stock (NASDAQ:WWD) Frequently Asked Questions

What is Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's stock symbol?

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

How often does Woodward, Inc.Common Stock pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock?

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be given a dividend of $0.162 per share on Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $0.65 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 15th. View Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's Dividend History.

How were Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's earnings last quarter?

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock (NASDAQ:WWD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 18th. The technology company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.07. The technology company had revenue of $736.54 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.21 million. Woodward, Inc.Common Stock had a net margin of 8.95% and a return on equity of 18.62%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.39 EPS. View Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's Earnings History.

When is Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's next earnings date?

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

What guidance has Woodward, Inc.Common Stock issued on next quarter's earnings?

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $$5.30-5.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $$5.51. The company issued revenue guidance of $$3-3.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$3.09 billion.

What price target have analysts set for WWD?

6 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's stock. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's share price to reach $127.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock?

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

What are Wall Street analysts saying about Woodward, Inc.Common Stock stock?

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Woodward, Inc.Common Stock stock:

1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Woodward reported solid second-quarter fiscal 2019 results, wherein both the bottom line and top line surpassed estimates and increased year over year, largely driven by strength in Aerospace segment. The company raised its fiscal guidance on the back of diligent execution of operational plans and healthy growth dynamics. Moreover, its strategy to become a systems integrator has increased contract flow substantially, enabling it to capture a larger market share in the wide-body commercial aircraft field. In Industrial markets, it is witnessing robust improvement in distributed power for data center applications. The stock has also outperformed the industry over the past year on average. However, Woodward is witnessing demand-related challenges in the industrial gas and turbine market due to higher penetration and greater energy efficiency of renewables, which might impair its growth potential to some extent." (5/3/2019)
2. Wood & Company analysts commented, "WWD sales of $759M exceeded expectations by about $100M, reflecting 2/3 from WWD’s market positions and 1/3 from the switch to ASC 606 accounting. Organic growth was 22% (17% excluding ASC 606 and (19-20% if omitting 606) and 25% at Aero (16% if omitting 606). Implied FY2H guidance denotes a bit lower revenue run-rates vs. FY2Q compared to recent years’ pattern of seasonal pickup: commentary suggested FY2Q fundamentals accurately reflected market positions, with no particular spike-outs relative to ongoing execution. We believe stronger niche markets in industrial and overall Aero strength could reflect a moderating linearity, but clearly (in our estimation) WWD’s guidance issued from a position of strength." (4/30/2019)

Has Woodward, Inc.Common Stock been receiving favorable news coverage?

Media headlines about WWD stock have trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Woodward, Inc.Common Stock earned a daily sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

Are investors shorting Woodward, Inc.Common Stock?

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 589,800 shares, a drop of 38.4% from the December 15th total of 957,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 327,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's Current Options Chain.

Who are some of Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's key competitors?

Some companies that are related to Woodward, Inc.Common Stock include Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Ingersoll-Rand (IR), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Dover (DOV), Xylem (XYL), IDEX (IEX), Nordson (NDSN), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Pentair (PNR), Gardner Denver (GDI), Donaldson (DCI), Flowserve (FLS) and ITT (ITT).

What other stocks do shareholders of Woodward, Inc.Common Stock own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Woodward, Inc.Common Stock investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Boeing (BA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Tesla (TSLA), Visa (V), Verizon Communications (VZ), Adobe (ADBE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Northrop Grumman (NOC).

Who are Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's key executives?

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's management team includes the folowing people:

Mr. Thomas A. Gendron, Chairman, CEO & Pres (Age 58)
Mr. Robert F. Weber Jr., Vice Chairman, CFO & Treasurer (Age 65)
Mr. A. Christopher Fawzy, Corp. VP, Gen. Counsel, Corp. Sec. & Chief Compliance Officer (Age 49)
Mr. Jonathan W. Thayer, Vice Chairman of Corp. Operations (Age 48)
Mr. Chad R. Preiss, Pres of Industrial Control Systems (Age 54)

Who are Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's major shareholders?

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.32%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), Red Spruce Capital LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%) and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Woodward, Inc.Common Stock stock include Chad Robert Preiss, Christopher Fawzy, James R Rulseh, John D Cohn, Mary L Petrovich, Matthew Freeman Taylor, Paul Donovan, Robert F Weber Jr, Ronald M Sega and Thomas A Gendron. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

Which institutional investors are selling Woodward, Inc.Common Stock stock?

WWD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Cerebellum GP LLC. Company insiders that have sold Woodward, Inc.Common Stock company stock in the last year include Chad Robert Preiss, Christopher Fawzy, James R Rulseh, John D Cohn, Mary L Petrovich, Robert F Weber Jr, Ronald M Sega and Thomas A Gendron. View Insider Buying and Selling for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

Which institutional investors are buying Woodward, Inc.Common Stock stock?

WWD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Red Spruce Capital LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Hexavest Inc. and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

How do I buy shares of 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

What is Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's stock price today?

One share of WWD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $125.30.

How big of a company is Woodward, Inc.Common Stock?

Woodward, Inc.Common Stock has a market capitalization of $7.77 billion and generates $2.90 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $259.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.88 on an earnings per share basis. Woodward, Inc.Common Stock employs 9,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Woodward, Inc.Common Stock.

What is Woodward, Inc.Common Stock's official website?

The official website for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock is http://www.woodward.com/.

How can I contact Woodward, Inc.Common Stock?

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]

MarketBeat Community Rating for Woodward, Inc.Common Stock (NASDAQ WWD)

Community Ranking:		2.3 out of 5 ( )
Outperform Votes:		299 (Vote Outperform)
Underperform Votes:		349 (Vote Underperform)
Total Votes:		648

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Woodward, Inc.Common Stock and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe WWD will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe WWD will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

This page was last updated on 1/20/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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