Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.750-6.250 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 5.870. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.3 billion-$3.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.4 billion. Woodward also updated its FY25 guidance to $5.75-$6.25 EPS.

Woodward Stock Performance

NASDAQ WWD opened at $179.29 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $167.82 and a 200-day simple moving average of $170.87. Woodward has a twelve month low of $129.46 and a twelve month high of $188.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.96, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The stock has a market cap of $10.70 billion, a PE ratio of 29.98, a P/E/G ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.38.

Woodward Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 21st will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 21st. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.56%. Woodward’s payout ratio is currently 16.72%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

WWD has been the subject of several research analyst reports. StockNews.com lowered Woodward from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on Woodward from $228.00 to $201.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Woodward from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $170.00 to $190.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on shares of Woodward from $158.00 to $162.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 3rd. Finally, TD Cowen reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $160.00 target price (down from $186.00) on shares of Woodward in a research note on Friday, October 4th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $174.67.

Insider Activity

In other news, COO Thomas G. Cromwell sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.65, for a total transaction of $1,776,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 11,511 shares in the company, valued at $2,044,929.15. This represents a 46.49 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders sold 27,913 shares of company stock valued at $4,907,304 in the last three months. 1.12% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Woodward Company Profile

Woodward, Inc designs, manufactures, and services control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Aerospace and Industrial. The Aerospace segment provides 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, servocontrols, motors, and sensors for aircraft.