profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Woodward
$331.90-1.96% today
+21.1% in 1 year
1-year low $257.641-year high $436.44
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $44.33 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Woodward sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.38 billion in 2022 to $3.57 billion in 2025, with $442 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Woodward handed back 70% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $173M$65M
Free cash flow 2025$340M
Bought back its own shares$173M
Paid as dividends$65M
Cash vs. debt$327M vs. $722M
Woodward vs. similar companies
Woodward grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodward | 44.3× · Expensive | ||
 SpaceX | No profit yet | ||
 GE Aerospace | 39.4× · Expensive | ||
 RTX | 39.8× · Expensive | ||
 Airbus | 31.5× · Expensive |
Compare Woodward with Bloom Energy
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Woodward's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,496 | 2,246 | 2,383 | 2,915 | 3,324 | 3,567 | |
| 640 | 551 | 525 | 678 | 876 | 956 | |
| – | – | 203 | 276 | 428 | 479 | |
| 449 | 410 | 355 | 443 | 618 | 680 | |
| 240 | 209 | 172 | 232 | 373 | 442 | |
| 3.74 | 3.18 | 2.71 | 3.78 | 6.01 | 7.19 | |
| 25.7% | 24.5% | 22.0% | 23.2% | 26.4% | 26.8% | |
| – | – | 8.5% | 9.5% | 12.9% | 13.4% | |
| 9.6% | 9.3% | 7.2% | 8.0% | 11.2% | 12.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,903 | 4,091 | 3,806 | 4,010 | 4,369 | 4,630 |
| Cash | 153 | 448 | 108 | 137 | 282 | 327 |
| Total debt | 853 | 750 | 799 | 742 | 895 | 722 |
| Total liabilities | 1,911 | 1,876 | 1,905 | 1,939 | 2,192 | 2,064 |
| 1,993 | 2,215 | 1,901 | 2,071 | 2,176 | 2,566 | |
| 64 | 66 | 63 | 61 | 62 | 61 | |
| 8.8% | 7.5% | 6.9% | 9.1% | 12.9% | 13.6% | |
| 12.1% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 11.2% | 17.1% | 17.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 349 | 465 | 194 | 309 | 439 | 471 | |
| 47 | 38 | 53 | 77 | 96 | 131 | |
| 302 | 427 | 141 | 232 | 343 | 340 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | 45 | 51 | 58 | 65 |
| 13 | 33 | 485 | 126 | 391 | 173 | |
| 23 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 33 | 32 |
Valuation
- 44.3×
- 36.6×
- 3.17
- 8.8×
- 5.5×
- 57.6×
- 29.4×
- 1.7%
- 2.3%
- 0.3%
Profitability
- 26.8%
- 13.4%
- 12.4%
- 18.9%
- 11.4%
- 9.4%
- 20.3%
- 10.3%
- 16.3%
- 4.1%
Growth
- +7.4%
- +14.0%
- −0.7%
- +16.4%
- −1.5%
Financial health
- 0.9×
- 0.45
- 23.1%
- 13.6×
- 1.73
- 1.19
- 0.80
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 30%of 980
Top 29%of 986
Bottom 16%of 866
Top 48%of 986
Bottom 29%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $433.17
- Range
- $404.00 – $470.00
- 3 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 2.27 | 2.00 | +13.5% |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 2.17 | 1.65 | +31.5% |
| Nov 24, 2025 | 2.09 | 1.88 | +11.2% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | 1.76 | 1.62 | +8.6% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | 1.69 | 1.44 | +17.4% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 1.35 | 1.14 | +18.4% |
| Nov 25, 2024 | 1.41 | 1.26 | +11.9% |
| Jul 29, 2024 | 1.63 | 1.52 | +7.2% |
0.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$3a year at today's yield, before tax
+16.4%2020 to 2025
Raised5 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.40 in 2015 → $1.12 in 2025
How safe it looks
14.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 19.1%
News
Woodward to close California plant, shift production to South CarolinaSeeking Alpha · Sep 21, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 21, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
46No pass
Benjamin Graham
36No pass
Philip Fisher
46No pass
Peter Lynch
34No pass
Joel Greenblatt
9No pass
Charlie Munger
38No pass
Terry Smith
31No pass
Questions about Woodward
Is Woodward a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Woodward AI analysis
What does Woodward do?
Woodward, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets worldwide. The company operates through two segments: Aerospace and Industrial. It is in Aerospace & Defense, based in Fort Collins, CO, United States, with 10,200 employees.
Does Woodward pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.3% a year, about 15% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $65.0 million in dividends.
Is Woodward stock halal?
Questionable. Woodward sits in a grey zone: scholars disagree about its industry. How we check
How has Woodward stock done over the past year?
Up 21.1% over the past twelve months, to $331.90. It traded between $257.64 and $436.44 and is 24.0% below its high.
Who are Woodward's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are SpaceX, GE Aerospace, RTX and Airbus. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Woodward's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.