Zacks Research Forecasts Woodward's Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:WWD)

Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Woodward in a note issued to investors on Monday, February 24th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.60 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.57. The consensus estimate for Woodward's current full-year earnings is $6.15 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Woodward's Q1 2026 earnings at $1.49 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.84 EPS.

WWD has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of Woodward from $226.00 to $229.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Woodward from $193.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. StockNews.com cut Woodward from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 25th. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Woodward from $216.00 to $232.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Woodward from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Woodward has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $197.38.

Woodward Stock Up 2.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ WWD traded up $4.40 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $188.99. 330,842 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 451,560. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $183.37 and a 200-day moving average price of $173.64. The company has a market cap of $11.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.66, a PEG ratio of 2.37 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 1.89. Woodward has a 52 week low of $140.43 and a 52 week high of $201.64.

Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, February 3rd. The technology company reported $1.35 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.21. Woodward had a return on equity of 16.76% and a net margin of 11.18%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.45 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of Woodward

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of WWD. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. acquired a new stake in Woodward in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $465,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of Woodward by 135.1% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 992,189 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $170,170,000 after purchasing an additional 570,124 shares in the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new position in shares of Woodward during the 3rd quarter worth $2,547,000. PEAK6 Investments LLC acquired a new position in Woodward in the 3rd quarter valued at about $2,448,000. Finally, Citigroup Inc. grew its position in Woodward by 12.1% in the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 64,153 shares of the technology company's stock worth $11,003,000 after acquiring an additional 6,917 shares during the period. 81.18% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Woodward

In other news, Director John D. Cohn sold 2,400 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.57, for a total transaction of $430,968.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 20,963 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,764,325.91. This represents a 10.27 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, COO Thomas G. Cromwell sold 10,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $181.85, for a total transaction of $1,818,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 11,511 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,093,275.35. This trade represents a 46.49 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 22,400 shares of company stock valued at $4,044,868. Company insiders own 0.82% of the company's stock.

Woodward Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be paid a $0.28 dividend. This is an increase from Woodward's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. Woodward's dividend payout ratio is currently 18.76%.

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.