Zacks Research Has Negative Outlook of Woodward Q2 Earnings

Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Woodward in a research report issued on Monday, February 24th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the technology company will earn $1.42 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.44. The consensus estimate for Woodward's current full-year earnings is $6.15 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Woodward's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.72 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.09 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.61 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.99 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $6.93 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.73 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $7.92 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Woodward from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. UBS Group upped 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. StockNews.com cut shares of Woodward from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Woodward from $193.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of Woodward from $226.00 to $229.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $197.38.

Woodward Stock Up 2.4 %

NASDAQ:WWD traded up $4.40 on Wednesday, reaching $188.99. The stock had a trading volume of 330,842 shares, compared to its average volume of 451,560. The company has a current ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The company has a 50-day moving average of $182.97 and a 200 day moving average of $173.29. The stock has a market cap of $11.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.37 and a beta of 1.40. Woodward has a 12-month low of $140.43 and a 12-month high of $201.64.

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

Woodward Increases Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Woodward news, Director John D. Cohn sold 2,400 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.57, for a total value of $430,968.00. Following the completion of the transaction, 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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, COO Thomas G. Cromwell sold 10,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.54, for a total transaction of $1,795,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 11,511 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,066,684.94. This trade represents a 46.49 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 22,400 shares of company stock worth $4,044,868 over the last quarter. 0.82% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp grew its position in Woodward by 4.8% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,421,483 shares of the technology company's stock worth $415,309,000 after purchasing an additional 110,569 shares during the last quarter. Farallon Capital Management LLC grew its position in Woodward by 31.8% in the 4th quarter. Farallon Capital Management LLC now owns 1,521,300 shares of the technology company's stock worth $253,175,000 after purchasing an additional 367,300 shares during the last quarter. Earnest Partners LLC grew its position in Woodward by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 1,418,123 shares of the technology company's stock worth $236,004,000 after purchasing an additional 38,774 shares during the last quarter. Naya Capital Management UK Ltd. grew its position in Woodward by 130.2% in the 4th quarter. Naya Capital Management UK Ltd. now owns 1,328,765 shares of the technology company's stock worth $221,133,000 after purchasing an additional 751,541 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Woodward by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,302,237 shares of the technology company's stock worth $216,771,000 after purchasing an additional 23,735 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 81.18% of the company's stock.

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.