Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 5.750-6.250 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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 Trading Up 1.8 %

WWD stock traded up $3.24 during trading on Monday, reaching $179.29. 1,027,172 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 426,978. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.70 billion, a PE ratio of 29.98, a P/E/G ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 1.96 and a quick ratio of 1.29. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $167.82 and its 200-day moving average price is $170.87. Woodward has a 52-week low of $129.46 and a 52-week high of $188.35.

Woodward Announces Dividend

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

WWD has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $160.00 target price (down previously from $186.00) on shares of Woodward in a research note on Friday, October 4th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Woodward from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the company from $170.00 to $190.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on shares of Woodward from $158.00 to $162.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 3rd. Truist Financial upgraded Woodward from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the company from $152.00 to $187.00 in a research note on Wednesday, August 21st. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Woodward from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $174.67.

Insider Buying and Selling at Woodward

In other Woodward news, COO Thomas G. Cromwell sold 7,913 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.13, for a total value of $1,385,803.69. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 11,511 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,015,921.43. This trade represents a 40.74 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders sold a total of 27,913 shares of company stock worth $4,907,304 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 1.12% 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.