CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION
At today's price, CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (CW) is priced for today's economics sustained for ~9.3 years. boothcheck doesn't publish a fair value or a price target; it shows what the price assumes, so you can judge whether that bar is too high. Built from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Curtiss-Wright supplies content that is embedded in long-cycle defense platforms, most notably ⟦"secondary propulsion systems, primarily to the U.S. Navy, most notably supporting the Virginia-class and Columbia-class submarine programs, as well as the Ford-class aircraft carrier program"⟧, which gives revenue an unusual visibility for an industrial. • The defining risk is the price itself: at more than 48 times operating profit, the stock is priced for high growth to persist for the better par
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871 institutional managers reported holding CW in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 83% of the company; the top 10 hold 41%. 137 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 772k shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 2% of shares outstanding (3.1 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
CW has cut its share count 9.8% over the past five years, spending $1.16B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 15 years running, raised 10 years straight; the current rate is $0.93 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $89.34M in dividends and $755.22M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at CW over the trailing three years: 2023: 6 buys totaling $65k; 2024: 10 buys totaling $94k; 2025: 7 buys totaling $69k. 15 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
CW's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-04 | +6.8% | -4.2% |
| 2023-11-03 | +1.7% | +6.9% |
| 2024-02-21 | -0.4% | +5.6% |
| 2024-05-03 | +4.3% | +1.1% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
CW's latest 8-K filings: 2026-05-20 (items 1.01, 1.02, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-05-08 (items 5.07); 2026-05-07 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-02-12 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-11-21 (items 8.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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