CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $566.75, CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (CW) is priced for today's economics sustained for ~6.1 years. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 25, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Naval defense is the largest single revenue line at 27% of sales, and the content is specific: the company supplies ⟦"naval propulsion and auxiliary equipment, including main coolant pumps, power-dense compact motors, generators, steam turbines, valves, and secondary propulsion"⟧ systems. • Backlog stood at roughly $4.1 billion at the end of December against annual revenue near 3.61 billion, which is a little over a year of work booked and less cover than the multiple on these shares implies.
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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: 2026-08-19 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-08-11 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-08-06 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-05-20 (items 1.01, 1.02, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-05-08 (items 5.07).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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