WOODWARD, INC.
At today's price, WOODWARD, INC. (WWD) is priced for today's economics sustained for ~9.9 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.
Woodward earns a return on equity above 20% and runs aerospace margins guided toward 23%, the signature of a business with real pricing power on specified, certified components. That is the moat the premium multiple is paying for. The momentum is strong. Q2 fiscal 2026 crossed $1 billion in quarterly sales for the first time, up 23% year over year, and management raised full-year guidance for sales and adjusted EPS on robust aerospace and industrial demand. At $430 the price works out to about
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709 institutional managers reported holding WWD in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 84% of the company; the top 10 hold 43%. 135 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 1.6M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (2 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.
WWD has cut its share count 6.2% over the past five years, spending $1.53B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting), raised 5 years straight; the current rate is $1.09 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $172.38M in dividends and $1.02B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at WWD over the trailing three years: 2023: 1 buy totaling $50k. 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.
WWD's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-05 | +10.6% | -0.4% |
| 2023-11-18 | -2.9% | +4.2% |
| 2024-02-03 | +1.6% | +16.1% |
| 2024-05-04 | +7.8% | +1.9% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
WWD's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-25 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-06-05 (items 5.02); 2026-05-28 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-04-29 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-27 (items 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 28, 2026
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