WOODWARD, INC.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $341.81, WOODWARD, INC. (WWD) is priced for today's economics sustained for ~7.0 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 June 28, 2026 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: 2026-08-21 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-07-29 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-06-25 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-06-05 (items 5.02); 2026-05-28 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01).
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: June 28, 2026
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