Woodward
About: Woodward Inc is an independent designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets. It designs, produces, and services reliable, efficient, low-emission, and high-performance energy control products for diverse applications in challenging environments. The company operates in two segments, Aerospace and Industrial. The Aerospace segment provides fuel pumps, actuators, air valves, specialty valves, fuel nozzles, and thrust reverser actuation systems for turbine engines and nacelles, and flight deck controls, actuators, servo controls, motors, and sensors for aircraft. The Industrial segment offers actuators, valves, pumps, fuel injection systems, solenoids, ignition systems, speed controls, electronics and software, and sensors.
Employees: 9,300
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
145% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 103 | Existing positions closed: 42
136% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $123M | Put options by funds: $52.2M
36% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $9.63B [Q1] → $13.1B (+$3.43B) [Q2]
12% more funds holding
Funds holding: 476 [Q1] → 531 (+55) [Q2]
0.85% more ownership
Funds ownership: 88.93% [Q1] → 89.78% (+0.85%) [Q2]
2% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 167 | Existing positions reduced: 170
8% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q1] → 11 (-1) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
5 analyst ratings
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Alembic Global
Pete Skibitski
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$281
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Overweight
Upgraded
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20 Aug 2025 |
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Barclays
David Strauss
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$260
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Equal-Weight
Maintained
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4 Aug 2025 |
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UBS
Gavin Parsons
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$299
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Buy
Maintained
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29 Jul 2025 |
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Truist Securities
Michael Ciarmoli
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$294
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Buy
Maintained
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11 Jul 2025 |
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Goldman Sachs
Noah Poponak
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$255
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Buy
Maintained
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23 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about WWD published over the past 30 days
