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 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
127% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $51.2M | Put options by funds: $22.6M
113% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 85 | Existing positions closed: 40
25% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q3] → 5 (+1) [Q4]
18% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 160 | Existing positions reduced: 136
8% more funds holding
Funds holding: 436 [Q3] → 472 (+36) [Q4]
1.43% more ownership
Funds ownership: 86.65% [Q3] → 88.08% (+1.43%) [Q4]
2% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $8.85B [Q3] → $8.71B (-$143M) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
3 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo Matthew Akers 56% 1-year accuracy 45 / 81 met price target | 3%upside $193 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 30 Apr 2025 |
Truist Securities Michael Ciarmoli 55% 1-year accuracy 43 / 78 met price target | 12%upside $209 | Buy Maintained | 29 Apr 2025 |
UBS Gavin Parsons 48% 1-year accuracy 12 / 25 met price target | 17%upside $220 | Buy Maintained | 29 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 15 articles about WWD published over the past 30 days
