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Woodward, Inc. (WWD)

Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Fort Collins, United States | NasdaqGS
394.83 USD +19.92 (5.313%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 394.77 -0.06 (-0.060%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:13 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 9, 2026, 12:26 a.m. EDT

Woodward, Inc. (WWD) appears to be a stock with moderate short-term momentum, supported by analyst ratings and recent price movements. The stock's dividend yield is low, but the payout ratio is healthy, suggesting sustainability. The options activity indicates a mix of bullish and bearish sentiment, with significant OI walls around key strike prices. While the stock has potential for short-term gains, long-term investors should consider the sector's overall risk and the company's fundamentals.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.067164
MSTL0.131111
AutoETS0.135859
AutoARIMA0.135859

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.12
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.273
Excess Kurtosis -1.12
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-02-18
Last Dividend Date 2026-02-18
Debt to Equity Ratio 36.256
Revenue per Share 63.478
Market Cap 23,688,531,968
Trailing P/E 49.66
Forward P/E 38.32
Beta 0.98
Profit Margins 12.89%
Website https://www.woodward.com

As of April 9, 2026, 12:26 a.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. The calls show significant OI walls around strikes like 360, 390, and 410, indicating potential support or resistance levels. However, the puts show strong OI walls around strikes like 330, 340, and 360, suggesting some bearish sentiment. The overall IV is relatively high, indicating increased volatility expectations, which could be due to upcoming earnings or market uncertainty.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.08% 0.44% 0.59% 0.63%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-02-19 0.320000 0.081858
2025-11-20 0.280000 0.108372
2025-08-21 0.280000 0.113191
2025-05-22 0.280000 0.136335
2025-02-20 0.280000 0.148023
2024-11-21 0.250000 0.145743
2024-08-22 0.250000 0.158245
2024-05-21 0.250000 0.138215
2024-02-16 0.250000 0.183425
2023-11-17 0.220000 0.170289
2023-08-11 0.220000 0.175275
2023-05-19 0.220000 0.203928
2023-02-17 0.220000 0.220906
2022-11-10 0.190000 0.193816
2022-08-12 0.190000 0.188365
2022-05-16 0.190000 0.196836
2022-02-17 0.190000 0.162093
2021-11-12 0.163000 0.142805
2021-08-13 0.163000 0.143627
2021-05-17 0.163000 0.137852
2021-02-19 0.163000 0.145175
2020-11-13 0.081000 0.079555
2020-08-14 0.081000 0.098639
2020-05-15 0.081000 0.156011
2020-02-14 0.280000 0.246090
2019-11-15 0.163000 0.147575
2019-08-19 0.163000 0.159341
2019-05-17 0.163000 0.156454
2019-02-15 0.163000 0.178843
2018-11-09 0.143000 0.180763
2018-08-20 0.143000 0.187417
2018-05-18 0.143000 0.199914
2018-02-16 0.143000 0.203300
2017-11-10 0.125000 0.166147
2017-08-18 0.125000 0.194257
2017-05-18 0.125000 0.199107
2017-02-15 0.125000 0.187976
2016-11-09 0.110000 0.185595
2016-08-11 0.110000 0.195878
2016-05-19 0.110000 0.214664
2016-02-18 0.110000 0.248543
2015-11-12 0.100000 0.232129
2015-08-13 0.100000 0.223124
2015-05-14 0.100000 0.211891
2015-02-11 0.100000 0.223478
2014-11-13 0.080000 0.171972
2014-08-15 0.080000 0.168018
2014-05-15 0.080000 0.189021
2014-02-12 0.080000 0.204695
2013-11-14 0.080000 0.220169
2013-08-16 0.080000 0.212220
2013-05-16 0.080000 0.236079
2013-02-13 0.080000 0.223173
2012-11-15 0.080000 0.259425
2012-08-17 0.080000 0.233706
2012-05-16 0.080000 0.233216
2012-02-14 0.080000 0.198124
2011-11-15 0.070000 0.189429
2011-08-16 0.070000 0.259408
2011-05-16 0.070000 0.220334
2011-02-14 0.070000 0.222025
2010-11-15 0.060000 0.201024
2010-08-16 0.060000 0.238363
2010-05-14 0.060000 0.216004
2010-02-11 0.060000 0.261515
2009-11-13 0.060000 0.274095
2009-08-14 0.060000 0.337122
2009-05-14 0.060000 0.334447
2009-02-11 0.060000 0.355115
2008-11-13 0.060000 0.258340
2008-08-13 0.060000 0.145590
2008-05-14 0.060000 0.197245
2008-02-13 0.030000 0.104366
2007-11-15 0.055000 0.190243
2007-08-16 0.055000 0.218729
2007-05-16 0.055000 0.236263
2007-02-13 0.055000 0.286680
2006-11-15 0.050000 0.311312
2006-08-16 0.050000 0.360372
2006-05-16 0.050000 0.349522
2006-02-13 0.050500 0.370435
2005-11-15 0.050000 0.452692
2005-08-16 0.050000 0.424254
2005-05-16 0.041667 0.388995
2005-02-11 0.041667 0.410058
2004-11-15 0.040000 0.425170
2004-08-16 0.040000 0.490657
2004-05-17 0.040000 0.469059
2004-02-17 0.040000 0.483693
2003-11-13 0.040000 0.621439
2003-08-13 0.040000 0.700041
2003-05-15 0.040000 0.717650
2003-02-12 0.040000 0.840318
2002-11-14 0.038833 0.698752
2002-08-16 0.038833 0.590020
2002-05-16 0.038833 0.424321
2002-02-13 0.038833 0.514371
2001-11-15 0.038833 0.602118
2001-08-17 0.038833 0.410793
2001-05-16 0.038833 0.398127
2001-02-13 0.038833 0.550978
2000-11-15 0.038833 0.707744
2000-08-16 0.038833 0.944403
2000-05-11 0.038833 1.267826
2000-02-10 0.038833 1.304687
1999-11-10 0.038833 1.213573
1999-08-12 0.038833 1.252559
1999-05-13 0.038667 1.260623
1999-02-03 0.038667 1.293900
1998-11-10 0.038667 1.439591
1998-08-12 0.038667 1.150869
1998-05-06 0.038667 1.062724
1998-01-29 0.038667 1.008772
1997-11-12 0.038667 1.016291
1997-08-13 0.038667 0.953871
1997-05-07 0.038667 1.186956
1996-05-08 0.038750 1.539918
1996-01-31 0.038750 1.810684
1995-11-15 0.038750 2.103348
1995-08-11 0.038750 2.162707
1995-05-08 0.038750 2.228903
1995-01-30 0.038750 2.244098
1994-11-14 0.038750 1.856140
1994-08-08 0.038750 1.755539
1994-05-09 0.038750 1.754308
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.28
dividendYield 0.34
exDividendDate 2026-02-19
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.12
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0029873836
lastDividendValue 0.32
lastDividendDate 2026-02-19
dividendDate 2026-03-05

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 1.2691562
Address1 1,081 Woodward Way
All Time High 407.0
All Time Low 2.541667
Ask 428.76
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.5 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 596,490
Average Daily Volume3 Month 665,936
Average Volume 665,936
Average Volume10Days 596,490
Beta 0.984
Bid 364.93
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 4
Book Value 43.279
City Fort Collins
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 394.83
Current Ratio 2.051
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 400.86
Day Low 388.85
Debt To Equity 36.256
Display Name Woodward
Dividend Date 1,772,668,800
Dividend Rate 1.28
Dividend Yield 0.34
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,496,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,496,400
Earnings Growth 0.528
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.535
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,492,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,492,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,492,800
Ebitda 676,028,032
Ebitda Margins 0.17833
Enterprise To Ebitda 33.777
Enterprise To Revenue 6.024
Enterprise Value 22,834,456,576
Eps Current Year 8.80232
Eps Forward 10.30407
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 7.95
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,771,459,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 379.7384
Fifty Day Average Change 15.091583
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.039742053
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 126.91562
Fifty Two Week High 407.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -12.170013
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.029901752
Fifty Two Week Low 162.85
Fifty Two Week Low Change 231.97998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.424501
Fifty Two Week Range 162.85 - 407.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 765,466,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.58
Float Shares 59,401,848
Forward Eps 10.30407
Forward P E 38.317867
Free Cashflow 252,776,256
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 10,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.28104
Gross Profits 1,065,355,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00247
Held Percent Institutions 0.91356003
Implied Shares Outstanding 59,996,789
Industry Aerospace & Defense
Industry Disp Aerospace & Defense
Industry Key aerospace-defense
Ir Website http://www.woodward.com/investors.aspx
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,771,459,200
Last Dividend Value 0.32
Last Fiscal Year End 1,759,190,400
Last Split Date 1,203,033,600
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Woodward, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets worldwide. It operates through two segments, Aerospace and Industrial. The Aerospace segment offers fuel pumps, metering units, actuators, air valves, specialty valves, fuel nozzles, and thrust reverser actuation systems for turbine engines and nacelles, as well as flight deck controls, actuators, servocontrols, motors, and sensors for aircraft. This segment also provides aftermarket maintenance, repair and overhaul, and other services to commercial airlines, repair facilities, military depots, third party repair shops, and other end users. Its Industrial segment offers actuators, valves, pumps, fuel injection systems, solenoids, ignition systems, control systems, electronics and software, and sensors used on industrial gas turbines, steam turbines, compressors, and reciprocating engines, as well as aftermarket products and related services. The company primarily serves OEMs and equipment packagers. Woodward, Inc. was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Long Name Woodward, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 23,688,531,968
Market State POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_314690
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 488,739,008
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,726,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 22,345,220,018
Number Of Analyst Opinions 10
Open 391.58
Operating Cashflow 551,214,976
Operating Margins 0.16055
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.14109999
Peg Ratio 3.1353
Phone 970 482 5811
Post Market Change -0.05999756
Post Market Change Percent -0.015195796
Post Market Price 394.77
Post Market Time 1,776,464,010
Previous Close 374.91
Price Eps Current Year 44.85522
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 9.1229
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.248965
Profit Margins 0.12893
Quick Ratio 1.297
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.45455
Region US
Regular Market Change 19.919983
Regular Market Change Percent 5.3132706
Regular Market Day High 400.86
Regular Market Day Low 388.85
Regular Market Day Range 388.85 - 400.86
Regular Market Open 391.58
Regular Market Previous Close 374.91
Regular Market Price 394.83
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 795,959
Return On Assets 0.077870004
Return On Equity 0.20381
Revenue Growth 0.29
Revenue Per Share 63.478
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 59,615,869
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0115
Shares Short 683,494
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 655,328
Short Name Woodward, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0128999995
Short Ratio 1.13
Source Interval 15
State CO
Symbol WWD
Target High Price 450.0
Target Low Price 390.0
Target Mean Price 427.5
Target Median Price 431.5
Total Cash 454,244,992
Total Cash Per Share 7.62
Total Debt 938,115,968
Total Revenue 3,790,792,960
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.12
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0029873836
Trailing Eps 7.95
Trailing P E 49.66415
Trailing Peg Ratio 3.1353
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 298.6269
Two Hundred Day Average Change 96.203094
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.32215148
Type Disp Equity
Volume 795,959
Website https://www.woodward.com
Zip 80,524