Curtiss-Wright Corporation

CW Industrials Aerospace & Defense

Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.5 billion, up 12.1% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+5.41%
EPS
+27.4%
Free cash flow
+37.0%
Total debt
−0.10%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

451.27 46.49 −9.34%
Market cap
$18.4B
P/E
34.0×
Fwd P/E
30.6×
Dividend yield
0.20%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
6.97
Beneish M
−2.54
Dividend safety
89/100

Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW) Return on invested capital

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Curtiss-Wright Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 13.2%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.82% (fiscal 2020) to 12.7% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 0.25% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.81%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 12.7% 2.08
FY2024 10.6% 0.42
FY2023 10.2% 1.31
FY2022 8.88% 0.25
FY2021 8.63% 1.81
FY2020 6.82% (4.80)
FY2019 11.6% 0.04
FY2018 11.6% 0.70
FY2017 10.9% 0.00
FY2016 10.9% 0.77

Against its own ten years

Low 6.82% High 12.7%
Ten-year median 10.6%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CW Curtiss-Wright Corporation 13.2%
WWD Woodward, Inc. compare 12.3%
EMBJ Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica compare 11.8%
MOG.A Moog Inc. compare 10.5%
BWXT BWX Technologies, Inc. compare 9.69%
TXT Textron Inc. compare 6.30%
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. compare 6.27%
ARXS Arxis, Inc. compare 3.02%
FTAI FTAI Aviation Ltd. compare 0.00%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 0.25%
Industrials sector median 1.81%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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