Woodward, Inc.

WWD Industrials Aerospace & Defense

Woodward, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $3.6 billion, up 7.30% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+21.2%
EPS
+35.7%
Free cash flow
−12.2%
Total debt
+43.9%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

325.94 6.75 −2.03%
Market cap
$19.6B
P/E
35.9×
Fwd P/E
32.8×
Dividend yield
0.47%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
6.83
Beneish M
−2.42
Dividend safety
88/100

Woodward, Inc. (WWD) Free cash flow margin

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Woodward, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 8.98%, down 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.54%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.58% (fiscal 2015) to 19.0% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.08%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 9.54% (0.84)
FY2024 10.4% 2.40
FY2023 7.98% 2.07
FY2022 5.91% (13.11)
FY2021 19.0% 5.69
FY2020 13.3% 3.24
FY2019 10.1% 2.61
FY2018 7.48% (2.95)
FY2017 10.4% (2.74)
FY2016 13.2% 12.59

Against its own ten years

Low 0.58% High 19.0%
Ten-year median 10.1%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
ARXS Arxis, Inc. compare 20.6%
CW Curtiss-Wright Corporation compare 17.4%
BWXT BWX Technologies, Inc. compare 10.3%
WWD Woodward, Inc. 8.98%
EMBJ Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica compare 8.41%
TXT Textron Inc. compare 5.28%
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. compare 2.42%
FTAI FTAI Aviation Ltd. compare −15.0%
RKLB Rocket Lab Corporation compare −48.1%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 2.08%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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