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
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Woodward, Inc. (WWD) Return on invested capital
Woodward, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 12.3%, up 2.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.01% (fiscal 2022) to 10.2% (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 | 10.2% | 0.50 |
| FY2024 | 9.68% | 3.31 |
| FY2023 | 6.37% | 1.36 |
| FY2022 | 5.01% | (1.04) |
| FY2021 | 6.05% | (0.90) |
| FY2020 | 6.95% | (0.82) |
| FY2019 | 7.77% | 2.12 |
| FY2018 | 5.65% | (3.16) |
| FY2017 | 8.81% | 0.78 |
| FY2016 | 8.03% | (0.55) |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| CW Curtiss-Wright Corporation compare | 13.2% |
| WWD Woodward, Inc. | 12.3% |
| EMBJ Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica compare | 11.8% |
| 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% |
| RKLB Rocket Lab Corporation compare | −11.5% |
| 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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