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) Return on invested capital

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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

Low 5.01% High 10.2%
Ten-year median 7.77%
Current reading's percentile 100

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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