On Tuesday, Woodward Inc (NASDAQ: WWD) was -3.59% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $298.47. A 52-week range for WWD has been $146.82 – $304.72.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 13.95%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 16.35%. With a float of $56.55 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $59.87 million.
Woodward Inc (WWD) Insider Activity
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Woodward Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Woodward Inc is 5.54%, while institutional ownership is 91.49%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 08 ’25, was worth 2,197,771. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 08 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 5,000 for $303.61, making the entire transaction worth $1,518,050.
Woodward Inc (WWD) Earnings and Forecasts
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 12/31/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 1.35 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 1.2) by 0.15. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.95 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 16.35% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 16.79% during the next five years compared to 13.95% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Woodward Inc (NASDAQ: WWD) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Woodward Inc (WWD) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.36. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.83. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 50.62.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.19, a number that is poised to hit 1.67 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.38 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Woodward Inc (WWD)
Looking closely at Woodward Inc (NASDAQ: WWD), its last 5-days average volume was 0.6 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.53 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 59.12%.
During the past 100 days, Woodward Inc’s (WWD) raw stochastic average was set at 76.25%, which indicates a significant increase from 66.88% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 9.91 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 6.82 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $266.57, while its 200-day Moving Average is $231.20. However, in the short run, Woodward Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $296.61. Second resistance stands at $305.47. The third major resistance level sits at $310.21. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $283.01, it is likely to go to the next support level at $278.27. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $269.41.
Woodward Inc (NASDAQ: WWD) Key Stats
There are 59,869K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 17.23 billion. As of now, sales total 3,567 M while income totals 442,110 K. Its latest quarter income was 995,260 K while its last quarter net income were 137,620 K.
