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How good a business is WWD?
Woodward, Inc. keeps 13% of every revenue dollar as profit after everything, against 6.0% for the median Aerospace & Defense name.
13%
Net margin · Aerospace & Defense median 6.0% · 12 months to Q3 2026
- Cash conversion
- 0.68×
Cash conversion · 0.71× a year ago · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet
- Share count, year on year
- −0.76%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
- R&D as % of revenue
- 4.1%
R&D as % of revenue
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- Gross margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 29%
- Net margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 13%
- Free cash flow margin
- 9.0%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 4.1%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $4.19B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $377M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $552M
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Aerospace & Defense
Ranks #19 of 48 by Smart Score