WWDWoodward, Inc.
Is it safe?
Strong, no red flags: clean books and quality strong.
Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).
High fundamental quality Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.
Insiders were net sellers (-$767K, 90 days to Oct 8, 2026), selling is often routine.
Investment-grade balance sheet. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.
Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -61% · now 23% below its 52-week high.
Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Sep 30, 2025.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.
Can WWD take a bad year?
The deepest fall in WWD's price history on file is −61%; it is 23% below its high today.
Net debt · as at Q3 2026 · debt less the cash on hand
- Debt / equity
- 0.54×
Debt / equity
- Annualised volatility
- 35%
Annualised volatility · roughly twice as jumpy as the market
- Worst drawdown on file
- −61%
Worst drawdown on file · −23% today
Details›
- Total debtQ3 2026
- $1.34B
- Cash and short-term investments
- $475M
- Net debt
- $867M
- Debt / equity
- 0.54×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 35%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −61%
- Below its 52-week high
- 23%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
Aerospace & Defense
Ranks #9 of 36 by RyuScore