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What WWD's price assumes
Woodward, Inc. trades at 38.5× earnings against 41.8× for the median Aerospace & Defense name, cheaper than its own group.
38.5
Trailing P/E · Aerospace & Defense median 41.8 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Price / sales
- 5.48
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 1.5%
Free cash flow yield · Aerospace & Defense median 2.5%
- Growth the price implies
- +22%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +22% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +26% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 8.68
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 5.47
- Industrials median P/E346 names
- 29.9
- Aerospace & Defense median P/E50 names
- 41.8
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $377M
- Market capitalisation
- $25.6B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +15%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- +26%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $218.28 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $254.16 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $311.17 |
| 52-week range | $236.67 – $436.44 |
| Today | $345.94 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Aerospace & Defense
Ranks #19 of 48 by Smart Score