Woodward (WWD) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

Woodward, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets worldwide. The company operates through two segments: Aerospace and Industrial. The Aerospace segment provides fuel pumps, metering units, actuators, air valves, specialty valves, fuel nozzles, and thrust reverser actuation systems for turbine engines and nacelles, and flight deck controls, actuators, servocontrols, motors, and sensors for aircraft. These products are used on commercial

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+23.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+23.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

Insider Activity

0.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$501M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Woodward is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 23%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

29.0%

Modest — 29.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

15.4%

Healthy — 15.4% operating margin

ROCE

4.6%

Weak — 4.6% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+9.9%

Steady sales growth (9.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

+18.3%

Earnings growing fast (18.3% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

108%

Turns 108% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

9.7%

Modest free cash flow (9.7%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.45

Conservative — low debt load (0.45)

Interest Cover

12.38x

Comfortably covers interest (12.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

46.3x

no trend

Expensive — P/E 46.3

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+7.2

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (46.3 → 39.1)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.29%

no trend

Small dividend — 0.29% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+13.8%

no trend

Dividend growing fast (13.8% YoY)

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