Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 12.100-12.400 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 11.940. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.3 billion-$3.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.3 billion.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently commented on CW shares. Citigroup initiated coverage on Curtiss-Wright in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. They issued a “buy” rating and a $410.00 target price on the stock. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on Curtiss-Wright from $334.00 to $395.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft assumed coverage on shares of Curtiss-Wright in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $452.00 target price for the company. Stifel Nicolaus lowered shares of Curtiss-Wright from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $370.00 price target on the stock. in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Curtiss-Wright from $333.00 to $357.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $386.86.

Curtiss-Wright Price Performance

Shares of CW stock traded down $8.76 on Wednesday, reaching $341.92. The company had a trading volume of 299,896 shares, compared to its average volume of 282,439. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.98 billion, a PE ratio of 32.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a quick ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 1.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. The business’s 50-day moving average is $359.19 and its 200 day moving average is $341.02. Curtiss-Wright has a one year low of $225.33 and a one year high of $393.40.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The aerospace company reported $3.27 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.12 by $0.15. Curtiss-Wright had a net margin of 13.20% and a return on equity of 17.21%. Equities research analysts forecast that Curtiss-Wright will post 10.72 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Curtiss-Wright Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 27th will be issued a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 27th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.25%. Curtiss-Wright’s payout ratio is presently 7.95%.

Insider Activity

In related news, VP John C. Watts sold 622 shares of Curtiss-Wright stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $347.05, for a total value of $215,865.10. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 5,072 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,760,237.60. The trade was a 10.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Lynn M. Bamford sold 8,289 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.87, for a total transaction of $2,875,205.43. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 38,905 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,494,977.35. This represents a 17.56 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have bought 116 shares of company stock valued at $35,278 and have sold 23,064 shares valued at $8,157,322. Insiders own 0.67% of the company’s stock.

Curtiss-Wright Company Profile

Curtiss-Wright Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered products, solutions, and services mainly to aerospace and defense, commercial power, process, and industrial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Industrial, Defense Electronics, and Naval & Power.