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Shares of Woodward, Inc. ( NASDAQ:WWD – Get Free Report ) have earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the nine research firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports.
Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $177.11.
Several research analysts have recently weighed in on WWD shares. TD Cowen dropped their price target on shares of Woodward from $200.00 to $186.
00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, July 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on shares of Woodward from $228.00 to $201.
00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut shares of Woodward from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their target price for the company from $197.00 to $158.
00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Truist Financial upgraded shares of Woodward from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $152.00 to $187.
00 in a research note on Wednesday, August 21st. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Woodward from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $170.00 to $190.
00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Check Out Our Latest Analysis on Woodward Institutional Inflows and Outflows Woodward Price Performance Shares of WWD opened at $159.41 on Friday.
The company has a market capitalization of $9.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.
70 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a quick ratio of 1.
29, a current ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26.
The firm has a 50 day moving average of $166.41 and a 200 day moving average of $164.55.
Woodward has a twelve month low of $119.03 and a twelve month high of $188.35.
Woodward ( NASDAQ:WWD – Get Free Report ) last posted its earnings results on Monday, July 29th. The technology company reported $1.63 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.
52 by $0.11. Woodward had a net margin of 11.
47% and a return on equity of 17.16%. The business had revenue of $847.
69 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $853.29 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.
37 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis.
As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Woodward will post 5.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Woodward Dividend Announcement The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th.
Investors of record on Thursday, August 22nd were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 22nd.
This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.63%.
Woodward’s dividend payout ratio is presently 17.48%. Woodward Company Profile ( Get Free Report Woodward, Inc designs, manufactures, and services control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets worldwide.
The company operates in 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. Featured Stories Receive News & Ratings for Woodward Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Woodward and related companies with MarketBeat.
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