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Curtiss-Wright Corporation CW
$545.64 +0.13% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $20.16B
High quality
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +3.5%).
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $14.54, up 22.7% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth61Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 40%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 35%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 39%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 27%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 19%
Quality89Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 17%
- Gross marginTop 29%
- Operating marginTop 14%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 40%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
- Interest coverTop 14%
Value27Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 49%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 49%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 32%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 15%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 33%
Momentum28Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 45%
- 6-month returnBottom 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 44%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 37%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Revisions88Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 44%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 5%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 32%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 32%
Stability76Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 33%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 17%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 12.2% | 10.5% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 21.5% | 22.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 37.3% | 37.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 18.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 15.2% | 17.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.5% | 12.2% | ↓ | Top 40% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 22.7% | 21.5% | ↑ | Top 35% |
| Gross margin | 37.7% | 37.3% | ↑ | Top 29% |
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 17.7% | ↑ | Top 14% |
| Net margin | 14.8% | 13.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 17.1% | 15.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 12.7% | — | Top 17% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 11.0% | — | Top 27% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.33×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -6.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.82×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 16.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.18%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.21%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.39%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $791.67
- Target vs current price
- +45.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 25
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 68%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +3.0% | -1.2% | -6.8% | -23.7% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +5.1% | +1.9% | +0.9% | +0.7% | -0.7% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | +2.7% | -1.7% | +7.0% | +7.3% | +12.2% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +3.0% | -0.2% | -1.8% | -8.6% | +13.3% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +3.5% | -0.5% | -2.0% | -6.6% | +17.6% |
| May 7, 2025 | +18.5% | -0.3% | +8.8% | +23.1% | +35.9% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | +4.8% | -2.5% | -4.3% | -10.4% | +7.8% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +10.0% | -0.1% | +1.8% | +5.9% | -4.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $3.72 | $3.61 | +3.0% | $924.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | $3.48 | $3.31 | +5.1% | $913.7M |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $3.79 | $3.69 | +2.7% | $947.0M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $3.40 | $3.30 | +3.0% | $869.2M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $3.23 | $3.12 | +3.5% | $876.6M |
| May 7, 2025 | $2.82 | $2.38 | +18.5% | $805.6M |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $3.27 | $3.12 | +4.8% | $824.3M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $2.97 | $2.70 | +10.0% | $798.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 37.5× | 25.5× | 76th | Top 49% |
| P/E (forward) | 35.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.3× | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| EV / Sales | 5.70× | — | — | Bottom 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.10% | — | — | Bottom 49% |
| Earnings yield | 2.66% | — | — | Top 49% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 20.2× – 53.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +0.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +22.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +22.9%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -11.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -19.4%
- RSI (14)
- 34.3
- Relative volume
- 0.77×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 81th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.05
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.52
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -31.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -32.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | Sep 28, 2026 | -32.9% | 59 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 11, 2024 | Apr 4, 2025 | -27.3% | 98 days | 26 days (May 13, 2025) |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Jun 17, 2022 | -20.6% | 41 days | 84 days (Oct 18, 2022) |
| May 7, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -15.4% | 49 days | 58 days (Oct 8, 2021) |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -15.0% | 12 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $20.16B
- P/E (TTM)
- 37.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $14.54
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.65B
- Dividend yield
- 0.18%
- 52-week range
- $521.66 – $808.16
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.50B | $2.56B | $2.85B | $3.12B | $3.50B |
| Gross profit | $927.8M | $954.6M | $1.07B | $1.15B | $1.30B |
| Operating income | $377.1M | $423.4M | $484.6M | $528.6M | $638.0M |
| Net income | $262.8M | $294.3M | $354.5M | $405.0M | $484.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.58 | $7.62 | $9.20 | $10.55 | $12.87 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $798.9M | $824.3M | $805.6M | $876.6M | $869.2M | $947.0M | $913.7M | $924.0M |
| Net income | $111.2M | $117.9M | $101.3M | $121.1M | $124.8M | $137.0M | $128.2M | $151.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.89 | $3.09 | $2.68 | $3.19 | $3.32 | $3.69 | $3.46 | $4.07 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $387.7M | $294.8M | $448.1M | $544.3M | $643.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$41.1M | -$38.2M | -$44.7M | -$61.0M | -$89.7M |
| Free cash flow | $346.6M | $256.6M | $403.4M | $483.3M | $553.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$28.7M | -$28.8M | -$30.2M | -$31.7M | -$34.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$333.4M | -$46.9M | -$39.6M | -$238.7M | -$452.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $477.1M
- Total assets
- $5.46B
- Total liabilities
- $2.69B
- Total debt
- $1.15B
- Net debt
- $671.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.77B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | $0.26 | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.26 | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | $0.24 | Apr 13, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.24 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | $0.24 | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | $0.24 | Jul 7, 2025 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | $0.21 | Apr 14, 2025 |
| Nov 22, 2024 | $0.21 | Dec 3, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 778,262
- Days to cover
- 2.23
- Change vs previous report
- -1.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 24, 2006
- 2-for-1
- Dec 18, 2003
- 2-for-1
- Dec 24, 1997
- 2-for-1