Woodward, Inc. (WWD): Price and Financial Metrics

WWD POWR Grades

• WWD scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 77.99% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WWD is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• WWD's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 13.2% of US stocks).

WWD Stock Summary

• With a price/earnings ratio of 35.95, WOODWARD INC P/E ratio is greater than that of about 80.56% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• The price/operating cash flow metric for WOODWARD INC is higher than 86.96% of stocks in our set with a positive cash flow.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, WWD is more volatile than only 14.28% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to WWD, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are ACLS, PHAR, VNDA, JKHY, and THRM.
• Visit WWD's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.woodward.com.

WWD Valuation Summary

• WWD's price/sales ratio is 2.5; this is 13.64% higher than that of the median Industrials stock.
• WWD's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 22.8 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WWD.

WWD Growth Metrics

The 2 year revenue growth rate now stands at -23%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 39.6%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 30.27%.

WWD's revenue has moved up $417,962,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows WWD's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	2,459.823	159.75	170.999
2022-09-30	2,382.79	193.638	171.698
2022-06-30	2,312.974	232.77	167.562
2022-03-31	2,255.317	295.78	176.977
2021-12-31	2,249.799	357.234	197.384
2021-09-30	2,245.832	464.669	208.649

WWD's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• WWD has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 90.38% of graded US stocks.
• WWD's asset turnover comes in at 0.553 -- ranking 29th of 53 Electrical Equipment stocks.
• CCF, EFOI, and PLUG are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WWD.

The table below shows WWD's key quality metrics over time.