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

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 12.100-12.400 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS 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 Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently commented on CW. Alembic Global Advisors began coverage on shares of Curtiss-Wright in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $412.00 price target for the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft initiated coverage on shares of Curtiss-Wright in a report on Thursday, December 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $452.00 target price for the company. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of Curtiss-Wright from $333.00 to $357.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Curtiss-Wright from $334.00 to $395.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus cut 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. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $386.86.

Curtiss-Wright Stock Down 2.4 %

CW traded down $8.18 during trading on Friday, hitting $329.77. The company had a trading volume of 33,314 shares, compared to its average volume of 281,420. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a current ratio of 1.98 and a quick ratio of 1.39. Curtiss-Wright has a 1-year low of $230.00 and a 1-year high of $393.40. The business has a 50-day moving average of $357.59 and a 200-day moving average of $341.00. The company has a market cap of $12.51 billion, a PE ratio of 31.20, a P/E/G ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 1.19.

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

Curtiss-Wright Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Curtiss-Wright

In other news, CFO K Christopher Farkas sold 2,453 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $347.00, for a total transaction of $851,191.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 12,712 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,411,064. This represents a 16.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Lynn M. Bamford sold 8,289 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $346.87, for a total transaction of $2,875,205.43. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 38,905 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,494,977.35. The trade was a 17.56 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders acquired 116 shares of company stock worth $35,278 and sold 23,064 shares worth $8,157,322. 0.67% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.