During the last session, Woodward Inc (NASDAQ:WWD)’s traded shares were 0.73 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.29. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $245.14, reflecting an intraday loss of -0.47% or -$1.16. The 52-week high for the WWD share is $255.69, that puts it down -4.3 from that peak though still a striking 40.45% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $145.98. The company’s market capitalization is $14.59B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 0.62 million shares, and the average trade volume was 526.87K shares over the past three months.
Woodward Inc (WWD) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.31. WWD has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 9 analysts who have looked at this stock. 3 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 6 recommend a Buy rating for it.
Woodward Inc (NASDAQ:WWD) trade information
Woodward Inc (WWD) registered a -0.47% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -0.47% in intraday trading to $245.14, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -2.85%, and it has moved by 6.71% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 47.30%. The short interest in Woodward Inc (NASDAQ:WWD) is 0.77 million shares and it means that shorts have 1.48 day(s) to cover.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $187, which implies a decrease of -31.09% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $175 and $267 respectively. As a result, WWD is trading at a discount of -8.92% off the target high and 28.61% off the low.
An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 8.34%. While earnings are projected to return 4.29% in 2025, the next five years will return 13.86% per annum.
WWD Dividends
Woodward Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings on 2025-Apr-28. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Woodward Inc is 1.06, with the dividend yield indicating at 0.43 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 0.61%.
Woodward Inc (NASDAQ:WWD)’s Major holders
Woodward Inc insiders own 0.20% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 92.38%, with the float percentage being 92.57%. AUSTIN PRIVATE WEALTH, LLC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 626.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 20.0 million shares (or 33.0989% of all shares), a total value of $348.0 in shares.
The next largest institutional holding, with 5.98 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 9.8912% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $1.04 billion.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Woodward Inc (WWD) shares are iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES-Growth-Income Fund . Data provided on May 31, 2025 indicates that iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF owns about 1.93 shares. This amounts to just over 3.25 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $472.52 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 1.92, or about 3.23% of the stock, which is worth about $470.32 million.
