For the quarter ended September 2025, Curtiss-Wright (CW) reported revenue of $869.17 million, up 8.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $3.40, compared to $2.97 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.32% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $871.92 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $3.28, the EPS surprise was +3.66%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Curtiss-Wright performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Adjusted Sales- Aerospace & Industrial: $247.99 million versus $247.75 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.5% change.
- Adjusted Sales- Naval & Power: $368.03 million versus $377.42 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +12.5% change.
- Adjusted Sales- Defense Electronics: $253.16 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $247.19 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +4.2%.
- Adjusted Operating income (expense)- Naval & Power: $61.25 million versus $61.87 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Adjusted Operating income (expense)- Defense Electronics: $73.96 million compared to the $64.25 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Adjusted Operating income (expense)- Aerospace & Industrial: $46.01 million versus $44.64 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Adjusted Operating income (expense)- Corporate and other: $-10.85 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-7.49 million.
- Reported Operating income (expense)- Naval & Power: $57.72 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $58.19 million.
- Reported Operating income (expense)- Defense Electronics: $73.96 million compared to the $64.19 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Reported Operating income (expense)- Aerospace & Industrial: $45.44 million versus $44.92 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Reported Operating income (expense)- Corporate and other: $-10.87 million versus $-6.73 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Curtiss-Wright have returned +8.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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