Curtiss-Wright (CW) reported $946.98 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 14.9%. EPS of $3.79 for the same period compares to $3.27 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +6.38% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $890.2 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $3.66, the EPS surprise was +3.49%.
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.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
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: $262.39 million compared to the $261.86 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4.6% year over year.
- Adjusted Sales- Naval & Power: $417.31 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $374.01 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +20.6%.
- Adjusted Sales- Defense Electronics: $267.28 million compared to the $253.01 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +17.5% year over year.
- Adjusted Operating income (expense)- Naval & Power: $74.82 million versus $70.29 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Adjusted Operating income (expense)- Defense Electronics: $69.1 million versus $65.18 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Adjusted Operating income (expense)- Aerospace & Industrial: $52.74 million versus $54.09 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Adjusted Operating income (expense)- Corporate and other: $-10.09 million versus $-10.19 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Reported Operating income (expense)- Naval & Power: $71.28 million versus $66.78 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Reported Operating income (expense)- Defense Electronics: $68.78 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $69.85 million.
- Reported Operating income (expense)- Aerospace & Industrial: $51.8 million versus $52.63 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Reported Operating income (expense)- Corporate and other: $-10.1 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $-14.18 million.
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Shares of Curtiss-Wright have returned +1.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.3% 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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