For the quarter ended March 2025, Woodward (WWD) reported revenue of $883.63 million, up 5.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.69, compared to $1.62 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +6.43% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $830.26 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.44, the EPS surprise was +17.36%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
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 Woodward performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Segment external net sales- Industrial: $322 million compared to the $295.11 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -4.7% year over year.
- Segment external net sales- Aerospace: $562 million versus $530.81 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +13% change.
- Aerospace segment net sales- Defense aftermarket: $54 million versus $61.93 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -8.6% change.
- Aerospace segment net sales- Commercial aftermarket: $202 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $173.59 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +23.3%.
- Aerospace segment net sales- Commercial OEM: $167 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $179.89 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -9%.
- Aerospace segment net sales- Defense OEM: $138 million compared to the $111.10 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +51.6% year over year.
- Segment earnings- Aerospace: $125 million versus $107.71 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Segment earnings (loss)- Industrial: $46 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $40.52 million.
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Shares of Woodward have returned -0.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -4.3% 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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