Woodward Inc [WWD] stock is trading at $243.96, up 2.70%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The WWD shares have gain 1.66% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.30%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Woodward Inc [NASDAQ: WWD] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 20, 2025, when Alembic Global Advisors upgraded its rating to a Overweight but kept the price target unchanged to $281 for it. Previously, Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to Buy on June 03, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $291. On October 04, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold and revised its price target to $160 on the stock. Truist upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $187 on August 21, 2024. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $190 on July 31, 2024. Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on July 31, 2024, and downed its price target to $158. In a note dated February 01, 2024, Alembic Global Advisors downgraded a Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $148.
Woodward Inc [WWD] stock has fluctuated between $146.82 and $267.45 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $209.67 within the next 12 months. Woodward Inc [NASDAQ: WWD] shares were valued at $243.96 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -14.06% based on the average WWD price forecast.
Analyzing the WWD fundamentals
Woodward Inc [NASDAQ:WWD] reported sales of 3.43B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 7.99%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.12%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.14%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.11. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.17.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 236.76 points at the first support level, and at 229.55 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 247.72, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 251.48.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Woodward Inc’s Current Ratio is 2.04. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.39, and the Cash Ratio is 0.47. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.27, the price to book ratio is 5.92 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 38.59.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved COHN JOHN D, Director, that happened on Sep 08 ’25 when 1750.0 shares were sold. Director, John D Cohn completed a deal on Sep 08 ’25 to buy 1750.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Paterson Eileen P. sold 9500.0 shares on Jul 31 ’25.
