Zacks Research Forecasts Curtiss-Wright FY2025 Earnings

Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE:CW) – Research analysts at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Curtiss-Wright in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, October 6th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the aerospace company will post earnings of $12.86 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $12.88. The consensus estimate for Curtiss-Wright’s current full-year earnings is $12.32 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Curtiss-Wright’s Q4 2026 earnings at $3.99 EPS.

CW has been the subject of several other research reports. Citigroup lifted their price objective on Curtiss-Wright from $525.00 to $568.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Curtiss-Wright from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 2nd. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on Curtiss-Wright from $405.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Truist Financial cut their price objective on Curtiss-Wright from $356.00 to $338.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, July 11th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Curtiss-Wright from $450.00 to $457.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $492.86.

Curtiss-Wright Trading Up 3.2%

Shares of CW opened at $557.73 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $502.72 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $441.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.95. Curtiss-Wright has a 52-week low of $266.88 and a 52-week high of $561.49. The company has a market cap of $21.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.07, a PEG ratio of 3.31 and a beta of 1.14.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The aerospace company reported $3.23 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.13 by $0.10. Curtiss-Wright had a return on equity of 18.34% and a net margin of 13.66%.The business had revenue of $876.58 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $855.10 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.67 EPS. Curtiss-Wright’s quarterly revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis.

Curtiss-Wright Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 26th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 26th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.2%. Curtiss-Wright’s payout ratio is presently 8.10%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Curtiss-Wright

In other news, VP John C. Watts sold 1,110 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $480.50, for a total transaction of $533,355.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 3,863 shares in the company, valued at $1,856,171.50. The trade was a 22.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 0.55% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Curtiss-Wright

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Peak Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Curtiss-Wright by 38.1% in the third quarter. Peak Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,435 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $779,000 after purchasing an additional 396 shares during the last quarter. Balefire LLC increased its holdings in Curtiss-Wright by 35.2% in the third quarter. Balefire LLC now owns 668 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $363,000 after purchasing an additional 174 shares during the last quarter. Red Spruce Capital LLC bought a new stake in Curtiss-Wright in the third quarter valued at about $328,000. Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in Curtiss-Wright by 287.3% in the third quarter. Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,715 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $1,474,000 after acquiring an additional 2,014 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in Curtiss-Wright by 9.6% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,152 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $625,000 after acquiring an additional 101 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 82.71% of the company’s stock.

Curtiss-Wright Company Profile

Curtiss-Wright Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered products, solutions, and services mainly to aerospace and defense, commercial power, process, and industrial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Industrial, Defense Electronics, and Naval & Power.