---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000026324-24-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CW"
cik: "0000026324"
company_name: "CURTISS WRIGHT CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:43:31.469395+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Curtiss-Wright Q3 sales $799M (+10%), adj EPS $2.97 (+17%); raises FY guidance

## Summary
- Sales $799M (+10%), adj operating income $149M (+11%), adj operating margin 18.7% (+20 bps).
- A&D market sales +15%; Defense Electronics +12% with record quarterly orders.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $2.97 vs $2.54 a year ago; raised FY24 EPS guidance to $10.55-$10.75.
- Free cash flow $163M (142% adj FCF conversion); backlog $3.3B (+16% YTD).
- FY24 sales guidance raised to $3.05B-$3.095B (+7-9%); FCF raised to $430M-$450M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000026324-24-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CW
- cik: 0000026324
- company_name: CURTISS WRIGHT CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000002632424000046/0000026324-24-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000002632424000046/cw-20241030.htm

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