---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-001333"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CW"
cik: "0000026324"
company_name: "CURTISS WRIGHT CORP"
filed_at: "2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T13:21:56.337593+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Curtiss-Wright Q3 adj EPS $1.88 (+6%); raises FY21 EPS guidance, adds $400M buyback

## Summary
- Adj diluted EPS $1.88, up 6% YoY; reported EPS $1.70. Adj sales $614M, up 12%.
- Board authorized $400M additional share repurchase; completed $200M opportunistic buyback (~1.5M shares).
- Raised FY21 adj EPS guidance low end to $7.20-$7.35 (prev $7.15-$7.35); sales growth 7-9% maintained.
- New orders $617M, up 13%; backlog $2.2B, up 2% vs Dec 2020. Q3 free cash flow $97M, up 98%.
- Defense Electronics adj sales +22% on PacStar; A&I adj op margin +240 bps to 15.7%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-001333
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CW
- cik: 0000026324
- company_name: CURTISS WRIGHT CORP
- filed_at: 2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752321001333/0001157523-21-001333-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752321001333/a52521066.htm

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