---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000325"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CW"
cik: "0000026324"
company_name: "CURTISS WRIGHT CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T05:32:13.534502+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Curtiss-Wright Q4 adj. EPS $2.92 (+21% YoY); FY23 guidance: sales +4-6%, EPS $8.65-8.90

## Summary
- Q4 adjusted sales $758M (+16% YoY); adjusted operating margin 21.1% (+140 bps).
- Q4 adjusted diluted EPS $2.92 (+21% YoY); adjusted FCF $299M (265% conversion).
- Full-year 2022 adjusted EPS $8.13 (+11% YoY); record orders $2.9B (+15%), backlog $2.6B (+19%).
- FY23 guidance: sales $2.655-2.710B (+4-6%), EPS $8.65-8.90 (+6-10%), FCF $360-400M.
- Completed $300M private placement of senior notes (4.49%-4.64%) in Oct 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000325
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CW
- cik: 0000026324
- company_name: CURTISS WRIGHT CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752323000325/0001157523-23-000325-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752323000325/a53334778.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000325
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000325.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000325.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CURTISS WRIGHT CORP updated its full-year 2023 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: full-year 2023
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Curtiss-Wright Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Financial Results; Issues Full-Year 2023 Guidance Reflecting Higher Sales, Operating Margin, EPS and Free Cash Flow
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752323000325/0001157523-23-000325-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CURTISS WRIGHT CORP reported full-year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $2.6 billion, EPS $7.62.
  - Period: full-year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $2.6 billion
  - EPS: $7.62
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Reported sales of $2.6 billion, operating income of $423 million, operating margin of 16.6%, diluted EPS of $7.62, and FCF of $257 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752323000325/0001157523-23-000325-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CURTISS WRIGHT CORP reported fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $758 million, EPS $2.82.
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $758 million
  - EPS: $2.82
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Reported sales of $758 million, operating income of $157 million, operating margin of 20.8%, diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.82, and free cash flow (FCF) of $283 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752323000325/0001157523-23-000325-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.