---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-001243"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CW"
cik: "0000026324"
company_name: "CURTISS WRIGHT CORP"
filed_at: "2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T09:43:12.253107+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Curtiss-Wright Q2 adjusted EPS $2.15 (+18%); raises FY2023 EPS guidance to $8.90-$9.15

## Summary
- Q2 adjusted diluted EPS $2.15 (+18% YoY); sales $704M (+16%).
- Defense Electronics segment sales +32%, operating income +77% as supply chain eases.
- New orders $842M, book-to-bill 1.2; backlog $2.8B (+9% YTD).
- Free cash flow $99M (119% adjusted conversion); dividend raised 5% to $0.20/share.
- FY2023 guidance raised: sales growth 7-9%, EPS $8.90-$9.15, FCF $370-$400M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-001243
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CW
- cik: 0000026324
- company_name: CURTISS WRIGHT CORP
- filed_at: 2023-08-03T23:59:59+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/26324/000115752323001243/0001157523-23-001243-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752323001243/a53503152.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CURTISS WRIGHT CORP reported the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $704 million, EPS $2.10.
  - Period: the second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $704 million
  - EPS: $2.10
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 2, 2023--Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) reports financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023. Second Quarter 2023 Highlights: Reported sales of $704 million, up 16%; Reported operating income of $113 million, operating margin of 16.0%, and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.10; Adjusted operating income of $115 million, up 18%;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752323001243/0001157523-23-001243-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CURTISS WRIGHT CORP reported Full-Year 2023 results: EPS $8.90 to $9.15. Guidance raised.
  - Period: Full-Year 2023
  - EPS: $8.90 to $9.15
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Raised Full-Year 2023 Adjusted Financial Guidance: Sales increased to new range of 7% to 9% growth (previously 4% to 6%), now reflecting growth in all A&D and Commercial end markets; Operating income increased to new range of 8% to 11% growth (previously 5% to 8%); Maintained operating margin range of 17.4% to 17.6%, up 10 to 30 basis points compared with the prior year; Diluted EPS increased to new range of $8.90 to $9.15, up 10% to 13% (previously $8.65 to $8.90); and Free cash flow increased to new range of $370 to $400 million (previously $360 to $400 million) and continues to reflect greater than 110% FCF conversion.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752323001243/0001157523-23-001243-index.htm

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