---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-24-000252"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CW"
cik: "0000026324"
company_name: "CURTISS WRIGHT CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T01:34:56.508038+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Curtiss-Wright reports record FY23 sales $2.8B, adj EPS $9.38; guides FY24 EPS $10-10.30

## Summary
- Q4 adj diluted EPS $3.16 (+8% YoY); Q4 sales $786M (+4%) on 3% organic growth.
- FY23 adj diluted EPS $9.38 (+15% YoY); sales $2.8B (+11% reported, +10% organic).
- FY24 guidance: adj diluted EPS $10.00-$10.30 (+7-10%); sales $2.96B-$3.01B (+4-6% organic).
- FY23 orders $3.1B (+5%); backlog $2.9B (+9%); adjusted FCF $413M (114% conversion).
- Commercial aerospace sales surged 20% in Q4; ground defense +8%; naval defense +2%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-24-000252
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CW
- cik: 0000026324
- company_name: CURTISS WRIGHT CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-15T23:59:59+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/26324/000115752324000252/0001157523-24-000252-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752324000252/a53896511.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-24-000252.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CURTISS WRIGHT CORP updated its the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2023 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2023
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On Wednesday, February 14, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023 as well as expectations for 2024 financial performance.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000115752324000252/0001157523-24-000252-index.htm

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