secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Woodward, Inc. (WWD)
CIK:        0000108312
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-22-007569
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Woodward reports FY2022 EPS $2.71; Q4 sales up 12% but earnings flat; FY2023 guidance $3.15-3.60 EPS
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- Net sales FY2022 $2.38B (+6% YoY); net earnings $172M ($2.71 per share) vs $209M.
- Q4 net sales $640M (+12%); net earnings $54M ($0.88) vs $50M; adjusted EPS $0.84 vs $0.82.
- Aerospace segment sales up 8% to $1.52B; segment earnings margin 15.2% vs 16.7%.
- Free cash flow $141M vs $427M; company returned $518M to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
- FY2023 outlook: sales $2.60-2.75B, EPS $3.15-3.60, free cash flow $200-250M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184322007569/0001171843-22-007569-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184322007569/f8k_111722.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-007569

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