secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Woodward, Inc. (WWD)
CIK:        0000108312
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-23-004807
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Woodward Q3 net sales up 30% to $801M; raises FY adjusted EPS guidance to $4.05-$4.25
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- Q3 net earnings $85M ($1.37 EPS) vs $39M ($0.64 EPS) YoY.
- Aerospace segment sales $481M (+19.6% YoY); segment earnings margin 17.3%.
- Industrial segment sales $320M (+50.6% YoY) driven by China natural gas truck production.
- FY23 sales guidance raised to $2.85-2.90B; adjusted EPS raised to $4.05-$4.25 (prior $3.50-$3.75).
- YTD free cash flow $98M vs $49M; $64M returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184323004807/0001171843-23-004807-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184323004807/f8k_073123.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-004807

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