---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-004215"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WWD"
cik: "0000108312"
company_name: "Woodward, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T15:37:26.806807+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Woodward Q3 net sales up 6% to $848M; EPS $1.63 vs $1.37; guides FY adj EPS $5.80-$6.00

## Summary
- Net sales $848M (+6% YoY), net earnings $102M ($1.63 diluted EPS), vs $85M ($1.37).
- Aerospace aftermarket: commercial +19%, defense +22%; segment earnings margin 19.7% vs 17.3%.
- Industrial sales +3% to $330M; power gen +8%, transportation +3%, oil & gas -6%; earnings margin ~18.1% flat.
- FY guidance revised: sales range narrowed to $3.25-$3.3B; adj EPS raised to $5.80-$6.00; adj free cash flow $300-$350M.
- Free cash flow first nine months $225M vs $98M YoY; returned $348M to stockholders via dividends and buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-004215
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WWD
- cik: 0000108312
- company_name: Woodward, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184324004215/0001171843-24-004215-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184324004215/f8k_072924.htm

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