---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-000584"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WWD"
cik: "0000108312"
company_name: "Woodward, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T03:54:19.394505+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Woodward Q1 FY2025: sales $773M -2%, EPS $1.42 -3%; narrows FY25 adj EPS outlook to $5.85-6.25

## Summary
- Net sales $773M (-2% YoY); net earnings $87M (-3%); GAAP EPS $1.42 (-3%); adjusted EPS $1.35 (-7%).
- Aerospace segment revenue $494M (+7%), segment earnings $95M (+20%), margin 19.2% (+200 bps).
- Industrial segment revenue $279M (-15%), segment earnings $40M (-40%), margin 14.4% (-610 bps).
- FY25 guidance: adj effective tax rate now ~19% (prev ~20%); adj EPS range narrowed to $5.85-$6.25 (prev $5.75-$6.25).
- Cash from operations $35M (-26%), free cash flow $1M (-81%); reaffirms FY25 FCF guidance $350-$400M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-000584
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WWD
- cik: 0000108312
- company_name: Woodward, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184325000584/0001171843-25-000584-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184325000584/f8k_020325.htm

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