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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-004742"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WWD"
cik: "0000108312"
company_name: "Woodward, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T00:07:08.518141+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Woodward Q3 FY25 EPS $1.76 (+8%); raises FY sales/earnings guidance; lowers FCF view

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $915M (+8% YoY); EPS $1.76 (+8%) on strong Aerospace demand.
- Aerospace segment sales +15.2% to $596M; earnings +23.5% to $126M; margin expands 140bps to 21.1%.
- Industrial segment sales -3.2% to $319M; earnings -20.3% to $48M, driven by lower China on-highway volume.
- FY2025 guidance raised: sales $3.45-3.525B, adjusted EPS $6.50-$6.75; free cash flow guidance lowered to $315-$350M.
- Q3 share repurchases $45M; dividends $17M; total debt $933M at quarter end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-004742
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WWD
- cik: 0000108312
- company_name: Woodward, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184325004742/0001171843-25-004742-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184325004742/f8k_072825.htm

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