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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-007540"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WWD"
cik: "0000108312"
company_name: "Woodward, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:14:31.563085+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Woodward reports record FY2025 sales $3.57B, EPS $7.19; guides FY2026 EPS $7.50-$8.00

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $995M (+16%), net earnings $138M (+66%), diluted EPS $2.23 (+64%).
- Aerospace FY sales $2.31B (+14%), margin 21.9%; Industrial FY sales $1.25B (-3.2%), margin 14.6%.
- Board authorized new $1.8B share repurchase program; selected by Airbus for A350 spoiler actuation systems.
- Acquired Safran's North American Electromechanical Actuation business; divested Industrial combustion line.
- FY2026 guidance: sales growth 7-12%, EPS $7.50-$8.00, free cash flow $300-$350M, capex ~$290M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-007540
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WWD
- cik: 0000108312
- company_name: Woodward, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184325007540/0001171843-25-007540-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184325007540/f8k_112425.htm

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