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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-26-005009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WWD"
cik: "0000108312"
company_name: "Woodward, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-29T20:00:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-29T20:01:06.241028+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Woodward Q3 FY2026 EPS $2.40 (+36% YoY); raises full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $9.30-$9.50

## Summary
- Net sales $1.1B (+21% YoY); adjusted EPS $2.52 (+43% YoY).
- Aerospace segment earnings $170M (+35%); Industrial segment earnings $88M (+86%).
- FY2026 adjusted EPS guidance raised to $9.30-$9.50 from $9.15-$9.45; free cash flow guidance unchanged at $300-$350M.
- Share repurchases of $198M in Q3; dividends paid $19M.
- Management cites durable demand, capacity expansion, and operational excellence.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-005009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WWD
- cik: 0000108312
- company_name: Woodward, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-29T20:00:17+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/108312/000117184326005009/0001171843-26-005009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184326005009/f8k_072926.htm

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