secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CURTISS WRIGHT CORP (CW)
CIK:        0000026324
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-06T11:30:37+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-053847
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Curtiss-Wright Q2 adj EPS $3.72 beats; raises FY2026 guidance on strong orders
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- Q2 sales $924M (+5% YoY); adj operating margin 19.4% (+110 bps); adj diluted EPS $3.72 (+15%).
- New orders $1.1B (+8%), book-to-bill 1.16x; backlog $4.5B (+10% from Dec 2025).
- Raised FY2026 adj EPS guidance to $15.10-$15.40 (prev $14.90-$15.30); sales growth now 8-9%.
- Free cash flow $160M (116% conversion); dividend raised 8% to $0.26/share (10th consecutive increase).
- Aerospace & Industrial segment sales +12%; Defense Electronics -3% but margin up 120 bps to 28.0%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000162828026053847/0001628280-26-053847-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000162828026053847/cw-20260805.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-053847

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