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Woodward Inc (WWD) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for WWD, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.88 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How WWD has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.88 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Woodward Inc moved 0.88% on average · correlation 0.21 · higher than 82% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.73 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.69% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.11% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Aerospace & Defense · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Aerospace & Defense · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against WWD on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Woodward Inc

WWD in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Woodward designs and services control systems for aircraft engines and industrial engines, split between an Aerospace segment and an Industrial segment. The aerospace side makes fuel pumps, actuators, valves and flight-deck controls for turbine engines and nacelles, plus aftermarket repair work for airlines and military depots. The industrial side supplies actuators, valves, ignition systems and control electronics for gas turbines, steam turbines, compressors and engines, sold mainly to equipment builders. It is based in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Where it sits in the stack
Woodward carries no seat in our AI build-out index, so it sits in our broader industrials universe within the Aerospace & Defense sleeve, supplying control hardware to engine and turbine builders rather than to compute infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
Its two segments split naturally into aerospace-controls peers and industrial-controls peers; the name the market most often sets beside it is Honeywell, which competes across both of its markets.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Woodward sits in the Russell 1000 but carries no other Closelooknet index seat, and it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score; the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
Whether commercial aircraft build rates and airline maintenance demand hold up, since these drive the aerospace segment that sits alongside its industrial-engine business.

Woodward Inc (WWD) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Guggenheim, 2026-09-14

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for WWD from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Guggenheim — target 404 Target set to $404 (+24.4% to spot) 2026-09-14

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.38%, quarterly · last 0.32 USD on 2026-08-20

Dividends and capital return

What WWD pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.24 USD per share · a 0.38% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +13.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.09 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.32 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-20
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.22 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.00 USD · 2025: 1.12 USD · 2026: 0.96 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-17

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Woodward Inc (WWD)?

Woodward Inc trades as WWD on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is WWD in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Woodward Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does WWD trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -7.1% vs the 50-day and -8.9% vs the 200-day average, 26.7% below the 52-week high and +42% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 5 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Woodward Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Woodward Inc had a beta of 0.88 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 82% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.69% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Woodward Inc do?

Woodward designs and services control systems for aircraft engines and industrial engines, split between an Aerospace segment and an Industrial segment. The aerospace side makes fuel pumps, actuators, valves and flight-deck controls for turbine engines and nacelles, plus aftermarket repair work for airlines and military depots. The industrial side supplies actuators, valves, ignition systems and control electronics for gas turbines, steam turbines, compressors and engines, sold mainly to equipment builders. Its two segments split naturally into aerospace-controls peers and industrial-controls peers; the name the market most often sets beside it is Honeywell, which competes across both of its markets.

Where does Woodward Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Woodward carries no seat in our AI build-out index, so it sits in our broader industrials universe within the Aerospace & Defense sleeve, supplying control hardware to engine and turbine builders rather than to compute infrastructure. Woodward sits in the Russell 1000 but carries no other Closelooknet index seat, and it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score; the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

Does Woodward Inc pay a dividend?

Woodward Inc has paid 1.24 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.38% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.32 USD on 2026-08-20. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Woodward Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Woodward Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Guggenheim on 2026-09-14 (target 404). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WWD, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Aerospace & Defense. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.