William Blair Raises Earnings Estimates for Curtiss-Wright

Curtiss-Wright Co. (NYSE:CW) – Stock analysts at William Blair lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Curtiss-Wright in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, May 8th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now expects that the aerospace company will post earnings of $3.11 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.93. The consensus estimate for Curtiss-Wright’s current full-year earnings is $12.32 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Curtiss-Wright’s Q4 2025 earnings at $3.48 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $12.66 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $13.40 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on Curtiss-Wright from $331.00 to $309.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 14th. Truist Financial cut their price target on shares of Curtiss-Wright from $357.00 to $338.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of Curtiss-Wright from $450.00 to $424.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Curtiss-Wright presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $377.43.

Curtiss-Wright Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of NYSE CW opened at $384.24 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.47 billion, a PE ratio of 36.42, a P/E/G ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a quick ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 1.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $326.48 and a 200-day moving average of $345.26. Curtiss-Wright has a 52-week low of $258.85 and a 52-week high of $393.40.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The aerospace company reported $2.82 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.39 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $805.65 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $767.32 million. Curtiss-Wright had a net margin of 12.98% and a return on equity of 17.11%. Curtiss-Wright’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.99 earnings per share.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Curtiss-Wright news, VP George P. Mcdonald sold 148 shares of Curtiss-Wright stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $325.41, for a total transaction of $48,160.68. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 1,899 shares in the company, valued at $617,953.59. The trade was a 7.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO K Christopher Farkas sold 4,780 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total value of $1,673,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 9,253 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,238,550. The trade was a 34.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 10,642 shares of company stock valued at $3,581,107. Corporate insiders own 0.55% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Curtiss-Wright

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Curtiss-Wright by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,634,028 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $1,289,608,000 after acquiring an additional 15,890 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in Curtiss-Wright by 6.4% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,417,445 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $503,009,000 after purchasing an additional 84,635 shares in the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in Curtiss-Wright by 16.2% in the fourth quarter. TD Asset Management Inc. now owns 766,413 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $271,977,000 after purchasing an additional 107,115 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Curtiss-Wright by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 743,934 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $264,071,000 after buying an additional 12,086 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its stake in Curtiss-Wright by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 592,326 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $210,199,000 after buying an additional 6,971 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.71% of the company’s stock.

About Curtiss-Wright

Curtiss-Wright Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered products, solutions, and services mainly to aerospace and defense, commercial power, process, and industrial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Industrial, Defense Electronics, and Naval & Power.