CURTISS WRIGHT CORP CW
CURTISS WRIGHT CORP (CW) earns a Piotroski F-score of 8/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.13% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $3.5B at a 13.8% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.54 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | Stifel | Hold (main) |
| 2026-07-01 | Citigroup | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-05-18 | Citigroup | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-04-14 | Stifel | Hold (main) |
| 2026-04-02 | Citigroup | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-02-13 | Citigroup | Neutral (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 8/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.117 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.826 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.121 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.943 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CW | CURTISS WRIGHT CORP | 8/9 | 5.27 | 57 | +12.1% |
| MOG-A | MOOG INC. | 7/9 | 5.48 | 57.3 | +7% |
| EPAC | ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP | 6/9 | 5.25 | 20.4 | +4.6% |
| LIQT | LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC | 5/9 | -10.03 | — | +13% |
| VHUB | VenHub Global, Inc. | 1/9 | — | — | — |
| ZOOZ | ZOOZ Strategy Ltd. | 3/9 | — | — | — |
| ETN | Eaton Corp plc | 6/9 | — | 38.3 | +10.3% |
About CURTISS WRIGHT CORP
Curtiss-Wright Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered products, solutions, and services mainly to aerospace and defense, commercial nuclear power, process, and industrial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Industrial, Defense Electronics, and Naval & Power. The Aerospace & Industrial segment offers industrial and specialty vehicle products, such as power management electronics, traction inverters, transmission shifters, and control systems; sensors, controls, and electro-mechanical actuation components used on commercial and military aircraft; and surface technology services including shot peening, laser peening, and engineered coatings. The Defense Electronics segment provides commercial off-the-shelf embedded computing board-level modules and processing equipment, data acquisition and flight test instrumentation equipment, integrated subsystems, instrumentation and control systems, tactical communications solutions; and electronic stabilization products, and weapons handling systems; avionics and electronics; flight test equipment; and aircraft data management solutions. The Naval & Power segment offers main coolant pumps, power-dense compact motors, generators, steam turbines, valves, and secondary propulsion systems; energy absorbers, retractable hook cable systems, net-stanchion systems and mobile systems to support fixed land-based arresting systems; hardware, valves, fastening systems, specialized containment doors, airlock hatches, and spent fuel management products; reactor coolant pumps and control rod drive mechanisms for commercial nuclear power plants, as well as various nuclear reactor technologies. This segment furnishes severe-service valve technologies and services, heat exchanger repair, and piping test and isolation products, and offers ship repair and maintenance for the U.S. navy. Curtiss-Wright Corporation was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina.
FAQ
Is CW financially healthy?
CURTISS WRIGHT CORP's Piotroski F-score is 8/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does CW pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. CURTISS WRIGHT CORP pays a dividend yielding about 0.13% with a 7.2% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is CW?
In FY2025, CURTISS WRIGHT CORP had a net margin of 13.8% and a return on equity of 19.1%.
Is CW overvalued or undervalued?
CURTISS WRIGHT CORP trades at about 56.2× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 18.3×–51.0×, median 23.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for CW?
The average Wall-Street price target for CURTISS WRIGHT CORP is $810.83, about 12.0% above the recent price, from 6 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is CW a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on CURTISS WRIGHT CORP: a Piotroski F-score of 8/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 57.0×, a dividend yield of 0.13%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.