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CURTISS WRIGHT CORP CW

NYSE · stock · Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment · website · IPO 1980-03-17 · LEI

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.

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Stocktoria Quality Score · grade A
8/9
Piotroski F — financial health
5.27
Altman Z″ — distress risk · safe
0.3%
Dividend yield 5y avg · safe · Dividend payout 7.2%
-2.54
Beneish M-score — earnings quality · low

Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year

Piotroski F /9
6 9 8 6 4 9 6 9 7 8 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Altman Z″
4.91 5.22 5.22 5.19 4.29 4.69 4.59 5.52 5.24 5.27 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

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.

$723.71 as of 2026-08-01 · +51.4% 1y
$478.15$757.7652-wk

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.

Market cap USD$27.6B
P / E57×
Dividend yield 5y avg0.3%
Net margin 5y avg12.3%
Beta0.88
Employees9,200

Analyst price target

$810.83 +12% vs last
consensus: buy · 6 analysts
target range $700.00 – $870.00 · median $821.00
1 strong buy · 4 buy · 2 hold
Recent analyst actions
DateFirmRating
2026-07-20StifelHold (main)
2026-07-01CitigroupNeutral (main)
2026-05-18CitigroupNeutral (main)
2026-04-14StifelHold (main)
2026-04-02CitigroupNeutral (main)
2026-02-13CitigroupNeutral (main)

Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.

Forward estimates · earnings calendar →

Forward EPS est.$17.13
Forward P / E42.2×

Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.

Smart money · insiders, last 12 months

Insiders net sold -$4.5M on the open market · 6 trades

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.

Revenue trend · last 10y · up

How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies

Piotroski Fstronger than 97%
Net marginstronger than 86%
Return on equitystronger than 88%
Revenue growthstronger than 69%

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

Altman Z″ components · safe zone

ComponentValue
Working capital / assets0.117
Retained earnings / assets0.826
EBIT / assets0.121
Equity / liabilities0.943

Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →

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EPACENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP6/95.2520.4+4.6%
LIQTLIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC5/9-10.03+13%
VHUBVenHub Global, Inc.1/9
ZOOZZOOZ Strategy Ltd.3/9
ETNEaton Corp plc6/938.3+10.3%

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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.