Benzinga · Oct 2, 2026
Jefferies Maintains Buy on Woodward, Lowers Price Target to $420
Jefferies analyst Sheila Kahyaoglu maintains Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $450 to $420.
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NYSE · WWD
Woodward, Inc.
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
$323.45
Up+$8.88 (+2.75%)
Updated Oct 9, 2026, 5:03 PM
SID Score
5.0/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 17.91B
- P/E ratio
- 40.48
- Dividend yield
- 0.35%
- 52-week range
- $244.69 – $450.92
- Volume
- 452.67K
- Avg. volume
- 541.86K
Price performance · WWD
WWD price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 8, 2026
WWD closed at $323.45 after 21 trading sessions, down 2.80% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $323.45
- Period change
- -2.80%
- Period low
- $318.45
- Period high
- $337.26
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | $320.72 | $328.22 | $320.00 | $323.45 | 452.67K |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $326.38 | $331.825 | $321.575 | $324.25 | 659.88K |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $334.71 | $334.71 | $326.39 | $332.56 | 571.86K |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $330.01 | $337.32 | $327.95 | $332.96 | 782.2K |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $341.18 | $341.94 | $327.01 | $331.62 | 950.78K |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $327.64 | $337.82 | $327.64 | $336.19 | 708.83K |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $330.78 | $331.26 | $324.6301 | $328.59 | 810.75K |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $327.54 | $330.41 | $324.005 | $329.78 | 743.15K |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $329.07 | $329.07 | $324.00 | $325.94 | 592.82K |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $327.73 | $331.03 | $325.80 | $330.31 | 337.57K |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $323.44 | $327.96 | $320.22 | $325.88 | 549.02K |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $320.34 | $329.16 | $320.34 | $326.23 | 536.96K |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $326.50 | $328.80 | $319.01 | $326.14 | 911.24K |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $325.94 | $326.91 | $321.54 | $325.16 | 724.84K |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $320.02 | $322.115 | $317.32 | $321.74 | 1.73M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $329.36 | $329.36 | $315.63 | $319.56 | 749.86K |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $320.88 | $329.16 | $312.43 | $318.45 | 2.45M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $329.06 | $329.06 | $314.81 | $319.50 | 602K |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $326.59 | $328.84 | $321.51 | $324.67 | 1.13M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $338.42 | $342.405 | $336.46 | $337.26 | 432.96K |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $332.97 | $337.66 | $331.06 | $332.76 | 556.3K |
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Woodward Inc is an independent designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets. It designs, produces, and services reliable, efficient, low-emission, and high-performance energy control products for diverse applications in challenging environments. The company operates in two segments, Aerospace and Industrial. The Aerospace segment provides fuel pumps, actuators, air valves, specialty valves, fuel nozzles, and thrust reverser actuation systems for turbine engines and nacelles, and flight deck controls, actuators, servo controls, motors, and sensors for aircraft. The Industrial segment offers actuators, valves, pumps, fuel injection systems, solenoids, ignition systems, speed controls, electronics and software, and sensors.
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | Jefferies | Buy | — |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Guggenheim | Buy | — |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Truist Securities | Buy | — |
| Jul 30, 2026 | RBC Capital | Outperform | — |
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Yahoo · Oct 1, 2026
Heintz Performance Acquires Woodward Machine Corporation in Transaction Advised by Viking M&A
Viking Mergers & Acquisitions recently represented the owner of Woodward Machine Corporation in its sale to Heintz Performance Inc., a motorsports and performance retailer headquartered in Concord, North Carolina.
Benzinga · Sep 30, 2026
Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Woodward, Lowers Price Target to $430
Wells Fargo analyst David Strauss maintains Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) with a Overweight and lowers the price target from $440 to $430.
Yahoo · Sep 26, 2026
Woodward (WWD) Plans a Factory Move and Asset Sale. Can Aerospace Profits Improve?
Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD) announced on September 21 plans to move military flight-control actuation production from Santa Clarita, California, to a new aerospace manufacturing campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina. These systems operate the flight controls on military fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. The Spartanburg facility is expected to begin operating in summer 2027, while Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD) […]
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