WWD (Woodward) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 1.10% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Woodward 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

5-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past five years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from five years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Woodward's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 1.10%.

WWD's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
92.76% of 221 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: -2.7 vs WWD: 1.10

Competitive Comparison of Woodward's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Woodward's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Woodward's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Woodward's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Woodward 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from five years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with least-square regression based on the latest six years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Woodward (NAS:WWD) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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Woodward Business Description

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Address

1081 Woodward Way, Fort Collins, CO, USA, 80524

Website

https://www.woodward.com

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.

Executives

Charles P Blankenship	director, officer: CEO and President	1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO 80524
John D Cohn	director	C/O ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., 1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53204
Thomas G Cromwell	officer: Vice Chairman, COO	1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO 80524
Gregg C Sengstack	director	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC, 9255 COVERDALE RD, FORT WAYNE IN 46809
Christopher Fawzy	officer: VP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec	201 MENTOR DRIVE, SANTA BARBARA CA 93111
Randall Hobbs	officer: President, Industrial	1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO 80524
Ronald M Sega	director	10877 WILSHIRE BLVD, SUITE 710, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Rajeev Bhalla	director	1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO 80524
Tana Leigh Utley	director	C/O SPX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 6325 ARDREY KELL ROAD, SUITE 400, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Mary D Petryszyn	director	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
William F. Lacey	officer: CFO	1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO 80524
Mark D Hartman	officer: Chief Financial Officer	1081 WOODWARD WAY, FORT COLLINS CO 80524
Paul Donovan	director	PO BOX 7003, ROCKFORD IL 61125-7003
David P Hess	director	390 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Mary L Petrovich	director