CW vs TDY vs TER Stock Comparison

Curtiss Wright, Teledyne Technologies and Teradyne Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CW Curtiss Wright Corp
$476.33 -11.8% 1M -16.6% 1Y
Market cap
$17.63B
P/E
32.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.65B
Div. yield
–
Defense Industrials
2 wins
TER Teradyne, Inc
$309.00 -22.4% 1M +114.2% 1Y
Market cap
$50.98B
P/E
44.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.46B
Div. yield
–
Test and Measurement Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Teradyne leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Teradyne 5, Teledyne Technologies 4, Curtiss Wright 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCWTDYTERLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $17.63B $30.34B $50.98B TER
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 32.6x 29.5x 44.3x TDY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 33.2x 24.8x 32.0x TDY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.5% +8.6% +57.9% TER
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.8% 15.8% 25.8% TER
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.7% 8.1% 35.3% TER
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 0.9x — CW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.6% +21.4% +114.2% TER
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +29.7%/yr +7.4%/yr +20.2%/yr CW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.0% 25.6% 78.7% TDY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 69/100 65/100 TDY

Percentile Scorecard

CWTDYTER

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCWTDYTER
Valuation 52 #49 of 100 65 #36 of 100 22 #87 of 111
Growth 59 #40 of 97 38 #61 of 97 89 #13 of 108
Profitability 95 #6 of 96 83 #17 of 96 93 #8 of 104
Financial Health 66 #36 of 105 73 #29 of 105 71 #34 of 115
Shareholder Returns 67 #22 of 64 87 #9 of 64 51 #40 of 81
Overall 68 69 65
  • CW ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • TDY ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • TER ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCWTDYTERSPY
1 month -11.8%+5.2%-22.4% -0.8%
3 months -35.9%-1.0%-7.7% +3.5%
6 months -33.6%-1.5%-23.1% +7.0%
Year to date -13.6%+26.4%+59.6% +12.2%
1 year -16.6%+21.4%+114.2% +13.0%
3 years +143.4%+74.2%+268.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year +34.5%+20.3%+54.5% +23.1%
5 years +266.6%+42.8%+151.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +29.7%+7.4%+20.2% +11.0%
10 years +465.4%+508.2%+1,303.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +18.9%+19.8%+30.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCWTDYTERSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.0%25.6%78.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.0%24.0%85.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.411.123.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.460.831.45 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.3%-32.2%-59.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.9%-6.6%-36.1% -1.8%
52-week high $792.61$691.24$483.84 $779.14
52-week low $464.99$484.47$144.38 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCWTDYTER
P/E now vs peer median 32.5xmedian 26.8x 29.1xmedian 26.8x 42.0xmedian 32.0x
P/S now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 2.9x 4.6xmedian 2.9x 10.8xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.4xmedian 15.2x 19.0xmedian 15.2x 32.0xmedian 19.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.1xmedian 25.5x 26.0xmedian 25.5x 62.8xmedian 29.0x
P/B now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 2.5x 2.7xmedian 2.5x 13.9xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 1.58median 0.94 -49.04median 0.94 1.45median 1.13

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCWTDYTER
Revenue $3.65B $6.52B $4.46B
Gross profit $1.38B $2.84B $2.64B
Operating income $686.21M $1.30B $1.35B
Net income $541.18M $1.03B $1.15B
Free cash flow $625.29M $1.15B $769.75M
R&D $98.16M $330.60M $559.87M
EPS (diluted) $14.58 $21.90 $7.29
Cash & equivalents $477.15M $562.40M $349.54M
Total debt $957.39M $2.03B –
Shares (diluted) 37.12M 46.90M 157.69M
Enterprise value $16.22B $28.57B $49.76B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCWTDYTER
P/E 32.5x 29.1x 42.0x
P/FCF 28.1x 26.0x 62.8x
P/Operating cash flow 24.4x 23.3x 45.4x
P/S 4.8x 4.6x 10.8x
P/B 6.4x 2.7x 13.9x
P/Tangible book 7.8x 3.2x 14.3x
EV/EBITDA 22.4x 19.0x 32.0x
EV/EBIT 26.3x 24.0x 35.5x
EV/Revenue 4.9x 4.8x 10.7x
EV/FCF 28.9x 27.3x 62.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.1x 24.4x 45.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.58 -49.04 1.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCWTDYTER
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.5% 8.6% 57.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.3% 0.5% 16.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.7% 10.8% 58.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.1% -0.1% 16.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 17.3% 23.3% 160.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 0.0% 28.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.9% 25.5% 145.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 19.1% -1.3% 27.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 22.4% 27.2% 149.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 20.6% -0.6% 29.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 25.1% 11.9% 34.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.0% 26.7% 19.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 24.2% 10.5% 38.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.5% 29.4% 18.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCWTDYTER
Gross margin 37.7% 43.6% 59.2%
EBITDA margin 22.0% 25.3% 33.5%
Operating margin 18.8% 20.0% 30.2%
Pretax margin 18.9% 19.4% 30.2%
Net margin 14.8% 15.8% 25.8%
FCF margin 17.1% 17.6% 17.2%
Operating cash flow margin 19.7% 19.6% 23.9%
Return on equity 20.0% 9.3% 35.2%
Return on assets 10.1% 6.7% 24.9%
Return on invested capital 14.7% 8.1% 35.3%
Return on capital employed 17.3% 9.4% 37.8%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.4x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.2x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.6% 1.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCWTDYTER
Debt / assets 17.5% 13.0% –
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 0.9x –
Debt / FCF 1.5x 1.8x –
Liabilities / assets 49.2% 28.5% 29.5%
Equity / assets 50.8% 71.5% 70.5%
Interest coverage 16.2x 26.9x 118.8x
Current ratio 1.6x 2.3x 2.1x
Quick ratio 1.4x 1.3x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.4x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 6.37 5.60 22.48

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCWTDYTER
Dividend yield 0.2% – 0.2%
Net buyback yield 2.5% 1.5% 1.0%
Shareholder yield 2.7% 1.5% 1.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCWTDYTER
Forward P/E 33.2xFY2026 24.8xFY2026 32.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $14.35FY2026 $26.05FY2026 $9.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.5%FY2026 +18.5%FY2026 +143.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.6% +13.6% +25.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.03BFY2026 $6.20BFY2026 $5.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +15.2%FY2026 +1.4%FY2026 +57.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.9% +5.9% +18.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCWTDYTER
Held by institutions 85.6% 97.2% 97.3%
Institutions holding 946 886 1,419
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% +2.7% +5.2%
Institutions buying 479 399 828
Institutions selling 313 327 456
Buyers to sellers 1.53 1.22 1.82

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CWTDYTER
CW 1.00 0.53 0.50
TDY 0.53 1.00 0.47
TER 0.50 0.47 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CW, TDY and TER?

Teradyne (TER) is the largest by market capitalisation: Curtiss Wright (CW) $17.63B, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) $30.34B, Teradyne (TER) $50.98B.

Which stock is cheaper, CW, TDY and TER?

Teledyne Technologies (TDY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Curtiss Wright (CW) 32.6x, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 29.5x, Teradyne (TER) 44.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) is cheapest (Curtiss Wright (CW) 33.2x, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 24.8x, Teradyne (TER) 32.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Teradyne (TER) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Curtiss Wright (CW) +10.5%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +8.6%, Teradyne (TER) +57.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Teradyne (TER) has the highest net margin (Curtiss Wright (CW) 14.8%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 15.8%, Teradyne (TER) 25.8%). On return on invested capital, Teradyne (TER) leads (Curtiss Wright (CW) 14.7%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 8.1%, Teradyne (TER) 35.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Teradyne (TER) returned the most: Curtiss Wright (CW) -16.6%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +21.4%, Teradyne (TER) +114.2%. Over five years, Curtiss Wright (CW) compounded fastest (Curtiss Wright (CW) +29.7%/yr, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) +7.4%/yr, Teradyne (TER) +20.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) has been the steadiest (Curtiss Wright (CW) 36.0%, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) 25.6%, Teradyne (TER) 78.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CW, TDY and TER?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Teradyne (TER) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.