Growth Metrics

Curtiss Wright (CW) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Curtiss Wright posted quarterly Operating Margin of 17.46% for Q1 2026, up 142.0% year-on-year from 7.21% in Q1 2025, and down 9.04% on a QoQ basis from 19.19% in Q4 2025.

Curtiss Wright (CW) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 17.46% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 142.0% year-over-year to 17.46%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 18.41% (up 105.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 18.11%, up 117.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 17.46%, down from 19.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 20.75% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 10.82% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 17.46% (2026), against an average of 17.0%.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Margin reached 567 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 343 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 20.75% in 2022, then decreased by 1 bps to 20.45% in 2023, then slipped by 8 bps to 18.78% in 2024, then gained by 2 bps to 19.19% in 2025, then dropped by 9 bps to 17.46% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 17.46% (Q1 2026), 19.19% (Q4 2025), and 19.13% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 General Electric 316.77 Bn 306.03 Bn 9.11 Bn -8.61%
2 Rtx 238.61 Bn 233.51 Bn 9.08 Bn 11.57%
3 Boeing 172.59 Bn 151.68 Bn 2.55 Bn 2.02%
4 Lockheed Martin 122.59 Bn 120.70 Bn 2.08 Bn 11.45%
5 Howmet Aerospace 102.88 Bn 100.44 Bn 854.00 Mn 32.56%
6 General Dynamics 92.64 Bn 88.99 Bn 9.09 Bn 10.53%
7 Rocket Lab 82.19 Bn 80.92 Bn 76.49 Mn -27.94%
8 Northrop Grumman 78.95 Bn 76.86 Bn 3.45 Bn 10.01%
9 TransDigm 70.63 Bn 66.75 Bn 1.51 Bn 46.31%
10 Curtiss Wright 26.98 Bn 26.64 Bn 331.48 Mn 17.46%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 17.46%
Dec 31, 2025 19.19%
Sep 30, 2025 19.13%
Jun 30, 2025 17.83%
Mar 31, 2025 16.04%
Dec 31, 2024 18.78%
Sep 30, 2024 18.14%
Jun 30, 2024 16.42%
Mar 31, 2024 14.02%
Dec 31, 2023 20.45%
Sep 30, 2023 18.30%
Jun 30, 2023 16.01%
Mar 31, 2023 12.46%
Dec 31, 2022 20.75%
Sep 30, 2022 17.06%
Jun 30, 2022 16.10%
Mar 31, 2022 10.82%
Dec 31, 2021 15.09%
Sep 30, 2021 15.74%
Jun 30, 2021 15.22%
Mar 31, 2021 14.25%
Dec 31, 2020 11.44%
Sep 30, 2020 14.80%
Jun 30, 2020 10.06%
Mar 31, 2020 12.05%
Dec 31, 2019 18.40%
Sep 30, 2019 17.17%
Jun 30, 2019 16.54%
Mar 31, 2019 12.46%
Dec 31, 2018 16.96%
Sep 30, 2018 16.30%
Jun 30, 2018 16.46%
Mar 31, 2018 11.78%
Dec 31, 2017 17.21%
Sep 30, 2017 16.27%
Jun 30, 2017 14.05%
Mar 31, 2017 9.11%
Dec 31, 2016 16.73%
Sep 30, 2016 15.10%
Jun 30, 2016 12.78%
Mar 31, 2016 11.37%
Dec 31, 2015 18.43%
Sep 30, 2015 12.14%
Jun 30, 2015 12.00%
Mar 31, 2015 13.33%
Dec 31, 2014 13.09%
Sep 30, 2014 13.30%
Jun 30, 2014 12.68%
Mar 31, 2014 11.24%
Dec 31, 2013 12.26%
Sep 30, 2013 12.83%
Jun 30, 2013 11.56%
Mar 31, 2013 7.69%
Dec 31, 2012 13.88%
Sep 30, 2012 4.88%
Jun 30, 2012 7.70%
Mar 31, 2012 7.09%
Dec 31, 2011 10.20%
Sep 30, 2011 9.06%
Jun 30, 2011 9.66%
Mar 31, 2011 8.69%
Dec 31, 2010 8.42%
Sep 30, 2010 10.32%
Jun 30, 2010 9.40%
Mar 31, 2010 7.04%
Dec 31, 2009 11.57%
Sep 30, 2009 8.31%