Woodward (WWD) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Woodward (WWD) reported Operating Margin of 14.73% for Q1 2026, up 126.0% year-over-year from 6.52% in Q1 2025, and down 7.9% quarter-over-quarter from 16.0% in Q4 2025.

Woodward (WWD) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Woodward (WWD) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 14.73% in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 14.73%, up 126.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.76% (up 221.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 13.43%, up 54.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin eased to 14.73% in Q1 2026 per WWD's latest filing, from 16.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 16.0% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 5.52% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 11.7% and a median of 12.59% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Margin sank 405 bps in 2023, then jumped 830 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 5.52% in 2022, then jumped by 128 bps to 12.59% in 2023, then retreated by 8 bps to 11.61% in 2024, then soared by 38 bps to 16.0% in 2025, then slipped by 8 bps to 14.73% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WWD's Operating Margin at 14.73% in Q1 2026, 16.0% in Q4 2025, and 15.15% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 5,720.56 Bn 5,720.56 Bn 456,459.43 -90.05%
2 General Electric 359.38 Bn 348.64 Bn 9.11 Bn -8.61%
3 Rtx 248.80 Bn 243.70 Bn 9.08 Bn 11.57%
4 Boeing 180.64 Bn 159.74 Bn 2.55 Bn 2.02%
5 Lockheed Martin 121.64 Bn 119.74 Bn 2.08 Bn 11.45%
6 Howmet Aerospace 108.46 Bn 106.03 Bn 854.00 Mn 32.56%
7 General Dynamics 96.96 Bn 93.31 Bn 9.09 Bn 10.53%
8 Embraer 95.73 Bn 93.11 Bn - -
9 Northrop Grumman 77.30 Bn 75.21 Bn 3.45 Bn 10.01%
10 Woodward 23.99 Bn 23.49 Bn 315.91 Mn 14.73%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.73%
Dec 31, 2025 16.00%
Sep 30, 2025 15.15%
Jun 30, 2025 13.04%
Mar 31, 2025 13.47%
Dec 31, 2024 11.61%
Sep 30, 2024 11.16%
Jun 30, 2024 13.85%
Mar 31, 2024 13.94%
Dec 31, 2023 12.59%
Sep 30, 2023 11.78%
Jun 30, 2023 13.04%
Mar 31, 2023 5.64%
Dec 31, 2022 5.52%
Sep 30, 2022 8.70%
Jun 30, 2022 8.99%
Mar 31, 2022 9.70%
Dec 31, 2021 6.41%
Sep 30, 2021 11.87%
Jun 30, 2021 10.14%