Woodward (WWD) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Woodward (WWD) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 14.73% for Q1 2026, up 126.0% YoY from 6.52% in Q1 2025, and down 7.9% sequentially from 16.0% in Q4 2025.

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

Woodward has disclosed Operating Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 14.73% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 126.0% year-over-year to 14.73%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 14.76% (up 221.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 13.43%, up 54.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin fell to 14.73% in Q1 2026, from 16.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for WWD reached as high as 16.0% in Q4 2025 and fell as low as 5.52% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 12.59% (2023), against an average of 11.7%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Margin tumbled 405 bps — and 2024, when it jumped 830 bps.
  • 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.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 14.73%, 16.0%, and 15.15% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Boeing 1,106.33 Bn 1,085.43 Bn 2.55 Bn 2.02%
2 Rtx 258.51 Bn 253.40 Bn 9.08 Bn 11.57%
3 General Dynamics 174.86 Bn 171.21 Bn 9.09 Bn 10.53%
4 Lockheed Martin 119.99 Bn 118.10 Bn 2.08 Bn 11.45%
5 Howmet Aerospace 107.26 Bn 104.82 Bn 854.00 Mn 32.56%
6 TransDigm 76.18 Bn 72.30 Bn 1.51 Bn 46.31%
7 Northrop Grumman 73.88 Bn 71.79 Bn 3.45 Bn 10.01%
8 Rocket Lab 60.59 Bn 59.31 Bn 76.49 Mn -27.94%
9 L3Harris Technologies 54.60 Bn 54.60 Bn 1.40 Bn 11.35%
10 Woodward 44.62 Mn -456.55 Mn 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%