Growth Metrics

Woodward (WWD) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Woodward (WWD) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.13% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales rose 2.0% to 0.13% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.1% through Dec 2025, up 3.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.09% for FY2025, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.13% at Woodward, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Sales was 0.13% in Q4 2025, with the low at 0.15% in Q3 2021.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.06%, with a median of 0.08% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales crashed -33bps in 2021, then increased 7bps in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Sales stood at 0.06% in 2021, then dropped by -14bps to 0.05% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 139bps to 0.11% in 2023, then fell by -2bps to 0.11% in 2024, then grew by 19bps to 0.13% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.13%, 0.02%, and 0.12% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.