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Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) received a strong-buy rating from StockNews.com. Several other brokerages issued ratings on WWD, with one “sell” rating, three “hold” ratings, five “buy” ratings, and one “strong buy” rating. The technology company had an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $136.11 as per MarketBeat.

Woodward (WWD) shares traded up 0.1% on Friday, closing at $133.18. The company has a market cap of $8.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.33, and a beta of 1.41. It last reported quarterly earnings of $1.33 EPS and revenue of $777.07 million. Insiders have sold shares recently, with 1.12% of the stock currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional investors have bought and sold shares of WWD, with Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., State Street Corp, Hawk Ridge Capital Management LP, and Norges Bank among the notable buyers. Collectively, 79.63% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Woodward, Inc is a technology company operating worldwide in the aerospace and industrial markets. It designs, manufactures, and services control solutions for these markets, with a wide range of products including fuel pumps, actuators, fuel nozzles, and controls for aircraft.



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