We estimate that the CEO of Woodward, Inc. ($WWD), Charles Blankenship, Jr., received a compensation of $10,482,876 in 2025. This is a decrease of -6.63% from an estimated $11,177,865 in 2024.
These estimates are based on a new DEF14A filing, filed with the SEC on December 12, 2025. Note that parsing errors may occur.
You can track $WWD on Quiver Quantitative's $WWD stock dashboard.
$WWD Stock Insider Trading Activity
$WWD Stock insiders have traded $WWD stock on the open market 18 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 18 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $WWD stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- THOMAS G CROMWELL (EVP and COO) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 25,000 shares for an estimated $7,424,500.
- EILEEN P. PATERSON has made 0 purchases and 7 sales selling 9,500 shares for an estimated $2,482,969.
- GREGG C SENGSTACK has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 7,000 shares for an estimated $2,105,302.
- JOHN D COHN has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 4,750 shares for an estimated $1,316,541.
- RANDALL HOBBS (EVP and President, Industrial) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 1,346 shares for an estimated $331,500.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
$WWD Stock Government Contracts
We have seen $34,374,410 of award payments to $WWD over the last year.
Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:
- MODULE KIT, SERVO VALVE: $5,848,902
- SERVOCYLINDER ASSEM: $2,482,000
- DRIVE UNIT,HYDRAULI: $1,987,500
- DRIVE UNIT,HYDRAULI: $1,984,960
- DRIVE UNIT,HYDRAULI: $1,984,960
To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard.
$WWD Stock Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 282 institutional investors add shares of $WWD Stock stock to their portfolio, and 274 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added 730,961 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $184,721,154
- EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC removed 648,483 shares (-12.9%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $163,878,138
- INVESCO LTD. added 497,722 shares (+122.0%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $125,779,326
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO removed 369,603 shares (-33.9%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $93,402,374
- COOKE & BIELER LP removed 333,372 shares (-32.6%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $84,246,438
- TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP added 302,666 shares (+1086.9%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $76,486,724
- CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS removed 297,209 shares (-13.6%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $75,107,686
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
$WWD Stock Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $WWD in the last several months. We have seen 5 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 12/01/2025
- Truist Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 11/25/2025
- Wolfe Research issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/03/2025
- Alembic Global issued a "Overweight" rating on 08/20/2025
- Goldman Sachs issued a "Buy" rating on 06/23/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for $WWD Stock, check out Quiver Quantitative's $WWD forecast page.
$WWD Stock Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $WWD recently. We have seen 6 analysts offer price targets for $WWD in the last 6 months, with a median target of $290.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- Gavin Parsons from UBS set a target price of $345.0 on 12/01/2025
- Michael Ciarmoli from Truist Securities set a target price of $305.0 on 11/25/2025
- Louis Raffetto from Wolfe Research set a target price of $300.0 on 10/03/2025
- Pete Skibitski from Alembic Global set a target price of $281.0 on 08/20/2025
- David Strauss from Barclays set a target price of $260.0 on 08/04/2025
- Noah Poponak from Goldman Sachs set a target price of $255.0 on 06/23/2025
This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information. Note that there may be inaccuracies due to mistakes in ticker-mapping, and other anomalies.
