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Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW) — Rank #287 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.24) · ROE 17.5% · Piotroski F-Score 8 / 9.
As-of 2026-10-30 · CIK 0000026324 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Curtiss-Wright Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered products, solutions, and services mainly to aerospace and defense, commercial nuclear power, process, and industrial markets worldwide.
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It operates through three segments: Aerospace & Industrial, Defense Electronics, and Naval & Power. The Aerospace & Industrial segment offers industrial and specialty vehicle products, such as power management electronics, traction inverters, transmission shifters, and control systems; sensors, controls, and electro-mechanical actuation components used on commercial and military aircraft; and surface technology services including shot peening, laser peening, and engineered coatings. The Defense Electronics segment provides commercial off-the-shelf embedded computing board-level modules and processing equipment, data acquisition and flight test instrumentation equipment, integrated subsystems, instrumentation and control systems, tactical communications solutions; and electronic stabilization products, and weapons handling systems; avionics and electronics; flight test equipment; and aircraft data management solutions. The Naval & Power segment offers main coolant pumps, power-dense compact motors, generators, steam turbines, valves, and secondary propulsion systems; energy absorbers, retractable hook cable systems, net-stanchion systems and mobile systems to support fixed land-based arresting systems; hardware, valves, fastening systems, specialized containment doors, airlock hatches, and spent fuel management products; reactor coolant pumps and control rod drive mechanisms for commercial nuclear power plants, as well as various nuclear reactor technologies. This segment furnishes severe-service valve technologies and services, heat exchanger repair, and piping test and isolation products, and offers ship repair and maintenance for the U.S. navy.
Curtiss-Wright Corporation was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina.
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Sector
- Industrials
- State
- DE
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- December 31
- Website
- curtisswright.com
Company Snapshot
P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.
Market Cap
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P/E (annual)
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P/S (annual)
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P/B
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P/OCF (annual)
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Shareholder Yield
—
Employees
9,200
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Exchange
NYSE
12/12
Flags passed
CW passes 12/12 quality flags
- PASSGross margin holding
- PASSDilution within 2%
- PASSFCF not negative from investment
- PASSDisclosure consistent
- PASSRevenue not declining
- PASSOperating margin holding
- PASSFree cash flow intact
- PASSPasses safety gate
- PASSBalance sheet stable
- PASSNo competitive retreat
- PASSSBC not compressing margin
- PASSNo valuation convergence
Strengths Revenue growth accelerating · Operating leverage expanding · Deferred revenue growing · RPO outpacing revenue · Sequential beat (rev + EPS)
A count of the 12 warning flags that could be evaluated. Unweighted: colour follows the worst flag.
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
3/3 passGrowth
2/2 passFCF yield, shareholder yield, and buyback activity are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Does it make money well?
No warning flags · GP/assets 40th percentile of 26 SIC 35 peers
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.24
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
40th pctl of 26 SIC 35 peers
Return on equity
17.5%
Gross margin
37.2%
24th pctl of 26 SIC 35 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
12.1%
RPO growth (YoY)
20.6%
Remaining performance obligations growth — RPO > revenue = forward demand building.
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
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| Revenue vs COGS | ||||
| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
11.0%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
7.9%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
18.0%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
—
Cash Flow Health
Is the cash real?
No warning flags · FCF 14% above net income
Free cash flow
$553.71M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF vs net income
14.3%
(FCF − net income) ÷ |net income|. Positive: cash above earnings. Negative: below.
FCF not below net income
Fails when free cash flow is below net income (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
0.6%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Balance Sheet Strength
Can it survive a storm?
No warning flags · net debt $613.94M, F-Score 8/9
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
0.97
40th pctl of 26 SIC 35 peers (best = lowest)
Current ratio
1.60×
24th pctl of 26 SIC 35 peers
Quick ratio
0.96×
Net cash
-$613.94M
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Piotroski F-Score
8 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).
Valuation
Is the price reasonable?
No warning flags
Dividend safety
Composite score
3.8 / 5
Capital allocation quality
Composite score
3.0 / 5
Lifecycle Phase History
Price History
Source filings on SEC EDGAR: 10-K annual reports · 10-Q quarterly reports