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Curtiss-Wright Corporation

Rank #298Hypergrowth

CW · NYSE · Industrials

Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW) — Rank #298 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.24) · ROE 17.5% · Piotroski F-Score 8 / 9.

As-of 2026-09-15 · 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

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Fiscal year end2020-12-31filed 2021-02-252019-12-31filed 2020-02-272018-12-31filed 2019-02-272017-12-31filed 2019-02-27
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Summary

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