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After finishing at $509.32 in the prior trading day, Curtiss-Wright Corp (NYSE: CW) closed at $473.44, down -7.04%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$7.04 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.79 million shares were traded. CW stock price reached its highest trading level at $506.005 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $466.029.

Ratios:

Our goal is to gain a better understanding of CW by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 78.79 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 36.68. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.28 and its Current Ratio is at 1.89. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.44 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.44.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Citigroup on January 21, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $410.

On December 05, 2024, Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $452. Stifel Downgraded its Buy to Hold on November 18, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $370.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 05 ’25 when Hoechner Bruce D. sold 1,900 shares for $448.00 per share. The transaction valued at 851,200 led to the insider holds 4,523 shares of the business.

Hoechner Bruce D. bought 1,900 shares of CW for $849,908 on Jun 05 ’25. On May 29 ’25, another insider, Watts John C, who serves as the Vice President Strat & Bus Dev of the company, sold 450 shares for $449.36 each. As a result, the insider received 202,212 and left with 4,959 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CW now has a Market Capitalization of 19195908096 and an Enterprise Value of 18642636800. As of this moment, Curtiss-Wright’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 42.11, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 34.21. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.53. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.55 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.98. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.64 whereas that against EBITDA is 25.001.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for CW is 1.16, which has changed by 0.6250987 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18634176 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CW has reached a high of $517.09, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $266.78. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.48%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 23.91%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 341.84K shares per day over the past 3-months and 398600 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 37.73M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 37.51M. Insiders hold about 0.47% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 86.28% stake in the company. Shares short for CW as of 1752537600 were 323184 with a Short Ratio of 0.95, compared to 1749772800 on 424616. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 323184 and a Short% of Float of 0.97.

Dividends & Splits

In the trailing 12 months, CW’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.87, compared to 0.87 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0017081599The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.43. The current Payout Ratio is 7.86% for CW, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-16 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-06-16. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2006-04-24 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.