Ratios in Focus: Analyzing Curtiss-Wright Corp (CW)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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In the latest session, Curtiss-Wright Corp (NYSE: CW) closed at $325.56 up 0.73% from its previous closing price of $323.20. In other words, the price has increased by $0.73 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.51 million shares were traded.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Curtiss-Wright Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 31.84 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.37. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.19 and its Current Ratio is at 1.69. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.50 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.45.

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:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 05 ’25 when Ferdenzi Paul J sold 1,907 shares for $346.98 per share. The transaction valued at 661,691 led to the insider holds 18,405 shares of the business.

Watts John C sold 622 shares of CW for $215,865 on Feb 05 ’25. The Vice President Strat & Bus Dev now owns 5,072 shares after completing the transaction at $347.05 per share. On Feb 05 ’25, another insider, Freda Robert F, who serves as the Vice President and Treasurer of the company, sold 379 shares for $346.96 each. As a result, the insider received 131,498 and left with 4,667 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

As of this moment, Curtiss-Wright’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 30.84, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.45. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.98. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.93 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.00.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, CW has reached a high of $393.40, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $230.00. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -8.84%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.45%.

Shares Statistics:

A total of 37.65M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 37.47M. Insiders hold about 0.49% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 86.03% stake in the company.

Earnings Estimates

The stock of Curtiss-Wright Corp (CW) is currently being evaluated by 8.0 analysts who are actively contributing to its market rating.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $2.94, with high estimates of $3.05 and low estimates of $2.84.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $12.39 and $12.26 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $12.33. EPS for the following year is $13.36, with 8.0 analysts recommending between $13.88 and $13.12.

Revenue Estimates

A total of 7 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $765.89M this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $771.65M to a low estimate of $759M. As of the current estimate, Curtiss-Wright Corp’s year-ago sales were $713.17MFor the next quarter, 7 analysts are estimating revenue of $835.85M. There is a high estimate of $847.8M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $812M.

A total of 8 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CW’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.39B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.35B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.37B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.12BBased on 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.56B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.71B and the low estimate is $3.43B.

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