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How Woodward, Inc. stacks up
WWD · against 206 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
87/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #59 of 207 · scores higher than 71% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score35 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including WWD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 87?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 77% of peers. Operating margin: 14.6% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 77% of peers. Return on invested capital: 14.5% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 94% of peers. Return on assets: 10.6% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WWD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WWD | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 190 reported | 14.5% | 12.3% | 57% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 206 reported | 14.6% | 12.1% | 62% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 199 reported | 10.6% | 5.2% | 84% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 196 reported | 22.3% | 15.9% | 71% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 208 reported | 29.6% | 30.5% | 47% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WWD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.71T JPY (≈$11.6B) | 100 | 75 | |
| 1 | 2.78T INR (≈$33.3B) | 100 | 72 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 4 | 1.29T INR (≈$15.5B) | 99 | 69 | |
| 4 | 11.2B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 53 | 11.1B USD | 88 | 54 | |
| 53 | 17.1B CAD (≈$12.5B) | 88 | 62 | |
| 59 | 146.2B SEK (≈$14.6B) | 87 | 67 | |
| 59 | 10.1B USD | 87 | 62 | |
| 59 | 19.6B USD | 87 | 61 | |
| 62 | 3.91T JPY (≈$26.6B) | 86 | 70 | |
| 62 | 28.6B AUD (≈$18.9B) | 86 | 58 | |
| 62 | 1.28T INR (≈$15.3B) | 86 | 66 | |
| 62 | 126.9B SEK (≈$12.7B) | 86 | 51 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score