Here's How Much You'd Have If You Invested $1000 in Woodward a Decade Ago

AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA Stocks Here's How Much You'd Have If You Invested $1000 in Woodward a Decade Ago May 19, 2025 — 08:30 am EDT Written by Zacks Equity Research for Zacks-> How much a stock's price changes over time is a significant driver for most investors. Not only can price performance impact your portfolio, but it can help you compare investment results across sectors and industries as well.FOMO, or the fear of missing out, also plays a role in investing, particularly with tech giants and popular consumer-facing stocks. What if you'd invested in Woodward (WWD) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to WWD for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?Woodward's Business In-DepthWith that in mind, let's take a look at Woodward's main business drivers. Headquartered in Fort Collins, CO, Woodward, Inc is an independent designer, manufacturer and service provider of energy control and optimization solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets.Apart from serving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), it also engages in aftermarket repairs, replacements and other service support operations for installed products.Woodward serves the aerospace and energy markets through two reportable segments: Aerospace and Industrial.The Aerospace segment’s products include metering units, actuators, air valves, fuel pumps, fuel nozzles, specialty valves, , and thrust reverser actuation systems for turbine engines and nacelles, flight deck controls, actuators, servocontrols, motors, and sensors for aircraft.These segment’s products are utilized for commercial and private aircraft and rotorcraft. These are also widely deployed on military fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft, guided weapons, and other defense systems. This segment generated revenues of $494 million in first-quarter fiscal 2025, representing 63.9% of total revenues.The company faces tough competition from companies like Honeywell, Moog, Eaton, Parker Hannifin, and RTX Corporation in this space.The Industrial segment’s products portfolio includes solenoids, actuators, valves, pumps, fuel injection systems, ignition systems, control systems, electronics and software, and sensors.The products are widely used in steam turbines, industrial gas turbines (like heavy frame, aeroderivative and small industrial gas turbines), compressors, and reciprocating engines (like low speed, medium speed, and high-speed engines, that operate on variety of fuels). Segmental revenues of $279 million in first-quarter fiscal 2025, represented 36.1% of total revenues.Woodward’s primary competitors in this space include Heinzmann GmbH & Co., Emerson, EControls, Hoerbiger, Meggitt, Robert Bosch AG, and Triconix. Bottom LinePutting together a successful investment portfolio takes a combination of research, patience, and a little bit of risk. For Woodward, if you bought shares a decade ago, you're likely feeling really good about your investment today.According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in May 2015 would be worth $4,141.95, or a 314.20% gain, as of May 19, 2025. Investors should keep in mind that this return excludes dividends but includes price appreciation.In comparison, the S&P 500 gained 180.69% and the price of gold went up 153.90% over the same time frame.Looking ahead, analysts are expecting more upside for WWD. Woodward’s second-quarter performance gained from strength in Aerospace and Core Industrial (power generation, oil & gas, and marine transportation) segments. Aerospace growth was fueled by strong defense demand and a robust commercial after-market, partially offset by softer commercial OEM (owing to Being work stoppage) and defense after-market sales. Rise in smart defense spending is expected to drive defense OEM sales. Confident of navigating tariffs and current market conditions, the company raised the lower end of its sales and earnings guidance and reaffirmed full-year outlook for other metrics. Industrial segment revenues guidance narrowed to 7-9%, compared with 7-11% guided earlier. Volatile China on-highway natural-gas truck market, supply-chain woes within Aerospace, global macro uncertainty and rising costs remain concerns. Over the past four weeks, shares have rallied 24.01%, and there have been 4 higher earnings estimate revisions in the past two months for fiscal 2025 compared to none lower. The consensus estimate has moved up as well. 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days Just released: Experts distill 7 elite stocks from the current list of 220 Zacks Rank #1 Strong Buys. They deem these tickers "Most Likely for Early Price Pops." 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