Woodward Stock Price Prediction

WWD Stock  USD 331.18  4.16  1.27%   
The relative strength index (RSI) of Woodward's stock price is about 63. This entails that the stock is rather overbought by investors at the present time. The main point of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to track how fast people are buying or selling Woodward, making its price go up or down.

Momentum 63

 Buy Extended

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Woodward's future price could yield a significant profit. Please, note that this module is not intended to be used solely to calculate an intrinsic value of Woodward and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from Woodward's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Woodward, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Woodward's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.639
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
1.6049
EPS Estimate Current Year
8.0543
EPS Estimate Next Year
9.3865
Wall Street Target Price
375.125
Using Woodward hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Woodward from the perspective of Woodward response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Woodward using Woodward's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Woodward using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Woodward's stock price.

Woodward Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Woodward's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Woodward. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Woodward stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall.
200 Day MA
251.1435
Short Percent
0.0101
Short Ratio
0.93
Shares Short Prior Month
877 K
50 Day MA
300.7598

Woodward Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Woodward's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Woodward. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Woodward can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Woodward. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Woodward's market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Woodward.

Woodward Implied Volatility

    
  0.46  
Woodward's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Woodward stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Woodward's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Woodward stock will not fluctuate a lot when Woodward's options are near their expiration.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Woodward to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Woodward because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

Woodward after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 331.18  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Woodward contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Woodward will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0288% per day over the life of the 2026-04-17 option contract. With Woodward trading at USD 331.18, that is roughly USD 0.0952 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Woodward's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Woodward options at the current volatility level of 0.46%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Check out Woodward Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.
For information on how to trade Woodward Stock refer to our How to Trade Woodward Stock guide.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Woodward's price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
298.06370.44372.73
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
327.53329.81332.10
Details
12 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
341.36375.12416.39
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
1.861.962.04
Details

Woodward After-Hype Price Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Woodward at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Woodward or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Woodward, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Woodward Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Woodward's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Woodward's historical news coverage. Woodward's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 328.89 and 333.47, respectively. We have considered Woodward's daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
331.18
328.89
Downside
331.18
After-hype Price
333.47
Upside
Woodward is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Woodward is based on 3 months time horizon.

Woodward Stock Price Outlook Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Woodward is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Woodward backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Woodward, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.38 
2.30
  1.68 
  0.43 
6 Events / Month
7 Events / Month
In about 6 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
331.18
331.18
0.00 
52.04  
Notes

Woodward Hype Timeline

On the 27th of January Woodward is traded for 331.18. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 1.68, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.43. Woodward is anticipated not to react to the next headline, with the price staying at about the same level, and average media hype impact volatility is about 52.04%. The immediate return on the next news is anticipated to be very small, whereas the daily expected return is at this time at 0.38%. %. The volatility of related hype on Woodward is about 202.11%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 330.75. About 93.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.71. Woodward recorded earning per share (EPS) of 7.19. The entity last dividend was issued on the 20th of November 2025. The firm had 2:1 split on the 15th of February 2008. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next anticipated press release will be in about 6 days.
Check out Woodward Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.
For information on how to trade Woodward Stock refer to our How to Trade Woodward Stock guide.

Woodward Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Woodward's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Woodward's future price movements. Getting to know how Woodward's peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Woodward may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
TXTTextron(0.52)8 per month 0.92  0.1  2.26 (1.64) 4.67 
MTZMasTec Inc(16.66)12 per month 2.59  0.08  4.38 (4.74) 13.07 
LUVSouthwest Airlines(0.17)7 per month 1.74  0.11  4.42 (2.83) 9.54 
KTOSKratos Defense Security(0.52)23 per month 4.13  0.07  8.14 (6.46) 20.15 
ULSUL Solutions(1.06)23 per month 0.00 (0.05) 2.70 (3.28) 21.27 
TRUTransUnion 1.84 9 per month 1.89  0.01  3.72 (3.02) 9.21 
CRSCarpenter Technology 1.17 8 per month 1.73  0.13  5.30 (2.69) 28.45 
XPOXPO Logistics(6.96)10 per month 2.31  0.03  5.39 (4.36) 14.63 
JBHTJB Hunt Transport 1.00 8 per month 0.83  0.15  3.32 (1.54) 6.61 
FTAIFTAI Aviation 10.50 10 per month 2.79  0.21  6.86 (4.53) 17.39 

Woodward Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Woodward price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Woodward using various technical indicators. When you analyze Woodward charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

About Woodward Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of Woodward stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as Woodward, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of Woodward based on analysis of Woodward hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Woodward's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Woodward's related companies.
 2023 2024 2025 2026 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.0056570.0043170.0049640.004716
Price To Sales Ratio3.14.223.83.99

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