Curtiss-Wright (CW) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.72
- Estimate
- $3.62
- Surprise
- +2.8%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.6 → 6.1/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Curtiss-Wright (CW) beat the $3.62 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.72 — a modest 2.8% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.6/10) to Hold at 6.1/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CW Sell at 5.8/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +2.8% surprise compares with a +3.6% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-04.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Analyst upside: 26%
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: U.S. Government and foreign government end use (58.0%)
- Concentration risk — Supplier: sole-source component suppliers
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $544.21
- Price target
- $684.04
- Stop
- $518.95
- Upside to target
- +25.7%
- Reward-to-risk
- 4.9:1
The stock trades at 37.9× trailing but 31.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-24 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CW at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Market cap
- $20.13B
- P/E (fwd)
- 31.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 37.9
- 52-week range
- $502.00–$808.16
- Off 52-week high
- 32.7%
- RSI (14)
- 34
- Volume vs avg
- 0.95×
- Score today
- 5.8/10