Curtiss-Wright (CW) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.94
- Estimate
- $3.76
- Surprise
- +4.8%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.9 → 5.8/10
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 $3.76 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.94 — a clear 4.8% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Sell (5.9/10) to Hold at 5.8/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CW Hold at 5.5/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +4.8% surprise compares with a +3.9% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-02-10.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive news sentiment (+0.58)
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
- $457.54
- Price target
- $592.80
- Stop
- $425.51
- Upside to target
- +29.6%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.1:1
At 28.9× trailing and 25.2× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-06 — 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
- $16.02B
- P/E (fwd)
- 25.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 28.9
- 52-week range
- $432.70–$808.16
- Off 52-week high
- 43.4%
- RSI (14)
- 40
- Volume vs avg
- 0.34×
- Score today
- 5.5/10