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Forensic Analysis · Machinery & Fabricated Metal Products · as of Nov 8, 2026

Curtiss Wright Corp (CW)

A forensic read on Curtiss Wright Corp built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

A · High-quality compounder
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
5.3
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
2
Forensic signals
19.4%
ROE
12.1%
Revenue growth

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Curtiss Wright Corp earns an A (High-quality compounder) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 5.3, placing it in the Safe zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

13.7%
FY2025
Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 13.7% in the latest fiscal year and rising across FY2023–FY2025 from 10.9%. After-tax operating profit was $371M in FY2023 and $495M in FY2025, with operating income at 17.0% of revenue in FY2023, 16.9% in FY2024 and 18.1% in FY2025. The capital base behind it went from $3.4B in FY2023 to $3.6B in FY2025 (+6%), while the revenue it carried went from $2.8B to $3.5B.
90% of FCF
FY2025
Shareholder returns. Returned $500M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 90% of free cash flow. Right at the limit of what free cash flow covers — little room before it's funded by debt or the balance sheet. That ratio has been CLIMBING toward the limit — 20% of free cash flow two years back — not just sitting there. Counting the $22M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 94%.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$3.50B
Revenue Growth YoY+12.1%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)+10.9%
Net Margin13.8%
Free Cash Flow$553.7M
Return on Equity19.4%
Debt / Equity0.38x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Nov 8, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.

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