Woodward Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Director Paterson Eileen P. unloaded Company’s shares for reported $2.48 million on Jul 31 ’25. In the deal valued at $261.37 per share,9,500 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Paterson Eileen P. now holds 1,928 shares worth roughly $0.49 million.
Then, EILEEN Patricia Paterson bought 9,500 shares, generating $2,482,963 in total proceeds.
Before that, Hobbs Randall sold 846 shares. Woodward Inc shares valued at $211,500 were divested by the EVP and President, Industrial at a price of $250.00 per share. As a result of the transaction, Hobbs Randall now holds 48,981 shares, worth roughly $12.4 million.
Deutsche Bank upgraded its Woodward Inc [WWD] rating to a Buy from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including TD Cowen’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early October from “a Buy” to “a Hold”. Truist also remained covering WWD and has increased its forecast on August 21, 2024 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Hold” rating. Jefferies revised its rating on July 31, 2024. It rated WWD as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Hold”.
Price Performance Review of WWD
On Tuesday, Woodward Inc [NASDAQ:WWD] saw its stock fall -2.59% to $253.14. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.42%. Woodward Inc shares have risen nearly 63.41% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 52.11% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Woodward Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Woodward Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.14 million shares to a total of 0.64 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 0.77 million shares. There was a decline of -21.67%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
