Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Curtiss-Wright Corp shares valued at $851,200 were sold by Hoechner Bruce D. on Jun 05 ’25. At $448.00 per share, Hoechner Bruce D. sold 1,900 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 4,523 shares worth approximately $2.14 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Hoechner Bruce D. purchased 1,900 shares, netting a total of over 849,908 in proceeds.
Before that, Watts John C had sold 450 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $202,212, the Vice President Strat & Bus Dev traded Curtiss-Wright Corp shares for $449.36 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 450 shares, worth approximately $2.35 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on January 21, 2025, Curtiss-Wright Corp [CW] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $410. Analysts at Deutsche Bank started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early December. As of November 18, 2024, Stifel has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for CW. Earlier on October 29, 2024, Alembic Global Advisors initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for CW stock.
Analyzing CW Stock Performance
On last trading session, Curtiss-Wright Corp [NYSE: CW] plunged -7.04% to $473.44. The stock’s lowest price that day was $466.029, but it reached a high of $506.005 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.42%. Over the course of the year, Curtiss-Wright Corp shares have jumped approximately 78.54%.
Is Curtiss-Wright Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Curtiss-Wright Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.1 million shares to 0.32 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 0.42 million shares. A decline of -31.39% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 0.87 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 0.87.
Which companies own the most shares of Curtiss-Wright Corp (CW)?
In terms of Curtiss-Wright Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 320 in the next 12 months, down nearly -37.17% from the previous closing price of $509.32. Analysts anticipate Curtiss-Wright Corp stock to reach 370 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 304. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked Curtiss-Wright Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On March 25, 2024, Truist assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $240.
