Curtiss-Wright Corporation Common Stock (CW)

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As the Q1 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the aerospace industry, including Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and its peers.

Aerospace and defense company Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) reported Q1 CY2025 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 13% year on year to $805.6 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $3.39 billion at the midpoint came in 0.9% above analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $2.68 per share was 13.2% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

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Whether you see them or not, industrials businesses play a crucial part in our daily activities. Unfortunately, this role also comes with a demand profile tethered to the ebbs and flows of the broader economy, and investors seem to be forecasting a downturn - over the past six months, the industry has pulled back by 9.4%. This drop was worse than the S&P 500’s 2.4% decline.

Stocks that outperform the market usually share key traits such as rising sales, expanding margins, and increasing returns on capital. The select few that can do all three for many years are often the ones that make you life-changing money.

Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q1 behind us, let’s have a look at AAR (NYSE:AIR) and its peers.

Expensive stocks often command premium valuations because the market thinks their business models are exceptional. However, the downside is that high expectations are already baked into their prices, leaving little room for error if they stumble even slightly.

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Looking back on aerospace stocks’ Q1 earnings, we examine this quarter’s best and worst performers, including Redwire (NYSE:RDW) and its peers.

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