WOODWARD INC WWD
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 980745103 · ISIN US9807451037
Company in Fort Collins, United States
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryElectrical Industrial Apparatus
- HeadquartersFort Collins, CO
- Founded1870
- Websitewoodward.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($144.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 59.6m as of 2026-04-29, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $357.44. Options: 14 managers hold calls ($67.5m notional), 14 hold puts ($60.6m).
Trends to Q1 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 305 |
| Q4 2022 | 313 |
| Q1 2023 | 332 |
| Q2 2023 | 349 |
| Q3 2023 | 376 |
| Q4 2023 | 416 |
| Q1 2024 | 428 |
| Q2 2024 | 468 |
| Q3 2024 | 440 |
| Q4 2024 | 476 |
| Q1 2025 | 481 |
| Q2 2025 | 537 |
| Q3 2025 | 564 |
| Q4 2025 | 641 |
| Q1 2026 | 735 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 220 | 189 |
| Q3 2024 | 178 | 244 |
| Q4 2024 | 215 | 178 |
| Q1 2025 | 199 | 235 |
| Q2 2025 | 267 | 214 |
| Q3 2025 | 273 | 241 |
| Q4 2025 | 302 | 259 |
| Q1 2026 | 396 | 276 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $159.8m | $52.2m | 0.33 |
| Q3 2025 | $115.3m | $18.3m | 0.16 |
| Q4 2025 | $61.9m | $47.5m | 0.77 |
| Q1 2026 | $67.5m | $60.6m | 0.90 |
Biggest buyers
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | Added | +344.1k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | New | +328.1k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +305.7k |
| Tidal Investments LLC | Added | +296.0k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +277.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +273.8k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP | New | +272.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +252.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +183.7k |
| FIL Ltd | Added | +180.3k |
Biggest sellers
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| Duquesne Family Office LLC | Reduced | -379.6k |
| NAYA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT UK LTD | Reduced | -305.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -291.6k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -260.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -236.2k |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | Reduced | -234.4k |
| Senator Investment Group LP | Reduced | -225.0k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -168.4k |
| Forest Avenue Capital Management LP | Reduced | -122.9k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $16.3m45.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $15.6m43.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $11.9m33.3k shares |
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. | Reduced | $7.2m20.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $6.2m17.2k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $3.9m10.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Unchanged | $1.8m5.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $1.3m3.5k shares |
| Tidal Investments LLC | Added | $1.2m3.4k shares |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | New | $680.0k1.9k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $13.4m37.4k shares |
| MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP | Reduced | $13.2m36.8k shares |
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. | Reduced | $8.9m25.0k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $8.1m22.7k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $4.0m11.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $3.9m10.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $3.3m9.1k shares |
| Candelo Capital Management LP | New | $2.1m6.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $1.3m3.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $930.6k2.6k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (4.1%, 2026-05-15), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $2.3m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $13.9m | $13.5m |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $8.4m | $6.2m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 4 | $18.8m | $18.2m |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $3.1m | $211.5k |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $11.9m | $8.9m |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 4 | $14.0m | $11.2m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | Blankenship Charles P Chairman of the Board and CEO, director | Sold plan | $1.0m2.6k shares |
| 2026-03-09 | Blankenship Charles P Chairman of the Board and CEO, director | Sold plan | $1.8m5.0k shares |
| 2026-03-06 | Blankenship Charles P Chairman of the Board and CEO, director | Sold plan | $1.9m5.0k shares |
| 2026-03-05 | Blankenship Charles P Chairman of the Board and CEO, director | Sold plan | $1.9m5.0k shares |
| 2026-03-04 | Blankenship Charles P Chairman of the Board and CEO, director | Sold plan | $1.9m5.0k shares |
| 2026-03-03 | Blankenship Charles P Chairman of the Board and CEO, director | Sold plan | $1.9m5.0k shares |
| 2026-03-03 | McLevige Shawn M EVP and President, Aerospace | Sold plan | $711.1k1.9k shares |
| 2026-02-05 | Paterson Eileen P. Director | Sold | $2.0m5.2k shares |
| 2026-02-04 | COHN JOHN D Director | Sold | $831.6k2.2k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 6.3m $2.3bn | Added +277.8k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.7m $956.6m | First filing |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.6m $913.4m | First filing |
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2.96% of their portfolio | 2.5m $882.0m | Reduced -1.8m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.3m $831.8m | Reduced -21.0k |
| FMR LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.2m $789.4m | Added +305.7k |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC 1.76% of their portfolio | 2.0m $718.4m | Added +5.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $590.9m | Added +158.9k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.82% of their portfolio | 1.4m $504.4m | Added +344.1k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 1.91% of their portfolio | 1.3m $462.2m | Reduced -55.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $417.4m | Added +183.7k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.30% of their portfolio | 904.4k $323.7m | Added +100.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 751.3k $268.9m | Reduced -55.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 691.5k $245.1m | Added +252.9k |
| NAYA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT UK LTD 20.53% of their portfolio | 677.4k $242.5m | Reduced -305.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 579.0k $207.2m | Added +7.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 577.3k $206.6m | Added +103.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 531.4k $181.5m | Reduced -76.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 529.2k $189.4m | Reduced -8.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.24% of their portfolio | 480.3k $171.9m | Added +273.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 465.8k $166.7m | Added +5.1k |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP 2.25% of their portfolio | 451.8k $161.7m | Reduced -234.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 450.7k $161.3m | Reduced -11.1k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.21% of their portfolio | 440.5k $157.7m | Added +36.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 431.5k $154.5m | Added +117.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 425.7k $152.3m | Reduced -97.3k |
| SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P 2.94% of their portfolio | 423.6k $151.6m | Reduced -66.9k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 370.3k $132.5m | First filing |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 1.40% of their portfolio | 346.8k $124.1m | Reduced -116.0k |
| HAWK RIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 4.45% of their portfolio | 342.1k $122.5m | Reduced -69.6k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 328.1k $117.4m | New |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 327.5k $117.2m | Added +23.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 306.6k $106.0m | Added +145.6k |
| FIL Ltd 0.08% of their portfolio | 302.9k $108.4m | Added +180.3k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 301.5k $103.1m | Added +296.0k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 282.4k $101.1m | Added +64.4k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 276.4k $98.9m | Reduced -168.4k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.41% of their portfolio | 272.2k $97.4m | New |
| EULAV Asset Management 2.92% of their portfolio | 255.0k $91.3m | Added +81.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.05% of their portfolio | 250.0k $89.5m | Added +127.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 239.7k $85.8m | Reduced -46.5k |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 0.46% of their portfolio | 239.4k $85.7m | Reduced -99.5k |
| Senator Investment Group LP 3.72% of their portfolio | 226.5k $81.1m | Reduced -225.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 226.2k $81.0m | Added +30.2k |
| Forest Avenue Capital Management LP 5.03% of their portfolio | 222.1k $79.5m | Reduced -122.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 219.7k $78.7m | Reduced -260.3k |
| BRADLEY FOSTER & SARGENT INC/CT 1.19% of their portfolio | 214.4k $76.7m | Reduced -62.0k |
| Duquesne Family Office LLC 2.58% of their portfolio | 211.4k $75.6m | Reduced -379.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 199.7k $71.5m | Added +6.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 191.9k $68.7m | Reduced -291.6k |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 190.8k $67.0m | Added +160.7k |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.47% of their portfolio | 182.1k $65.2m | Added +6.9k |
| Kinetic Partners Management, LP 3.50% of their portfolio | 174.7k $62.5m | Reduced -88.9k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 173.1k $62.0m | Added +3.9k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.04% of their portfolio | 171.3k $61.3m | Added +111.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 170.2k $60.9m | Reduced -34.8k |
| Ilex Capital Partners (UK) LLP 1.48% of their portfolio | 167.8k $60.1m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 166.8k $59.7m | Added +154.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.05% of their portfolio | 165.8k $59.3m | Added +1.5k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 156.9k $56.2m | Added +98.5k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 154.4k $55.3m | Added +47.3k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 150.2k $53.7m | Added +134.9k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.09% of their portfolio | 149.2k $53.4m | Added +79.1k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 145.2k $52.0m | Added +26.6k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.17% of their portfolio | 139.9k $50.1m | Added +1.1k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 133.0k $47.6m | Added +4.1k |
| Night Owl Capital Management, LLC 5.22% of their portfolio | 125.2k $44.8m | Added +843 |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 124.2k $44.3m | Added +63.7k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 122.2k $43.7m | Added +8.0k |
| Hudson Way Capital Management LLC 4.14% of their portfolio | 121.0k $43.3m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.02% of their portfolio | 119.5k $42.8m | Added +1.2k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 119.4k $42.7m | Reduced -53.5k |
| Man Group plc 0.09% of their portfolio | 115.0k $41.1m | Added +67.9k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 113.8k $40.7m | Added +6.9k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 112.9k $40.4m | Added +15.8k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 104.8k $37.5m | Reduced -473 |
| PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 1.24% of their portfolio | 104.1k $37.2m | Reduced -8.0k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 103.1k $36.9m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Aventail Capital Group, LP 1.77% of their portfolio | 102.6k $36.7m | Added +29.9k |
| One Madison Group LLC 4.15% of their portfolio | 100.4k $35.9m | Reduced -16.6k |
| SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 99.8k $35.7m | Reduced -81.4k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.53% of their portfolio | 98.6k $35.3m | Added +17.5k |
| Alpha Wave Global, LP 4.38% of their portfolio | 96.7k $34.6m | Reduced -23.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 95.3k $34.1m | Reduced -9.9k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.10% of their portfolio | 94.6k $33.9m | Added +11.2k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.05% of their portfolio | 94.2k $33.7m | Reduced -4.5k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 0.12% of their portfolio | 86.0k $30.8m | Added +79.6k |
| Advaya LLP 21.11% of their portfolio | 84.8k $30.4m | Reduced -15.5k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 84.8k $30.3m | Added +36.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 80.5k $24.3m | Reduced -123 |
| COOKSON PEIRCE & CO INC 1.19% of their portfolio | 78.7k $28.2m | Added +77.4k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 76.1k $27.2m | Added +72.9k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.03% of their portfolio | 73.4k $26.3m | Reduced -21.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 73.0k $26.1m | Added +52.0k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 71.2k $25.5m | Added +394 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.7k $25.3m | Added +7.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 69.9k $25.0m | Added +119 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 69.5k $24.9m | Added +12.7k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.13% of their portfolio | 69.3k $24.8m | Reduced -93.0k |
| Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension 0.61% of their portfolio | 68.7k $24.6m | Reduced -12.2k |