Curtiss Wright (CW) Q3 FY2026 earnings: revenue $953 million, up 9.6% on the year

Curtiss Wright Corp. (CW) reported revenue of $953 million for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 September 2026, up 9.6% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $139 million, up 11.3% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $3.77. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 5 November 2026.

Revenue

$953 million

+9.6% on the year · +3.1% on the quarter

Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026

Operating margin

19.7%

19.1% a year earlier

Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026

Net income

$139 million

+11.3% on the year · -8.1% on the quarter

Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026

Diluted EPS

$3.77

+13.9% on the year · -7.4% on the quarter

Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026

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What management said

Guidance figures: 15 raised, 2 new, 3 kept.

Reported sales and EPS both rose: Reported sales rose 10% to $953 million and reported operating income rose 13% to $188 million. Reported diluted EPS was $3.77, against $3.31 a year earlier.
Adjusted EPS up 16%: Adjusted diluted EPS was $3.94 against $3.40, up 16%. The adjustments removed a $0.14 per share loss on equity securities and $0.03 of restructuring costs. Nine-month adjusted EPS was $11.15 against $9.45.
Defense Electronics margin fell 220 basis points: Defense Electronics sales rose 2% to $259 million, while adjusted operating income fell 5% to $70 million and adjusted margin fell 220 basis points to 27.0%.

Read the earnings call summary

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ million	Q3 FY2026	Q2 FY2026	Q3 FY2025	On the quarter	On the year
Revenue	953	924	869	+3.1%	+9.6%
Cost of revenue	581	560	542	+3.8%	+7.2%
Gross profit	372	364	327	+2.1%	+13.5%
Gross margin	39.0%	39.4%	37.7%
Research and development	24.1	25.1	23.4	-4.1%	+3.0%
Operating income	188	179	166	+5.2%	+13.0%
Operating margin	19.7%	19.3%	19.1%
Interest expense	10.3	9.9	10.5	+4.0%	-1.6%
Pre-tax income	178	194	161	-8.4%	+10.4%
Income tax	39.1	43.1	36.3	-9.4%	+7.5%
Effective tax rate	21.9%	22.2%	22.5%
Net income	139	151	125	-8.1%	+11.3%
Net margin	14.6%	16.4%	14.4%
Diluted EPS	$3.77	$4.07	$3.31	-7.4%	+13.9%

$ million except per share.

Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ million	Q3 FY2026	Q2 FY2026	Q3 FY2025	On the quarter	On the year
Operating cash flow	180	181	193	-0.4%	-6.4%
Capital expenditure	40.0	29.5	16.9	+35.9%	+136.8%
Free cash flow	140	152	176	-7.5%	-20.2%
Free cash flow margin	14.7%	16.4%	20.2%
Cash from investing	-22.6	-20.8	-16.8
Cash from financing	-355	-23.6	-282
Depreciation and amortisation	28.4	28.4	31.2	+0.2%	-8.9%
Share-based compensation	9.8	7.1	6.1	+37.9%	+60.3%
Buybacks	352	14.7	290	+2,292.2%	+21.5%
Dividends paid	9.6	n/a	9.0		+6.2%
Dividend per share	$0.26	$0.26	$0.24	0.0%	+8.3%
Diluted shares, weighted	37m	37m	38m	-0.7%	-2.2%
Shares outstanding at period end	36m	37m	37m	-1.4%	-1.9%

Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.

Balance sheet

$ million	Q3 FY2026	Q2 FY2026	Q3 FY2025	On the quarter	On the year
Shareholders' equity	2,560	2,770	2,529	-7.6%	+1.2%
Debt	957	957	969	-0.0%	-1.2%
Operating lease liabilities	187	192	165	-2.3%	+13.6%
Other liabilities	1,668	1,537	1,439	+8.6%	+15.9%
Total liabilities and equity	5,372	5,456	5,102	-1.5%	+5.3%
Fixed assets	398	386	364	+2.9%	+9.2%
Goodwill	1,686	1,687	1,693	-0.1%	-0.4%
Intangible assets	486	501	550	-3.0%	-11.7%
Cash and equivalents	281	477	225	-41.1%	+24.7%
Receivables	1,049	997	977	+5.2%	+7.4%
Inventory	716	669	637	+7.0%	+12.4%
Other assets	757	738	656	+2.5%	+15.4%
Total assets	5,372	5,456	5,102	-1.5%	+5.3%

Questions

What was Curtiss Wright's revenue in Q3 FY2026?

Curtiss Wright (CW) reported revenue of $953 million for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 September 2026, up 9.6% on the same quarter a year earlier.

How much did Curtiss Wright earn in Q3 FY2026?

Net income for Q3 FY2026 was $139 million, up 11.3% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $3.77.

When did Curtiss Wright report Q3 FY2026 results?

Curtiss Wright filed its 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 September 2026 with the SEC on 5 November 2026.

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

	Q4 FY2021 *	Q1 FY2022	Q2 FY2022	Q3 FY2022	Q4 FY2022 *	Q1 FY2023	Q2 FY2023	Q3 FY2023	Q4 FY2023 *	Q1 FY2024	Q2 FY2024	Q3 FY2024	Q4 FY2024 *	Q1 FY2025	Q2 FY2025	Q3 FY2025	Q4 FY2025 *	Q1 FY2026	Q2 FY2026	Q3 FY2026
Revenue	662	559	609	631	758	631	704	724	786	713	785	799	824	806	877	869	947	914	924	953
Cost of revenue	405	358	381	398	465	409	445	443	481	459	501	501	507	513	550	542	592	582	560	581
Gross profit	262	201	229	232	292	221	260	281	305	254	284	298	317	292	326	327	355	331	364	372
Gross margin	40%	36%	38%	37%	39%	35%	37%	39%	39%	36%	36%	37%	39%	36%	37%	38%	38%	36%	39%	39%
R&D	21.8	20.5	23.9	17.4	19.0	22.0	20.2	23.5	20.1	23.0	22.2	20.7	25.8	23.0	23.3	23.4	25.4	24.2	25.1	24.1
Operating income	105	60.5	98.1	108	157	78.6	113	133	161	100.0	129	145	155	129	156	166	182	160	179	188
Operating margin	16%	11%	16%	17%	21%	12%	16%	18%	20%	14%	16%	18%	19%	16%	18%	19%	19%	17%	19%	20%
Interest expense	10.1	9.5	9.8	14.0	13.7	12.9	15.0	12.5	11.0	10.6	11.2	11.4	11.7	10.1	10.5	10.5	12.0	9.9	9.9	10.3
Pre-tax income	98.4	54.0	92.9	97.3	145	73.4	106	127	157	99.0	126	144	153	125	157	161	177	158	194	178
Tax rate	22%	25%	24%	24%	25%	23%	23%	24%	24%	23%	21%	23%	23%	19%	23%	23%	23%	19%	22%	22%
Net income	76.6	40.7	70.9	73.8	109	56.8	81.0	96.8	120	76.5	99.5	111	118	101	121	125	137	128	151	139
Net margin	12%	7%	12%	12%	14%	9%	11%	13%	15%	11%	13%	14%	14%	13%	14%	14%	14%	14%	16%	15%
Diluted EPS	$1.94	$1.05	$1.83	$1.91	$2.82	$1.48	$2.10	$2.51	$3.11	$1.99	$2.58	$2.89	$3.09	$2.68	$3.19	$3.31	$3.69	$3.46	$4.07	$3.77
Operating cash flow	232	-124	31.0	95.7	292	-91.6	111	146	282	-45.6	111	177	301	-38.8	137	193	353	-5.7	181	180
Capital expenditure	13.2	10.9	8.6	9.3	9.4	10.7	12.0	9.4	12.6	12.1	11.1	14.6	23.3	15.8	19.4	16.9	37.6	11.8	29.5	40.0
Free cash flow	219	-135	22.4	86.4	283	-102	98.9	137	270	-57.7	100	163	278	-54.5	117	176	315	-17.5	152	140
Buybacks	264	18.9	12.8	12.8	12.4	12.4	12.0	13.0	12.8	12.2	12.6	113	112	14.2	20.8	290	140	14.5	14.7	352
Dividends paid	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	7.7	n/a	n/a	n/a	8.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	9.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	9.6
Shares outstanding	38m	38m	38m	38m	38m	38m	38m	38m	38m	38m	38m	38m	38m	38m	38m	37m	37m	37m	37m	36m
Filing	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q

Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.

* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

10-Q for the period ended 30 September 2026, filed 5 November 2026: the filing.