A company that generates cash isn’t automatically a winner.
Some businesses stockpile cash but fail to reinvest wisely, limiting their ability to expand.
As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the aerospace industry, including Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and its peers.
As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the aerospace industry, including Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) and its peers.
Many investors pay attention to mid-cap stocks because they have established business models and expansive market opportunities.
However, their paths to becoming $100 billion corporations are ripe with competition, ranging from giants with vast resources to agile upstarts eager to disrupt the status quo.
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Howmet (NYSE:HWM) and the rest of the aerospace stocks fared in Q4.
Wall Street climbed on Thursday, even as the Producer Price Index (PPI) sharply exceeded estimates in January, reigniting concerns over persistent inflationary pressures.
Aerospace and defense company Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) reported Q4 CY2024 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 4.9% year on year to $824.3 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $3.36 billion at the midpoint came in 1.7% above analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $3.09 per share was 2.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Since January 2020, the S&P 500 has delivered a total return of 78.6%. But one standout stock has nearly doubled the market - over the past five years, Curtiss-Wright has surged 145% to $355 per share. Its momentum hasn’t stopped as it’s also gained 28.7% in the last six months thanks to its solid quarterly results, beating the S&P by 24.5%.
