Curtiss-Wright (CW) Earnings: Q3 2026 Results

The quarter ended September 30, 2026 and Curtiss-Wright published the results on November 4, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q3 2025, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison. Curtiss-Wright reports EPS two ways: GAAP, under the accounting rules every US filer follows, and Adjusted, which leaves out items the company considers outside its operating results. The release reconciles the two, and when they diverge, the reconciliation says why.

• Curtiss-Wright's release reports in thousands of dollars. Figures here are converted to millions and rounded to one decimal.
• Adjusted figures exclude a loss on equity securities held for investment purposes ($0.14 per share) and 2026 Restructuring Program costs ($0.03 per share) in Q3 2026.

Source: Curtiss-Wright Q3 2026 results, November 4, 2026. Also in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How Curtiss-Wright splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q3 2026 against Q3 2025. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• Curtiss-Wright's Aerospace & Industrial revenue was $282 million in Q3 2026, up 14% from $248 million in Q3 2025, 30% of total revenue.
• Curtiss-Wright's Defense Electronics revenue was $259 million in Q3 2026, up 2% from $253 million in Q3 2025, 27% of total revenue.
• Curtiss-Wright's Naval & Power revenue was $412 million in Q3 2026, up 12% from $368 million in Q3 2025, 43% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

From the earnings release

Curtiss-Wright's outlook is on an Adjusted (non-GAAP) basis.

In its Q3 2026 release, Curtiss-Wright said:

“Sales increased to new range of 8% to 10% growth (previously 8% to 9%), reflecting continued strong growth in the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) and Commercial end markets”

“Operating income increased to new range of 12% to 14% growth (previously 11% to 13%)”

“Operating margin increased to new range of 19.2% to 19.4%, now up 60 to 80 basis points compared with the prior year”

“Diluted EPS increased to new range of $15.40 to $15.60, now up 16% to 18% (previously $15.10 to $15.40, up 14% to 16%)”

Source: Curtiss-Wright Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026.

This is the company's own guidance as of Nov 4, 2026, quoted as given. Walnut does not make forecasts of its own. Analyst estimates for the coming quarters are on the CW forecast page.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

GAAP total net sales and diluted EPS, each as first reported in that quarter's release, converted from thousands to millions.

We do not hold a confirmed date for Curtiss-Wright's next report. Companies post the date on their investor relations site a few weeks ahead, usually with the time of the conference call.

Each quarter keeps its own page with the figures as reported, so a link to one stays pointed at the same numbers after the next report.

• Q3 2026 (this page), reported Nov 4, 2026

Curtiss-Wright reports sales in three segments. In Q3 2026 Naval & Power brought in $411.9 million of the $952.6 million total, Aerospace & Industrial $281.8 million and Defense Electronics $259.0 million. By end market, Aerospace & Defense markets were $674.1 million and Commercial markets $278.5 million; the largest single market was naval defense at $271.5 million, followed by aerospace defense at $186.4 million and power & process at $164.7 million. (Curtiss-Wright Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

Naval & Power sales rose 12%. Curtiss-Wright attributed the naval defense growth to the timing of production on the Columbia-class and Virginia-class submarine programs and to higher aftermarket revenue supporting aircraft carrier refueling and overhaul projects. Power & process growth came mainly from commercial nuclear solutions supporting next-generation advanced reactors, as several projects move from development into the initial prototype stage. (Curtiss-Wright Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

Aerospace & Industrial sales rose 14% to $282 million on actuation equipment and sensors for fighter jet programs, higher OEM sales of sensors and surface treatment services on narrowbody and widebody aircraft, and industrial vehicle products. Defense Electronics grew 2% to $259 million: embedded computing for helicopter and international fighter jet programs and turret drive stabilization systems for international customers, partly offset by the timing of production on unmanned aerial vehicle programs. (Curtiss-Wright Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

Most of Curtiss-Wright's revenue is products. Product sales were $817.8 million and service sales $134.8 million in the quarter, and 52% of sales were recognized over time. Government demand dominates: sales to the U.S. Government and foreign government end use were 58% of total net sales in 2025. (Curtiss-Wright Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026; Curtiss-Wright Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 5, 2026; Curtiss-Wright Form 10-K, 2025, Feb 12, 2026)

Curtiss-Wright's Q3 2026 diluted EPS was $3.77 on a GAAP basis and $3.94 Adjusted. The Adjusted figure adds back $0.14 per share for a loss on equity securities and $0.03 for restructuring costs. The 10-Q says other income fell $5 million, or 94%, to less than $1 million, primarily because of an unrealized loss on equity securities held for investment purposes. Curtiss-Wright's Adjusted measures also exclude first-year purchase accounting costs on acquisitions. (Curtiss-Wright Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026; Curtiss-Wright Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 5, 2026)

Buybacks lowered the share count. Diluted weighted-average shares were 36,850 thousand, against 37,663 thousand a year earlier. In the quarter Curtiss-Wright repurchased about 538,000 shares for about $352 million, and in September 2026 its board authorized an additional $510 million, taking the available authorization to $700 million. (Curtiss-Wright Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

The effective tax rate was 21.9%, down from 22.5% a year earlier, which Curtiss-Wright put down mainly to higher foreign R&D tax credits and larger tax benefits on stock-based compensation. Net earnings were $138.9 million, up from $124.8 million. (Curtiss-Wright Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 5, 2026; Curtiss-Wright Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

Curtiss-Wright publishes full-year Adjusted guidance in each release. With Q3 2026 it raised its 2026 range for total sales to $3,795 - $3,840 million (previously $3,768 - $3,813 million), operating income to $731 - $744 million, operating margin to 19.2% - 19.4%, diluted EPS to $15.40 - $15.60 (previously $15.10 - $15.40) and free cash flow to $595 - $615 million. (Curtiss-Wright Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

Curtiss-Wright also guides by end market. It raised aerospace defense growth to 14 - 16% (previously 12 - 14%), naval defense to 9 - 11% and general industrial to 3 - 5%, and now expects ground defense to decline 2 - 4% (previously 4 - 6%). On a GAAP basis, the 2026 diluted EPS guidance is $15.48 - $15.68, with an effective tax rate of 21.5%. (Curtiss-Wright Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

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The consensus figures on this page are Yahoo Finance's, as pulled on the date shown. Each comes with the number of analysts behind it; the smaller that number, the more one revised estimate can move the average.

The figures below are the ones Curtiss-Wright's own release and filings put weight on for Q3 2026, with the latest reported value for each.

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• Restated comparisons are flagged in the notes on this page. When a company redraws its segments or changes how it adjusts EPS, it restates the year-ago column, so the year-ago figure in a new release can differ from the one printed a year ago. This page always uses the comparison in the newer release, because that is the like-for-like one.

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