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Curtiss-Wright
Engineered components for defence, aerospace and nuclear power
Exceptional Company Series
Passes all five structural tests and clears our elevated bar on both the strength of the business today and the consistency of its earnings record. An assessment of business quality, not a buy signal — exceptional can also be expensive. Why → · About the series →
The one-minute version
Curtiss-Wright makes highly engineered components for three demanding customers: military aircraft and ground vehicles, naval nuclear propulsion, and commercial power generation. Pumps, valves, control-rod drive mechanisms, embedded computing, sensors and actuation — the parts inside the system rather than the system itself.
The five structural tests
Trajectory: improving ↑ — EPS grew 22.0% over the latest reported year, against 14.7% the year before. The rate of growth is rising, not just the earnings.
The compounding record
The same five measures for every company in the series, so any two can be read against each other.
Why the economics are exceptional
Earnings, twelve years
Weakest point: 2020, 9% off the prior peak. Source: Legend, from company filings and market data, as at 01 September 2026.
Exceptional Company Series
Curtiss-Wright — the two-page fact sheet
Everything on this page, laid out to be read in one sitting or printed: what the business is, the five structural tests, twelve years of earnings, and the honest risk list. No valuation and no price target — the same rule as the writing.
Download the PDF ↓Closing price, USD — not a valuation, not real-time. As of 2026-09-08.
Published 2026-09-01: Makes the specialised hardware inside naval reactors, military aircraft and industrial plant -- parts that are certified into a programme and rarely re-tendered. No article yet -- a candidate profile, not a series member.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Related force
- Defence, Deterrence & Security Capacity ExpansionDefence, security and strategic autonomy
- Head office
- United States
- Employees
- 9,200
- Market cap (as of 2026-09-08)
- USD 20,932,595,712
- Return on equity (as of 2026-09-08)
- +19.7%
- P/E (trailing)
- 39.1×
- Profit margin
- 14.8%
- Dividend yield
- 0.18%
- Beta (5y monthly, vs S&P 500)
- 0.84
- 52-week range
- 474.92 – 808.16 USD
- Website
- curtisswright.com
- Growth (YoY, market data)
- Revenue +5.4% · EPS +27.6%
Where this sits
Every company here is put through the same five structural tests. A small number clear all five and stay clear — those are the Exceptional Company Series. The rest are on the same map, each saying in its own words what it passed and what it did not.
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