Woodward Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock increased by 74.6% to $225.91M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 413.2%, from $44.02M to $225.91M. Over 2 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock shows an upward trend with a 127.7% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Higher spending indicates a commitment to returning capital to shareholders or offsetting dilution from stock-based compensation.
The cash outflow associated with the company's repurchase of its own common shares from the open market. This is a prima...
Standard capital return metric for mature public companies.
other_payments_for_repurchase_of_common_stock| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q3 '23 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $8.34M | $8.34M | $39.26M | $234.28M | $166.70M | $45.07M | $26.37M | $100.01M | $86.01M | $35.47M | $44.02M | $44.78M | $48.58M | $129.39M | $225.91M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +370.9% | +496.8% | -28.8% | -73.0% | -41.5% | +279.3% | -14.0% | -58.8% | +24.1% | +1.7% | +8.5% | +166.3% | +74.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | >999% | +440.6% | -32.8% | +121.9% | -14.0% | — | — | — | -43.5% | +264.7% | +413.2% |