Curtiss-Wright price to free cash flow CW

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 27.5×
10-year median: 20.3×
Against its 10-year history: 76th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 9.5× to 49.0×
Peer median: 32.9×

Curtiss-Wright's price to free cash flow is 27.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 20.3×, higher than on 76% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.5× in Mar 2020 to 49.0× in Apr 2026.

The median for 10 aerospace and defense stocks of a similar size is 32.9×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 20.3×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	27.5×	27.5×	49.0×
2025	40.4×	22.1×	44.6×
2024	28.7×	20.0×	31.1×
2023	20.4×	18.7×	34.7×
2022	33.3×	13.8×	35.9×
2021	14.5×	12.2×	24.5×
2020	23.0×	9.5×	24.0×
2019	18.7×	16.2×	20.0×
2018	15.9×	15.6×	22.4×
2017	20.5×	10.4×	20.8×
2016	11.0×	9.4×	27.2×
2015	22.8×	12.5×	36.0×
2014	18.3×	16.6×	22.2×
2013	19.8×	13.0×	24.5×
2012	12.2×	8.8×	16.1×
2011	14.7×	10.8×	17.6×

Against its peers

Companies in Aerospace & Defense nearest Curtiss-Wright's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
CWCurtiss-Wright	27.5×
WWDWoodward	47.6×
FTAIFTAI Aviation	n/m
TXTTextron	17.4×
HIIHuntington Ingalls Industries	n/m
DRSLeonardo DRS	25.4×
AXONAxon Enterprise	256×
KTOSKratos Defense & Security Solutions	n/m
SAROStandardAero	32.9×
HEIHEICO	40.3×
LHXL3Harris Technologies	16.8×
Peer median	32.9×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.