Company insider dossier

Woodward Inc insider intelligence

WWD filings assessed for conviction, transaction quality, insider breadth, clustering, freshness, and price confirmation.

56/100

Balanced insider tape

83/100 confidence
Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Latest evidence
31 Jul 2026

Investment committee read

Balanced insider tape

Acquisition and disposal evidence is mixed after low-information compensation and derivative activity is separated out.

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Evidence in favour

  • 4 distinct acquisition events survive duplicate and security-type controls.
  • Participation spans 3 named insiders rather than one filing source.
  • The latest qualifying evidence is fresh, dated 31 Jul 2026.

Decision risks

  • Qualifying disposal events outnumber acquisitions, although disposals receive a lower directional weight.
Conviction56Balanced insider tape
Confidence83Deep evidence
Named insiders3participating in the tape
Controlled events13directional common-share events
Acquisition value$1.3Mnormalized amount
Disposal value$6.3Mnormalized amount

Price confirmation map

Weekly price with common-share events

Acquisitions and disposals are aligned to the nearest completed weekly bar.

431.62362.83294.04225.25156.46 Disposal · 31 Jul 2026 · $767.2KAcquisition · 31 Jul 2026 · $174.2KDisposal · 4 Jun 2026 · $1.9MDisposal · 4 Jun 2026 · $1.3MDisposal · 4 Jun 2026 · $1.1MDisposal · 4 Jun 2026 · $904.6KAcquisition · 4 Jun 2026 · $473.8KAcquisition · 4 Jun 2026 · $415.0KAcquisition · 4 Jun 2026 · $246.4KDisposal · 20 May 2026 · $65.7KDisposal · 18 May 2026 · $65.2KDisposal · 15 May 2026 · $100.8KDisposal · 14 May 2026 · $104.3K
Feb 2025Aug 2026
Weekly closeCommon-share acquisitionCommon-share disposal

Market confirmation

Price and trend context

Latest close
362.89 USD
One-week move
+0.6%
Four-week move
-10.7%
Fair-value gap
+63.6%
Trend signal
Active
Relative strength
-3.1

Directional balance

Controlled event mix

30.8%acquisition
Acquisition events
4
Disposal events
9
Net value
-$5.0M

Cadence

Twelve-week filing pressure

Volume shows attention. Controlled events determine direction.

025 May
1001 Jun
008 Jun
015 Jun
022 Jun
029 Jun
006 Jul
013 Jul
020 Jul
327 Jul
003 Aug
010 Aug

Named participants

Insider conviction by person

MCLEVIGE, SHAWN MEVP and President, Aerospace612 events
KORTE, DANIEL G.Director607 events
BEM, KARRIE M.EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec204 events

Evidence quality

Security and transaction context

Common equity13
Equity compensation0
Options and derivatives4
Other securities0

Role architecture

Who is participating

Director10
Other executive7

Transaction evidence

Auditable WWD filing ledger

Showing 1 to 17 of 17.

MCLEVIGE, SHAWN MEVP and President, Aerospace
DisposalOptions and derivatives
2150 sharesNon-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)
Not reportedContext evidence
MCLEVIGE, SHAWN MEVP and President, Aerospace
DisposalCommon equity
2150 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$767.2KDirectional evidence
MCLEVIGE, SHAWN MEVP and President, Aerospace
AcquisitionCommon equity
2150 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$174.2KDirectional evidence
KORTE, DANIEL G.Director
DisposalOptions and derivatives
3500 sharesNon-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)
Not reportedContext evidence
KORTE, DANIEL G.Director
DisposalOptions and derivatives
6000 sharesNon-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)
Not reportedContext evidence
KORTE, DANIEL G.Director
DisposalOptions and derivatives
5200 sharesNon-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)
Not reportedContext evidence
KORTE, DANIEL G.Director
DisposalCommon equity
5419 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$1.9MDirectional evidence
KORTE, DANIEL G.Director
DisposalCommon equity
3662 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$1.3MDirectional evidence
KORTE, DANIEL G.Director
DisposalCommon equity
3086 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$1.1MDirectional evidence
KORTE, DANIEL G.Director
DisposalCommon equity
2533 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$904.6KDirectional evidence
KORTE, DANIEL G.Director
AcquisitionCommon equity
6000 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$473.8KDirectional evidence
KORTE, DANIEL G.Director
AcquisitionCommon equity
5200 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$415.0KDirectional evidence
KORTE, DANIEL G.Director
AcquisitionCommon equity
3500 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$246.4KDirectional evidence
BEM, KARRIE M.EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec
DisposalCommon equity
185 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$65.7KDirectional evidence
BEM, KARRIE M.EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec
DisposalCommon equity
185 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$65.2KDirectional evidence
BEM, KARRIE M.EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec
DisposalCommon equity
279 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$100.8KDirectional evidence
BEM, KARRIE M.EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec
DisposalCommon equity
280 sharesWoodward, Inc. Common Stock
$104.3KDirectional evidence

Reading the dossier

Direction and confidence are separate

Conviction

The 0 to 100 score classifies deduplicated priced common-share evidence. Fifty is balanced or non-directional.

Confidence

Confidence rises with controlled event depth, named-insider breadth, fresh evidence, normalized values, and a longer observation span.

Disposals

Selling is not treated as the mirror image of buying. It carries less directional weight because taxes, diversification, compensation, and planned transactions can all create sales.

Price confirmation

The market chart tests whether the filing thesis is being confirmed or rejected by price, fair-value position, relative strength, and the current trend state.

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Evidence context