Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE:CW) is among the 10 Largest Defense Stocks in 2025. On October 20, Stifel lifted the stock’s price target to $502 from $457 while maintaining a Hold rating for its shares.
The analyst noted that, following uncertainty in global markets since April this year, the industrial companies he covers have been able to pass price increases to customers with little resistance. Moreover, the research firm believes that tariffs, on average, have been only slightly accretive to EPS for these companies.
Stifel cited Curtiss-Wright Corporation an innovative company providing high-tech and critical-function offerings to structurally growing markets. It believes the company can outgrow markets through new product developments in stable to growing sectors.
The firm also highlighted CW’s strong free cash flow generation, which provides the company with the capacity to pursue inorganic growth opportunities. Stifel added that Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s growth trajectory can be further enhanced by availing what it described as ‘multi-decade nuclear opportunities’.
Earlier this month, the company was selected by American Rheinmetall to provide the Turret Drive Stabilization System for the prototype phase of the U.S. Army’s XM30 Combat Vehicle program. Curtiss-Wright will also be supplying encrypted flight data recorder technology to Bell Textron for the Army’s MV-75 Long Range Assault Aircraft Program.
Curtiss-Wright Corporation provides engineered products, solutions, and services for the aerospace and defense markets.
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