Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
Woodward, Inc.
Woodward, Inc. looks fair against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
Woodward, Inc. operates in Manufacturing, based in FORT COLLINS.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
Woodward, Inc. has raised $450M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Series D+ (a $100M–$400M round).
Largest single filing: $250M on 2013-10-01.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2013-10-01.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models Woodward, Inc. at approximately $2.8B (range $1.4B–$6.2B). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Fair. Modeled value is 1.44× the median modeled value of Series D+ Manufacturing companies in 2013–2015 (14 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era. Within the normal band (144% of peer median) for its niche.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 27 months.
Last raise 12.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 12 months.
Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
The last round was 2.5× smaller than the prior — a bridge or down round.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 99% of Manufacturing peers (3257 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 99% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Ball Corp, Bcmh, Inc., DJO Finance LLC, Cornerstone Chemical Co., Aquasition Corp..
Peoplefiled
21 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Financing has been silent well beyond sector cadence — possibly defunct, acquired, or paused.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.