WHY INVEST IN CURTISS-WRIGHT?
Curtiss-Wright is a global integrated company built on long-standing customer relationships, leading market positions and innovative technologies. Our legacy dates back to 1929 with the merger of companies founded by aviation pioneers Glenn Curtiss and the Wright Brothers. Today, we develop, design and build what we believe are the best engineered solutions available to our core Aerospace & Defense markets and demanding Commercial Power, Process and Industrial markets. We are committed to achieving long-term profitable growth and strong free cash flow generation to deliver significant value for our shareholders.
1. INVESTING FOR GROWTH
Our top-line growth strategy focuses on a combination of organic revenue growth aided by our continued investment into research and development, and acquisitions that meet our stringent strategic and financial objectives and investment return requirements. We will invest in and manage a portfolio of businesses to continually improve our competitive positions in our core markets, creating synergy through our scale and through our expertise in designing and delivering platform independent products, containing unique IP, at moderate volumes, as well as providing critical services that improve the reliability and functionality of key components.
2. DRIVING TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP
Continual adaptation to the changing needs of our customers and technological expertise are Curtiss-Wright’s core competencies. We provide highly engineered products and services for high-performance platforms and critical applications. Our customers count on Curtiss-Wright technologies for increased safety, reliability and performance in the most demanding environments. Our goal is to achieve #1 or #2 share positions in all our key end markets, and be an indispensable partner with our customers, providing market-leading technologies that reduce their risk and enable their long-term success.
3. DELIVERING SHAREHOLDER VALUE
We are focused on generating profitable growth and achieving top quartile performance compared with our peer group across a range of financial metrics, including: Operating Margin, Earnings per Share, Return on Invested Capital, Working Capital as a percentage of Sales and Free Cash Flow Conversion. Top quartile performance metrics, combined with a disciplined and balanced capital deployment strategy, will serve to improve the competitiveness of Curtiss-Wright over the long term and allow us to deliver significant value to our shareholders.
To learn more about Curtiss-Wright please view our investor overview presentation.