WWD insider ownership: who sold, why, and what they still hold

What stands out

Four directors sold $11.0M with no disclosed plan: Daniel Korte ($5.2M), Gregg Sengstack ($2.1M) and Eileen Paterson ($2.0M), plus 1 more. The filings don't state a reason.Daniel Korte: largest such sale, Jun 4, 2026 · Gregg Sengstack: largest such sale, Dec 4, 2025 · Eileen Paterson: largest such sale, Feb 5, 2026

A share of stake is shown for 0 of the 8 officers and directors who sold. 16 are left out

Left out: Charles Blankenship, Randall Hobbs, Gregg Sengstack, John Cohn, David Hess, Thomas Cromwell, William Lacey, Terence Voskuil, Daniel Korte, Rajeev Bhalla, Karrie Bem, Shawn McLevige, Tana Utley, Eileen Paterson, Mary Petryszyn and Frederico Curado (share of stake is being verified).

Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Their share of stake is being verified and is not shown yet; amounts and trading plans are below.

Charles Blankenship

Chairman of the Board and CEO, Director

Not confirmed

Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why

$10.5MDisclosed plan

Thomas Cromwell

EVP and COO

Not confirmed

Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why

$8.9MDisclosed plan

Daniel Korte

Director

Not confirmed

Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why

$5.2MNo plan disclosed

Gregg Sengstack

Director

Not confirmed

Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why

$2.1MNo plan disclosed

Eileen Paterson

Director

Not confirmed

Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why

$2.0MNo plan disclosed

All 8 sellers

Selling by month

Officers and directors, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Each sale is counted once: under a disclosed plan, else to cover taxes, else no plan disclosed.

Disclosed planNo plan disclosedOne dollar scale for every month; the tallest bar is labeled

Recent activity

Past 30 days, Sep 17, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026

Oct 3, 20263 executives had 1.5K shares ($509K) withheld by the company for taxes (not a market sale).

Who	Shares	Price	% of total stake	Total stake after	Trade date	Filed
Charles Blankenship Chairman of the Board and CEO, Director	1,112	$331.62	n/a	n/a	Oct 3, 2026	Oct 6, 2026
Thomas Cromwell EVP and COO	382	$331.62	n/a	n/a	Oct 3, 2026	Oct 6, 2026
Shawn McLevige EVP and President, Aerospace	42	$331.62	n/a	n/a	Oct 3, 2026	Oct 6, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in an event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings are not confirmed, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Common questions

Is the Woodward, Inc. CEO selling stock?

Yes. Charles Blankenship sold 28K shares ($10.5M) in the past 12 months, all of it under a trading plan disclosed in the filings.

Why are Woodward, Inc. insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 66% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings and 34% had no disclosed plan. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any Woodward, Inc. insiders buying?

No. Officers and directors reported no purchases in the past 12 months.

The evidence

Who sold8 officers and directors: amount, % of holdings, trading plan

Who sold	Amount	% of holdings	Trading plan
Charles Blankenship Chairman of the Board and CEO, Director	$10.5M 28K shares	Not confirmed share of stake is being verified. Why	Disclosed plan
Thomas Cromwell EVP and COO	$8.9M 30K shares	Not confirmed share of stake is being verified. Why	Disclosed plan
Daniel Korte Director	$5.2M 15K shares	Not confirmed share of stake is being verified. Why	No plan disclosed
Gregg Sengstack Director	$2.1M 7K shares	Not confirmed share of stake is being verified. Why	No plan disclosed
Eileen Paterson Director	$2.0M 5.2K shares	Not confirmed share of stake is being verified. Why	No plan disclosed
John Cohn Director	$1.7M 5.3K shares	Not confirmed share of stake is being verified. Why	No plan disclosed
Shawn McLevige EVP and President, Aerospace	$1.5M 4K shares	Not confirmed share of stake is being verified. Why	Disclosed plan
Karrie Bem EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec	$336K 929 shares	Not confirmed share of stake is being verified. Why	Disclosed plan

The full ownership picture0 of 16 officers and directors confirmed

Vested shares across all share classes, held directly and through trusts, LLCs and family members, as reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5. Unvested awards and options are never counted as owned shares.

Insider

Held Oct 16, 2025

Sold

Held Oct 16, 2026

Still held

Charles Blankenship

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Charles Blankenship are complete.

Chairman of the Board and CEO, Director

n/a

−28K

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Charles Blankenship

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Charles Blankenship are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

−7Kwithheld by the company for taxes

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
12,625	$98.34	May 9, 2032	$3.3M
56,466	$83.24	Oct 3, 2032	$15.4M

Estimate: options held × ($356.82 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Jul 31, 2026), not a market close.

Randall Hobbs

EVP and President, Industrial

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Randall Hobbs

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Randall Hobbs are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

−12Kwithheld by the company for taxes

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
1,294	$391.53	Feb 10, 2036	$0

Estimate: options held × ($356.82 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Jul 31, 2026), not a market close.

Gregg Sengstack

Director

n/a

−7K

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Gregg Sengstack

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Gregg Sengstack are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
2,293	$131.66	Nov 27, 2033	$516K
1,879	$169.34	Oct 1, 2034	$352K

Estimate: options held × ($356.82 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Jul 31, 2026), not a market close.

John Cohn

Director

n/a

−5.3K

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for John Cohn

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for John Cohn are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
1,500	$46.55	Oct 1, 2024	$465K
1,146	$131.66	Nov 27, 2033	$258K
939	$169.34	Oct 1, 2034	$176K

Estimate: options held × ($356.82 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Jul 31, 2026), not a market close.

David Hess

Director

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for David Hess

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for David Hess are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Thomas Cromwell

EVP and COO

n/a

−30K

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Thomas Cromwell

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Thomas Cromwell are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

−2Kwithheld by the company for taxes

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
3,300	$81.03	Oct 1, 2030	$910K
9,700	$117.64	Oct 1, 2031	$2.3M
13,386	$83.24	Oct 3, 2032	$3.7M

Estimate: options held × ($356.82 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Jul 31, 2026), not a market close.

William Lacey

EVP and CFO

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for William Lacey

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for William Lacey are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

−3.5Kwithheld by the company for taxes

Terence Voskuil

EVP and President, Aerospace

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Terence Voskuil

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Terence Voskuil are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
4,388	$137.76	Feb 12, 2034	$961K

Estimate: options held × ($356.82 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Jul 31, 2026), not a market close.

Daniel Korte

Director

n/a

−15K

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Daniel Korte

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Daniel Korte are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Rajeev Bhalla

Director

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Rajeev Bhalla

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Rajeev Bhalla are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Karrie Bem

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. See the filing Sales and other transactions for Karrie Bem are complete.

EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec

n/a

−929

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Karrie Bem

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Karrie Bem are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

−398withheld by the company for taxes

Shawn McLevige

EVP and President, Aerospace

n/a

−4K

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Shawn McLevige

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Shawn McLevige are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

−195withheld by the company for taxes

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options held	Strike price	Expires	Intrinsic value (estimate)
2,150	$81.03	Oct 1, 2030	$593K
2,600	$117.64	Oct 1, 2031	$622K
2,570	$83.24	Oct 3, 2032	$703K
1,256	$137.76	Feb 12, 2034	$275K

Estimate: options held × ($356.82 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Jul 31, 2026), not a market close.

Tana Utley

Director

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Tana Utley

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Tana Utley are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Eileen Paterson

Director

n/a

−5.2K

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Eileen Paterson

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Eileen Paterson are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Mary Petryszyn

Director

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Mary Petryszyn

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Mary Petryszyn are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Frederico Curado

Director

n/a

Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Frederico Curado

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Frederico Curado are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Holdings and share of stake for Woodward, Inc. are being verified, so no balances, unit counts or percentages are shown. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings.

What explains the selling$32.2M of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $32.2M across 94,704 shares. Plan status and stated purpose are separate questions, and a sale can have both.

By plan status

Disclosed plan · $21.2M · 66%

34%

The lighter segment is sales with no plan disclosed in the filing ($11.0M), including tax-related sales outside a plan.

No plan disclosed · $11.0M

Sales with no 10b5-1 plan and no tax reference in the filing. $5.2M of it is Daniel Korte. No plan disclosed is a statement about the filing, not about why the sale happened. Largest such sale: Eileen Paterson, Feb 5, 2026

Taxes

24,630 shares ($8.4M) were withheld by the company for taxes, which isn't a market sale.

Seller	Shares sold	Proceeds	Under a disclosed plan	Share of total	Sales dates
Charles Blankenship Chairman of the Board and CEO, Director	28K	$10.5M	100%	33%	Mar 3, 2026 to Mar 10, 2026
Thomas Cromwell EVP and COO	30K	$8.9M	100%	28%	Nov 28, 2025 to Dec 15, 2025
Daniel Korte Director	15K	$5.2M	0%	16%	Jun 4, 2026 to Jun 4, 2026
Gregg Sengstack Director	7K	$2.1M	0%	7%	Dec 4, 2025 to Dec 4, 2025
Eileen Paterson Director	5.2K	$2.0M	0%	6%	Feb 5, 2026 to Feb 5, 2026
John Cohn Director	5.3K	$1.7M	0%	5%	Nov 26, 2025 to Feb 4, 2026
Shawn McLevige EVP and President, Aerospace	4K	$1.5M	100%	5%	Mar 3, 2026 to Jul 31, 2026
Karrie Bem EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec	929	$336K	100%	1%	May 14, 2026 to May 20, 2026

Sales by month

Month	Sale proceeds	Disclosed plan	To cover taxes	No plan disclosed
Oct 2025	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nov 2025	$2.4M	$1.5M	$0	$889K
Dec 2025	$9.5M	$7.4M	$0	$2.1M
Jan 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Feb 2026	$2.8M	$0	$0	$2.8M
Mar 2026	$11.2M	$11.2M	$0	$0
Apr 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
May 2026	$336K	$336K	$0	$0
Jun 2026	$5.2M	$0	$0	$5.2M
Jul 2026	$767K	$767K	$0	$0
Aug 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Sep 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0
Oct 2026	$0	$0	$0	$0

Is this normal? Selling year by year5 earlier years to compare with

Less than usual: about half of the 5-year average. 8 insiders sold; the average is 6 a year.

12 months ending	Shares sold	Insiders who sold	Proceeds
Oct 16, 2026 Latest 12 months	95K	8	$32.2M
Oct 16, 2025 1 year earlier	221K	7	$44.2M
Oct 16, 2024 2 years earlier	68K	5	$10.0M
Oct 17, 2023 3 years earlier	21K	4	$2.6M
Oct 17, 2022 4 years earlier	102K	5	$12.2M
Oct 17, 2021 5 years earlier	412K	10	$48.5M

Open-market sales (Form 4 code S) by people who were officers or directors, in split-adjusted shares. Earlier years include people who have since left. A sale that an outside holder also reports (a family trust, a fund) is counted with outside holders in every year. Shares, not dollars, are compared, so a change in the stock price doesn't look like a change in selling. Years the filings don't fully cover are shown but left out of the average.

Known gaps and uncertainty16 officers and directors not confirmed

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Balances, unit counts and every share-of-stake figure for Woodward, Inc. are held back until that check is finished. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings and are complete.

External context: we only cite outside events when a documented connection exists. None is shown for this period.

Sources and methodology1,284 filings on record, 46 filed in the 12-month period, and how we read them

All 1,284 Forms 3, 4 and 5 on record for Woodward, Inc. (SEC CIK 108312), filed from Nov 14, 2000 to Oct 6, 2026; 46 of them were filed in the 12 months this page covers, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 16, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages. 85 older filings exist only on paper and could not be read.

Probable 3-for-1 stock split on or before Apr 28, 2006 (first filing that shows post-split balances). Splits aren't reported as transactions; 3 holding lines changed by exactly this ratio, so earlier share counts are restated.

Probable 2-for-1 stock split on or before Feb 14, 2008 (split date stated in a footnote). Splits aren't reported as transactions; 5 holding lines changed by exactly this ratio, so earlier share counts are restated.

Probable 6-for-1 stock split on or before Aug 22, 2008 (first filing that shows post-split balances). Splits aren't reported as transactions; 2 holding lines changed by exactly this ratio, so earlier share counts are restated.

Holdings. Each holding line (a share class plus an owner, such as a trust or LLC) carries its last reported balance forward. Entities first reported during the period start at zero, so transfers between an insider's own trusts don't count as selling. Lines not reported for three years or more are listed separately and left out of totals.

Sales. A sale counts as under a 10b5-1 plan if its footnote cites one or the filing's Rule 10b5-1 box is checked, and as tax-related if its footnote cites tax obligations or sell-to-cover. Shares withheld by the company for taxes are listed separately. Sales with neither attribute are labeled "no plan disclosed".

Full methodology

Former or inactive filers (26)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total

Name	Last filed	Last reported balance
Christopher Fawzy	Mar 1, 2024	14,117 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 28, 2024
Ronald Sega	Nov 29, 2023	13,689 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 5, 2023
Mary Petrovich	Oct 5, 2022	226,066 shares, last reported balance as of Aug 12, 2022
Paul Donovan	Oct 5, 2022	85,815 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 1, 2022
Sagar Patel	Oct 5, 2022	5,148 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 3, 2022
Roger Ross	Oct 5, 2022	6,316 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 3, 2022
Mark Hartman	Oct 5, 2022	7,600 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 3, 2022
Thomas Gendron	Jun 3, 2022	1,232,024 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 2, 2022
Thomas Gendron	Jun 3, 2022	74,000 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 2, 2022
Robert Weber Jr.	Feb 12, 2021	30,523 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 11, 2021
James Rulseh	Oct 5, 2020	169,584 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 21, 2019
Chad Preiss	Oct 5, 2020	51,147 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 3, 2020
Jonathan Thayer	Oct 3, 2019	No balance on record
Matthew Taylor	Feb 13, 2019	8,275 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 12, 2019
John Halbrook	Apr 26, 2018	6,414,425 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 30, 2017
Martin Glass	Oct 4, 2017	585,362 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 1, 2017
Larry Rittenberg	Jan 27, 2017	96,189 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 18, 2016
James Rudolph	Apr 29, 2016	68,712 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 28, 2016
Michael Yonker	Oct 3, 2013	289,728 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 30, 2011
Michael Joyce	Oct 3, 2012	83,416 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 2, 2012
Gerhard Lauffer	Oct 5, 2011	22,750 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 5, 2009
Dennis Benning	Sep 2, 2011	82,357 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 26, 2010
Carol Manning	May 16, 2007	321,024 shares, last reported balance as of May 14, 2007
Stephen Carter	Mar 2, 2005	431,568 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 28, 2005
Gerald English	Aug 11, 2004	18,000 shares, last reported balance as of Aug 10, 2004
Neal O	Apr 14, 2004	163,908 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 28, 2004

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Woodward, Inc. insiders sold $32.2M in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

What stands out

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Selling by month

Recent activity

Common questions

Is the Woodward, Inc. CEO selling stock?

Why are Woodward, Inc. insiders selling?

Are any Woodward, Inc. insiders buying?

The evidence

No plan disclosed · $11.0M

Taxes

Sales by month