Woodward has been named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Companies for 2026. The list ranks the top 500 U.S. public companies based on a comprehensive assessment of 11 categories across more than 60 metrics, evaluating the following:
- Public trust
- Employee satisfaction
- Customer sentiment
- Workforce stability
- Financial strength
- Cybersecurity
“We are privileged to earn this recognition among other distinguished companies on the Forbes list of America’s Best Companies,” said Chip Blankenship, CEO and Chairman of Woodward. “It reflects the passion and commitment of our team members, who are delivering shareholder value each day as they fulfill our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future. Recognition like this also highlights Woodward’s core values in action: Integrity, Respectful and Accountable, and Humble and Driven. Every day our members demonstrate those values as we deliver on the needs of our Aerospace and Industrial customers.”
Forbes partnered with data firms to collect hundreds of measures of company quality and analyzed millions of datapoints to create an index used to evaluate thousands of the largest public and private companies in America.
Find more information about Forbes America’s Best Companies here, and to view the press release, click this link.
