Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Entity Wide Revenue Major Customer [Line Items]

Summary of Consolidated Net Sales and Earnings by Segment

A summary of consolidated net sales and earnings by segment follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2021			2020			2019
Segment external net sales:
Aerospace	$	1,404,117		$	1,590,963		$	1,880,520
Industrial		841,715			904,702			1,019,677
Total consolidated net sales	$	2,245,832		$	2,495,665		$	2,900,197
Segment earnings:
Aerospace	$	234,356		$	310,137		$	389,126
Industrial		108,672			100,321			93,521
Nonsegment expenses		(64,442	)		(94,530	)		(119,447	)
Interest Expense, net		(32,787	)		(34,047	)		(42,588	)
Consolidated earnings before income taxes	$	245,799		$	281,881		$	320,612

Summary of Consolidated Total Assets, Depreciation and Amortization, and Capital Expenditures by Segment

Segment assets consist of accounts receivable, inventories, property, plant, and equipment, net, goodwill, and other intangibles, net.  A summary of consolidated total assets, consolidated depreciation and amortization, and consolidated capital expenditures follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2019
Segment assets:
Aerospace	$	1,698,833	$	1,752,516	$	1,900,657
Industrial		1,453,423		1,529,411		1,561,441
Unallocated corporate property, plant and equipment, net		106,014		106,380		114,887
Other unallocated assets		832,734		515,029		379,541
Consolidated total assets	$	4,091,004	$	3,903,336	$	3,956,526
Segment depreciation and amortization:
Aerospace	$	62,075	$	63,530	$	60,710
Industrial		56,885		57,444		71,173
Unallocated corporate amounts		10,564		10,184		10,121
Consolidated depreciation and amortization	$	129,524	$	131,158	$	142,004
Segment capital expenditures:
Aerospace	$	17,303	$	26,148	$	56,525
Industrial		15,164		10,631		30,195
Unallocated corporate amounts		5,222		10,308		12,346
Consolidated capital expenditures	$	37,689	$	47,087	$	99,066

U.S. Government Related [Member]

Entity Wide Revenue Major Customer [Line Items]

U.S. Government Related Sales by Segment

U.S. Government related sales from Woodward’s reportable segments were as follows:

	Direct U.S. Government Sales			Indirect U.S. Government Sales			Total U.S. Government Related Sales
Fiscal year ended September 30, 2021
Aerospace	$	116,832		$	526,118		$	642,950
Industrial		7,732			2,442			10,174
Total net external sales	$	124,564		$	528,560		$	653,124
Percentage of total net sales		6	%		23	%		29	%
Fiscal year ended September 30, 2020
Aerospace	$	149,416		$	536,424		$	685,840
Industrial		5,867			17,473			23,340
Total net external sales	$	155,283		$	553,897		$	709,180
Percentage of total net sales		6	%		22	%		28	%
Fiscal year ended September 30, 2019
Aerospace	$	118,334		$	545,306		$	663,640
Industrial		4,491			13,810			18,301
Total net external sales	$	122,825		$	559,116		$	681,941
Percentage of total net sales		4	%		19	%		23	%