Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Woodward, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$19M
Total assets Small plan by assets
61
Participants Small participant base
77th
Percentile by assets National rank
$312,637
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Woodward, Inc. · Colorado · Manufacturing

$19M in assets, 61 participants

Woodward, Inc.'s Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan reported $19M in total assets and 61 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 77th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #13,865 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Where Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan sits by assets

Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $19M for 61 participants (~$312,637/participant), down 30.7% in 2022.

#13,865
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-30.7%
assets change YoY
0.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $8M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$19,070,865 Top 23% higher than 77% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan is a small filing (61 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 361984010 · Woodward, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan · $19M · 61 · 77th

  • TYPE $19M
  • TYPE 61
  • TYPE 77th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near Miller & Chevalier, Chartered Employees' Retiremen
  • TYPE ind #13865

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Colorado →

Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Walter Duncan, Inc. Employees Retirement PlanWalter Duncan, Inc. Employee…$19MHunter Fan Company Pension PlanHunter Fan Company Pension P…$19MWoodward Fst Employees' Pension PlanWoodward Fst Employees' Pens…$19MMiller & Chevalier, Chartered Employees' RetiremenMiller & Chevalier, Chartere…$19MFinancial Accounting Foundation Employees' Pension PlanFinancial Accounting Foundat…$19M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$28M
Net Assets (End of Year)$19M
Net Income-$8M
Employer EIN361984010
Plan Effective Date1998-06-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Woodward, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Woodward, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.1B 28.05508869011334% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.6B$1.8B$2B$2.2B 202220232024 $1.67B $2.14B ▲ +28.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 5,467 $1.7B
2023 4 6,221 $1.9B
2024 4 6,562 $2.1B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Colorado

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -0.500.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.019070865 · Participants: 61Woodward Fst Employees' Pension PlanRocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.247990437 · Participants: 39196Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension PlanBall Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.950257778 · Participants: 1920Ball Pension PlanPcs U.S. Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.848297753 · Participants: 1472Pcs U.S. Employees' Pension PlanEmployees' and Agents' Pension Benefits Plan Empower Holdings, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.39420402 · Participants: 265Employees' and Agents' Pension Benefits Plan Empower Holdings, Inc.National Renewable Energy Laboratory Shared Security Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.385490596 · Participants: 2480National Renewable Energy Laboratory Shared Security Pension Plan
Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants
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Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Miller & Chevalier, Chartered Employees' Retiremen in DC ($19M); by covered participants it is Defined Benefit Pension Plan for Classified Salaried Employees of Truck-Lite Co., LLC in PA (61 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan contracted severely - down 30.7% during 2022, from $28M to $19M. Reported net income was -$8M.
How have Woodward, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Woodward, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 28.1%, from $1.7B to $2.1B.
Where does Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan ranks in the 77th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Miller & Chevalier, Chartered Employees' Retiremen in DC ($19M, 37 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Defined Benefit Pension Plan for Classified Salaried Employees of Truck-Lite Co., LLC in PA (61 participants, $23M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 361984010.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.