401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Woodward, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.8B
Total assets Very large vs avg
5,847
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$301,996
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Woodward Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Woodward, Inc. · Colorado · Manufacturing

$1.8B in assets, 5,847 participants

Woodward, Inc.'s Woodward Retirement Savings Plan reported $1.8B in total assets and 5,847 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #18,441 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Colorado

Woodward Retirement Savings Plan covers 5,847 participants in Colorado, 16x the typical Colorado plan (state average ~376 per filing). Assets: $1.8B.

#18,441
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+17.3%
assets growth YoY
18×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Woodward Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Woodward Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,765,770,435 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 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 2023

Woodward Retirement Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Woodward Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (5,847 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Woodward Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$367M in the plan year 2022 filing to $261M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Woodward Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Woodward Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 5,046 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5,847 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 361984010 · Woodward, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Woodward Retirement Savings Plan · $1.8B · 5,847 · 99th

  • RANK $1.8B
  • PHOTO 5,847
  • IND 99th
  • EOY 401(k)
  • 5500 near Oshkosh Corporation and Affiliates Tax Deferred Investment Plan
  • ASSETS ind #18441

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 Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Woodward Retirement Savings PlanWoodward Retirement Savings …$1.8BJohn Deere Tax Deferred Savings PlanJohn Deere Tax Deferred Savi…$1.8BHolland and Knight Profit Sharing Plan & TrustHolland and Knight Profit Sh…$1.8BOshkosh Corporation and Affiliates Tax Deferred Investment PlanOshkosh Corporation and Affi…$1.8BBertelsmann 401(k) Savings PlanBertelsmann 401(k) Savings P…$1.8B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Woodward Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Colorado filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.8B
Net Income$261M
Employer EIN361984010
Plan Effective Date1952-09-30
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 401(k) Plans in Colorado

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Woodward Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 1.522.533.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Woodward Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.765770435 · Participants: 5847Woodward Retirement Savings PlanDavita Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.326219779 · Participants: 57711Davita Retirement Savings PlanBall Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.806549522 · Participants: 10349Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership PlanEmpower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.852270164 · Participants: 10036Empower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings PlanArcadis U.S., Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.686655183 · Participants: 5491Arcadis U.S., Inc. Retirement Savings PlanNutrien 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.661050894 · Participants: 12106Nutrien 401(k) Retirement Plan
Woodward Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Woodward Retirement Savings Plan

Woodward Retirement Savings Plan reports $1.8B in end-of-year assets across 5,847 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $301,996 per participant (2.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $261M.

This plan identity (EIN 361984010, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.5B to $2.0B (+30.6%) while covered participants moved from 5,046 to 6,210 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,046 $1.5B Open filing
2023 5,847 $1.8B This page
2024 · index core 6,210 $2.0B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Woodward Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Oshkosh Corporation and Affiliates Tax Deferred Investment Plan in WI ($1.8B); by covered participants it is Eym Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in TX (5,851 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,847 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Woodward Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2023?
Woodward Retirement Savings Plan grew sharply - up 17.3% during 2023, from $1.5B to $1.8B. Reported net income was $261M.
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 Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Woodward Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Woodward Retirement Savings Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Oshkosh Corporation and Affiliates Tax Deferred Investment Plan in WI ($1.8B, 10,771 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Woodward Retirement Savings Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Eym Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in TX (5,851 participants, $3M in assets).