Revenue

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Revenue

Note 3.  Revenue

Sales of Products

Woodward primarily generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of engineered aerospace and industrial products, including revenue derived from maintenance, repair and overhaul (“MRO”) performance obligations performed on products originally manufactured by Woodward and subsequently returned by original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) or other end-user customers.  The majority of Woodward’s costs incurred to satisfy MRO performance obligations are related to replacing and/or refurbishing component parts of the returned products to restore the units back to a condition generally comparable to that of the unit upon its initial sale to an OEM customer.  Therefore, Woodward considers almost all of its revenue to be derived from product sales, including those related to MRO.

Revenue from manufactured products, MRO, and services represented 86%, 12%, and 2%, respectively, of Woodward’s net sales for the years ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019.  

Point in time and over time revenue recognition

The amount of revenue recognized as point in time or over time follows:

	For the Year Ended September 30, 2020						For the Year Ended September 30, 2019
	Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated
Point in time	$	590,817	$	592,157	$	1,182,974	$	762,042	$	634,219	$	1,396,261
Over time		1,000,146		312,545		1,312,691		1,118,478		385,458		1,503,936
Total net sales	$	1,590,963	$	904,702	$	2,495,665	$	1,880,520	$	1,019,677	$	2,900,197

Material Rights and Costs to Fulfill a Contract

For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, Woodward recognized an increase in revenue of $6,784 and $6,017, respectively, and cost of goods sold of $6,638 and $9,580, respectively, related to changes in estimated total lifetime sales. Other than amounts related to changes in estimate, for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, Woodward amortized $1,241 and $376, respectively, of costs to fulfill contracts with customers to cost of goods sold and amortized $1,664 and $719, respectively, of contract liabilities to revenue.  As of September 30, 2020, other assets included $133,349 of capitalized costs to fulfill contracts with customers, compared to $105,206 as of September 30, 2019.

Accounts Receivable and Contract assets

Customer receivables include amounts billed and currently due from customers as well as unbilled amounts (contract assets) and are included in “Accounts receivable” in Woodward’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Amounts are billed in accordance with contractual terms, which are generally tied to shipment of the products to the customer, or as work progresses in accordance with contractual terms.  Billed accounts receivable are typically due within 60 days.  Woodward’s contracts with customers generally have no financing components.

Accounts receivable consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2020			September 30, 2019
Billed receivables
Trade accounts receivable	$	307,914		$	381,942
Other (Chinese financial institutions)		56,640			42,171
Less: Allowance for uncollectible amounts		(6,889	)		(7,908	)
Net billed receivables		357,665			416,205
Current unbilled receivables (contract assets), net		180,322			175,324
Total accounts receivable, net	$	537,987		$	591,529

As of September 30, 2020, “Other assets” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets includes $16,751 of unbilled receivables not expected to be invoiced and collected within a period of twelve months, compared to $1,573 as of September 30, 2019.  Unbilled receivables not expected to be invoiced and collected within a period of twelve months are primarily attributable to customer delays for deliveries on firm orders in the Aerospace segment due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Billed and unbilled accounts receivable from the U.S. Government were less than 10% of total billed and unbilled accounts receivable at September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019.

Contract liabilities  

Contract liabilities consisted of the following:  

	September 30, 2020				September 30, 2019
	Current		Noncurrent		Current		Noncurrent
Deferred revenue from material rights from GE joint venture formation	$	4,066	$	234,240	$	8,317	$	230,588
Deferred revenue from advanced invoicing and/or prepayments from customers		3,239		85		4,554		141
Liability related to customer supplied inventory		14,955		—		13,396		—
Deferred revenue from material rights related to engineering and development funding		2,360		132,317		1,624		106,436
Net contract liabilities	$	24,620	$	366,642	$	27,891	$	337,165

The current portion of contract liabilities is included in “Accrued liabilities” and the noncurrent portion is included in “Other liabilities” of Woodward’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Woodward recognized revenue of $29,579 in the year ended September 30, 2020 from contract liabilities balances recorded as of September 30, 2019, compared to $21,658 in the year ended September 30, 2019 from contract liabilities balances recorded as of October 1, 2018.

Woodward recognized revenue of $79,569 for the fiscal year 2020, compared to $98,061 for the fiscal year 2019 related to noncash consideration received from customers.  The Aerospace segment recognized $78,179 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020, compared to $96,762 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, while the Industrial segment recognized $1,390 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 compared to $1,299 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

Remaining performance obligations

Remaining performance obligations related to the aggregate amount of the total contract transaction price of firm orders for which the performance obligation has not yet been recognized in revenue as of September 30, 2020 was $1,454,406, compared to $1,527,437 as of September 30, 2019, the majority of which in both periods relate to Woodward’s Aerospace segment.  Woodward expects to recognize almost all of these remaining performance obligations within two years after September 30, 2020.  

Remaining performance obligations related to material rights that have not yet been recognized in revenue as of September 30, 2020 was $465,668, of which $6,983 is expected to be recognized in fiscal year 2021, and the balance is expected to be recognized thereafter.  Woodward expects to recognize revenue from performance obligations related to material rights over the life of the underlying programs, which may be as long as forty years.

Disaggregation of Revenue

Woodward designs, produces and services reliable, efficient, low-emission, and high-performance energy control products for diverse applications in markets throughout the world.  Woodward reports financial results for each of its Aerospace and Industrial reportable segments.  Woodward further disaggregates its revenue from contracts with customers by primary market and by geographical area as Woodward believes this best depicts how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of its revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors.

Revenue by primary market for the Aerospace reportable segment was as follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2020		2019
Commercial OEM		434,306		659,336
Commercial aftermarket		399,843		497,795
Defense OEM		526,264		529,940
Defense aftermarket		230,550		193,449
Total Aerospace segment net sales	$	1,590,963	$	1,880,520

Revenue by primary market for the Industrial reportable segment was as follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2020		2019
Reciprocating engines	$	632,555	$	751,136
Industrial turbines		222,366		210,064
Renewables1		49,781		58,477
Total Industrial segment net sales	$	904,702	$	1,019,677

(1) Sales in the renewables market were discontinued as of May 1, 2020 following the closing of the divestiture of the disposal group (see Note 11, Sale of businesses).

The customers who account for approximately 10% or more of net sales of each of Woodward’s reportable segments for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 are as follows:

	Customer
Aerospace	The Boeing Company, General Electric Company, Raytheon Technologies
Industrial	Rolls-Royce PLC, Weichai Westport, General Electric Company

Net sales by geographic area, as determined based on the location of the customer, were as follows:

	Year Ended September 30, 2020						Year Ended September 30, 2019
	Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated
United States	$	1,231,004	$	195,450	$	1,426,454	$	1,415,880	$	212,184	$	1,628,064
Germany		52,635		181,330		233,965		72,907		229,177		302,084
Europe, excluding Germany		122,938		214,033		336,971		178,905		252,511		431,416
China		38,359		171,526		209,885		47,492		167,337		214,829
Asia, excluding China		27,068		113,001		140,069		37,991		126,497		164,488
Other countries		118,959		29,362		148,321		127,345		31,971		159,316
Total net sales	$	1,590,963	$	904,702	$	2,495,665	$	1,880,520	$	1,019,677	$	2,900,197