Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE:CW) Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call May 4, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Jim Ryan - Vice President, Investor Relations

Lynn Bamford - Chair & Chief Executive Officer

Chris Farkas - Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Kristine Liwag - Morgan Stanley

Peter Arment - Baird

Myles Walton - Wolfe Research.

Michael Ciarmoli - Truist Securities

Tony Bancroft - Gabelli Funds

Adam Farley - Stifel

Operator

Welcome to the Curtiss-Wright First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants have been placed on a listen-only mode, and the floor will be open for your questions, following the presentation. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to turn the call over to Jim Ryan, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Jim Ryan

Thank you, Angela, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Curtiss-Wright's First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. Joining me on the call today are: Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Lynn Bamford and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Chris Farkas.

Our call today is being webcast and the press release as well as a copy of today's financial presentation available for download through the Investor Relations section of our company website at www.curtisswright.com. A replay of this webcast also can be found on the website.

Please note, today’s discussion will include certain projections and statements that are forward-looking as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are not guarantees of future performance. We detail those risks and uncertainties associated with our forward-looking statements and our public filings with the SEC.

As a reminder, the company’s results including an adjusted non-GAAP view that exclude certain costs in order to provide greater transparency in the Curtiss-Wright’s ongoing operating and financial performance. Any references to organic growth are on an adjusted basis and exclude foreign currency translation, acquisitions and divestitures, unless otherwise noted. GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliations for current and prior year periods are available in the earnings release and on our website.

Now I’d like to turn the call over to Lynn to get things started. Lynn?

Lynn Bamford

Thank you, Jim and good morning, everyone. I will begin by covering the highlights of our first quarter 2023 performance and a brief update on our full year financial outlook. Then I'll turn the call over to Chris to provide a more in-depth review of our financials. Finally, I'll wrap up our prepared remarks before we move to Q&A.