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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements | Note 7. Financial instruments and fair value measurements The table below presents information about Woodward’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques Woodward utilized to determine such fair value as defined by the U.S. GAAP fair value hierarchy.
|  | At June 30, 2021 |  |  | At September 30, 2020 |
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |  |  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |
Financial assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments in term deposits with foreign banks |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 40,453 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 40,453 |
Equity securities |  |  | 30,345 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 30,345 |  |  |  | 25,381 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 25,381 |
Total financial assets |  | $ | 30,345 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 30,345 |  |  | $ | 65,834 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 65,834 |
Financial liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cross-currency interest rate swaps |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 63,075 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 63,075 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 51,387 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 51,387 |
Total financial liabilities |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 63,075 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 63,075 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 51,387 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 51,387 |
Investments in term deposits with foreign banks: Woodward’s foreign subsidiaries sometimes invest excess cash in various highly liquid financial instruments that Woodward believes are with creditworthy financial institutions. Such investments are reported in “Cash and cash equivalents” at fair value, with realized gains from interest income recognized in earnings. The carrying value of Woodward’s investments in term deposits with foreign banks are considered equal to the fair value given the highly liquid nature of the investments. Equity securities: Woodward holds marketable equity securities, through investments in various mutual funds, related to its deferred compensation program. Based on Woodward’s intentions regarding these instruments, marketable equity securities are classified as trading securities. The trading securities are reported at fair value, with realized gains and losses recognized in “Other (income) expense, net” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings. The trading securities are included in “Other assets” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair values of Woodward’s trading securities are based on the quoted market prices for the net asset value of the various mutual funds. Cross-currency interest rate swaps: Woodward holds cross-currency interest rate swaps, which are accounted for at fair value. In the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, the swaps in an asset position are included in “Other assets,” and swaps in a liability position are included in “Other liabilities”. The fair values of Woodward’s cross-currency interest rate swaps are determined using a market approach that is based on observable inputs other than quoted market prices, including contract terms, interest rates, currency rates, and other market factors. Cash, trade accounts receivable, accounts payable, and short-term borrowings are not remeasured to fair value, as the carrying cost of each approximates its respective fair value. The estimated fair values and carrying costs of other financial instruments that are not required to be remeasured at fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows:
|  |  |  | At June 30, 2021 |  |  | At September 30, 2020 |
|  | Fair Value Hierarchy Level |  | Estimated Fair Value |  |  | Carrying Cost |  |  | Estimated Fair Value |  |  | Carrying Cost |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes receivable from municipalities |  | 2 |  | $ | 13,416 |  |  | $ | 11,138 |  |  | $ | 13,413 |  |  | $ | 11,846 |
Note receivable from sale of disposal group |  | 2 |  |  | 6,370 |  |  |  | 6,182 |  |  |  | 6,341 |  |  |  | 6,061 |
Investments in short-term time deposits |  | 2 |  |  | 11,542 |  |  |  | 11,534 |  |  |  | 13,678 |  |  |  | 13,671 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  | 2 |  | $ | 812,426 |  |  | $ | 742,048 |  |  | $ | 935,610 |  |  | $ | 840,654 |
In connection with certain economic incentives related to Woodward’s development of a second campus in the greater-Rockford, Illinois area for its Aerospace segment and Woodward’s development of a new campus at its corporate headquarters in Fort Collins, Colorado, Woodward received long-term notes from municipalities within the states of Illinois and Colorado. The fair value of the long-term notes was estimated based on a model that discounted future principal and interest payments received at an interest rate available to Woodward at the end of the period for similarly rated municipal notes of similar maturity, which is a level 2 input as defined by the U.S. GAAP fair value hierarchy. The interest rates used to estimate the fair value of the long-term notes were 1.2% at both June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020. In connection with the sale of the renewable power systems business and other related businesses (as described more fully in Note 10, Sale of businesses, and defined therein as the “disposal group”), Woodward received a long-term promissory note from the buyer for deferral of a portion of the purchase price. The fair value of the long-term note was estimated based on a model that discounted future principal and interest payments received at an interest rate available to Woodward at the end of the period for similarly rated promissory notes of similar maturity, which is a level 2 input as defined by the U.S. GAAP fair value hierarchy. The interest rate used to estimate the fair value of the long-term note was 1.7% at June 3 0, 2021 and 2.3% a t September 30, 2020. From time to time, certain of Woodward’s foreign subsidiaries will invest excess cash in short-term time deposits with a fixed maturity date of longer than three months but less than one year from the date of the deposit. Woodward believes that the investments are with creditworthy financial institutions. The fair value of the investments in short-term time deposits was estimated based on a model that discounted future principal and interest payments to be received at an interest rate available to the foreign subsidiary entering into the investment for similar short-term time deposits of similar maturity. This was determined to be a level 2 input as defined by the U.S. GAAP fair value hierarchy. The interest rates used to estimate the fair value of the short-term time deposits was 3.3% at June 30, 2021 and 4.4% at September 30, 2020. The fair value of long-term debt was estimated based on a model that discounted future principal and interest payments at interest rates available to Woodward at the end of the period for similar debt of the same maturity, which is a level 2 input as defined by the U.S. GAAP fair value hierarchy. The weighted-average interest rate used to estimate the fair value of long-term debt was 1.8% at June 30, 2021 and 1.5% at September 30, 2020. Woodward does not have expected credit losses related to any financial assets that are not required to be remeasured at fair value.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117815213&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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