Loar (NYSE:LOAR) Updates FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Loar (NYSE:LOAR) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.980-1.03 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.940. The company issued revenue guidance of $540.0 million-$550.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $553.5 million. Loar also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 0.930-0.980 EPS.

Loar Stock Performance

Loar stock opened at $68.71 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $6.43 billion, a PE ratio of 104.10 and a beta of 0.19. The company has a current ratio of 6.15, a quick ratio of 4.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. Loar has a 1 year low of $62.10 and a 1 year high of $99.67. The company’s 50-day moving average is $78.44 and its two-hundred day moving average is $80.00.

Loar (NYSE:LOAR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 12th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.13. Loar had a net margin of 13.33% and a return on equity of 6.53%. The business had revenue of $126.75 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $126.80 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.15 earnings per share. Loar’s revenue was up 22.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Loar has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.980-1.03 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 0.930-0.980 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Loar will post 0.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on LOAR. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Loar in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen raised Loar from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 16th. Zacks Research raised shares of Loar from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Loar from $100.00 to $97.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $96.00.

Institutional Trading of Loar

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in LOAR. Wasatch Advisors LP grew its position in shares of Loar by 290.9% in the 2nd quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 2,624,649 shares of the company’s stock valued at $226,166,000 after acquiring an additional 1,953,148 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in Loar by 98.0% during the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,520,064 shares of the company’s stock worth $130,984,000 after purchasing an additional 752,201 shares during the period. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in Loar during the second quarter worth approximately $57,607,000. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of Loar by 66.3% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,660,474 shares of the company’s stock valued at $143,083,000 after buying an additional 662,224 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Loar in the third quarter valued at approximately $39,735,000.

Loar Company Profile

Loar Holdings Inc, through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets aerospace and defense components for aircraft, and aerospace and defense systems in the United States and internationally. It offers products in various categories, which include airframe components, structural components, avionics, composites, braking system components, de-ice and ice protection, electro-mechanical, engineered materials, flight controls, fluid and motion controls, environmental, metal forming, molded components, and restraints and safety devices.