Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. AADX
$12.63 +8.04% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.16B
Strong growthExpensive vs sector
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -20.3% from 9.4% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count fell 13.2% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $593.5M, up 39.3% from a year earlier, accelerating from 29.1% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 11%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 14%
- Gross marginBottom 36%
- Operating marginBottom 10%
- Interest coverBottom 20%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 14%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 23%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 12%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 20%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 48%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 29.1% | 39.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 23.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | -20.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 39.3% | 29.1% | ↑ | Top 11% |
| Gross margin | 23.1% | 21.9% | ↑ | Bottom 36% |
| Operating margin | -20.3% | 9.4% | ↓ | Bottom 10% |
| Net margin | -40.1% | -8.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -8.8% | — | Bottom 14% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1.4×
Shareholder returns
- Share count change, 1 year
- -13.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 1
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -7.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 0 of 1
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $26.17
- Target vs current price
- +107.2%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -15692.2% | -7.2% | -13.6% | -42.0% | — |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -$1.04 | $0.01 | -15692.2% | $167.3M |
| May 8, 2026 | -$0.10 | — | — | $134.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 4.34× | — | — | Bottom 23% |
| Earnings yield | -12.11% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -16.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -17.2%
- RSI (14)
- 44.2
- Relative volume
- 1.04×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 70.7%
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -47.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -51.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 | -51.6% | 49 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Jun 22, 2026 | -17.7% | 3 days | 6 days (Jun 30, 2026) |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 | -10.5% | 2 days | 1 days (Jun 16, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.16B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.53
- Revenue (TTM)
- $593.5M
| FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $399.8M | $604.3M |
| Gross profit | $98.1M | $164.5M |
| Operating income | $32.9M | $57.0M |
| Net income | -$34.8M | -$49.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.20 | -$0.29 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $103.7M | $97.9M | $111.0M | $113.5M | $122.5M | $151.7M | $152.0M | $167.3M |
| Net income | -$1.1M | -$20.8M | -$7.3M | -$4.7M | $2.7M | -$7.8M | -$78.8M | -$154.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.01 | -$0.12 | -$0.04 | -$0.03 | $0.02 | -$0.05 | -$0.46 | -$1.04 |
| FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $4.6M | -$28.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$14.9M | -$17.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$10.2M | -$46.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$80.0M | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $18.1M
- Total assets
- $1.50B
- Total liabilities
- $672.3M
- Total debt
- $431.5M
- Net debt
- $413.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $827.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,268,914
- Days to cover
- 1.67
- Change vs previous report
- +3.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.