Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Innovative Aerosystems, Inc. IA
$18.99 +2.04% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $339.9M
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 38% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +52.0%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 37.0 percentage points.
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.
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 12%
- Gross marginTop 7%
- Operating marginTop 3%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 15%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 40%
- Interest coverTop 25%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 14%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 38%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 27%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 26%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 21%
- 6-month returnBottom 26%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 18%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 30%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 23%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 40%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 54.9% | — | Top 7% | |
| Operating margin | 27.4% | — | Top 3% | |
| Net margin | 20.5% | — | — | |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 15.3% | — | — | |
| Return on invested capital | 15.0% | — | Top 12% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.97×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.0%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.38×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 10.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.18%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.18%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 2
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +19.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -9.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 0 of 2
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | +52.3% | +13.1% | +7.7% | -6.6% | — |
| Aug 14, 2025 | -12.5% | -31.5% | -33.0% | -42.8% | -55.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.22 | +52.3% | $26.7M |
| Aug 14, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.16 | -12.5% | $24.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 18.1× | — | — | Top 14% |
| P/E (forward) | 17.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.1× | — | — | Top 27% |
| EV / Sales | 4.12× | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.20% | — | — | Top 38% |
| Earnings yield | 5.53% | — | — | Top 14% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.8%
- RSI (14)
- 50.6
- Relative volume
- 0.80×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 54.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 55th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.47
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.29
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -37.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | -57.8% | 68 days | 36 days (Jan 12, 2026) |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -53.0% | 43 days | 39 days (Jun 4, 2025) |
| May 17, 2022 | May 23, 2024 | -48.9% | 507 days | 162 days (Jan 16, 2025) |
| Mar 10, 2026 | May 19, 2026 | -48.7% | 49 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Jun 1, 2021 | -32.9% | 114 days | 196 days (Mar 10, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $339.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.05
- Revenue (TTM)
- $93.2M
- 52-week range
- $8.13 – $30.94
| FY 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $84.3M |
| Gross profit | $40.5M |
| Operating income | $20.1M |
| Net income | $15.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.88 |
| Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $22.2M | $21.8M | $22.4M | $26.7M |
| Net income | $7.1M | $4.1M | $3.4M | $4.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.39 | $0.22 | $0.19 | $0.25 |
| FY 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $13.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.5M |
| Free cash flow | $6.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $10.7M
- Total assets
- $148.0M
- Total liabilities
- $70.8M
- Total debt
- $54.3M
- Net debt
- $43.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $77.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2022 | $0.00 | — |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 817,918
- Days to cover
- 2.84
- Change vs previous report
- +0.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 8, 2005
- 3-for-2