Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
StandardAero, Inc. SARO
$21.05 -0.57% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $7.00B
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.97, up 144.8% year over year.
- At 21.7× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
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 34%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 22%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 16%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 34%
- Gross marginBottom 18%
- Operating marginTop 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Interest coverBottom 50%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 49%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 22%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 36%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 6%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 29%
- 6-month returnBottom 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 21%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 30%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 46%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 43%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 22%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 24%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 25%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 15.0% | 12.6% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 314.5% | 144.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 15.0% | 14.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 9.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -1.2% | 3.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 12.6% | 15.0% | ↓ | Top 34% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 144.8% | 314.5% | ↓ | Top 7% |
| Gross margin | 14.7% | 15.0% | ↓ | Bottom 18% |
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 8.1% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 2.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.5% | -1.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.3% | — | Top 34% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 13.5% | — | Top 22% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.90×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.86×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.43%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.43%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.2%
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 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $34.00
- Target vs current price
- +61.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +25.9% | -3.3% | -11.7% | -22.4% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -6.7% | -0.9% | +1.8% | -2.7% | +14.1% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | -1.7% | -3.2% | -6.7% | -18.0% | -16.9% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | -0.5% | +2.6% | -4.5% | -0.9% | +9.9% |
| Aug 13, 2025 | -4.8% | -1.8% | -7.6% | -6.0% | -4.8% |
| May 12, 2025 | +11.8% | +2.9% | +7.7% | +10.6% | +1.1% |
| Mar 10, 2025 | -25.0% | -2.0% | +6.6% | -13.9% | +10.7% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | +3.5% | -0.9% | -3.3% | -7.0% | -5.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.32 | +25.9% | $1.60B |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.26 | -6.7% | $1.63B |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.24 | -1.7% | $1.60B |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.20 | $0.20 | -0.5% | $1.50B |
| Aug 13, 2025 | $0.20 | $0.21 | -4.8% | $1.53B |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.17 | +11.8% | $1.44B |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.16 | -25.0% | $1.41B |
| Nov 13, 2024 | $0.06 | $0.06 | +3.5% | $1.24B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 21.7× | 59.3× | 0th | Top 22% |
| P/E (forward) | 13.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.2× | — | — | Top 22% |
| EV / Sales | 1.48× | — | — | Top 36% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.12% | — | — | Bottom 49% |
| Earnings yield | 4.61% | — | — | Top 22% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 28.6× – 473.4× since Sep 30, 2024. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -23.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +144.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -55.9%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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)
- -7.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -17.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -23.3%
- RSI (14)
- 26.6
- Relative volume
- 0.91×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 29th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.27
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.55
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -36.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -36.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | -36.4% | 172 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -32.6% | 127 days | 199 days (Jan 23, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $7.00B
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.97
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.32B
- 52-week range
- $20.79 – $34.48
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.48B | $4.15B | $4.56B | $5.24B | $6.06B |
| Gross profit | $416.5M | $545.7M | $635.3M | $754.2M | $897.5M |
| Operating income | $157.7M | $262.6M | $337.4M | $403.2M | $551.1M |
| Net income | -$30.7M | -$21.0M | -$35.1M | $11.0M | $277.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.09 | -$0.06 | -$0.10 | $0.04 | $0.83 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.24B | $1.41B | $1.44B | $1.53B | $1.50B | $1.60B | $1.63B | $1.60B |
| Net income | $16.4M | -$14.1M | $62.9M | $67.7M | $68.1M | $78.6M | $79.9M | $97.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.05 | -$0.04 | $0.19 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.24 | $0.24 | $0.29 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $130.7M | $27.3M | $67.9M | $76.3M | $316.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$65.7M | -$44.2M | -$85.3M | -$123.2M | -$112.8M |
| Free cash flow | $65.0M | -$17.0M | -$17.4M | -$46.9M | $203.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.20B | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $179.1M
- Total assets
- $6.85B
- Total liabilities
- $4.10B
- Total debt
- $2.56B
- Net debt
- $2.38B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.75B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 23,700,280
- Days to cover
- 7.34
- Change vs previous report
- +45.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.