Loar (NYSE:LOAR) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Loar (NYSE:LOAR) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.930-0.980 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.810. The company issued revenue guidance of $487.0 million-$495.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $491.7 million. Loar also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 0.980-1.03 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on LOAR shares. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Loar from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 16th. Wall Street Zen raised Loar from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 16th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Loar in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $97.00.

Loar Stock Up 6.5%

Shares of NYSE:LOAR opened at $77.98 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $78.59 and its 200 day moving average is $80.14. Loar has a 12-month low of $62.10 and a 12-month high of $99.67. The stock has a market cap of $7.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 172.52 and a beta of 0.19. The company has a quick ratio of 4.01, a current ratio of 6.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25.

Loar (NYSE:LOAR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 12th. The company reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $126.75 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $126.80 million. Loar had a return on equity of 5.50% and a net margin of 9.82%.Loar’s quarterly revenue was up 22.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.15 EPS. Loar has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.980-1.03 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 0.930-0.980 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Loar will post 0.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Loar

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Rakuten Securities Inc. bought a new position in shares of Loar in the second quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its position in Loar by 347.0% in the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 970 shares of the company’s stock worth $84,000 after purchasing an additional 753 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in Loar in the 2nd quarter valued at $99,000. WINTON GROUP Ltd bought a new position in Loar in the 2nd quarter valued at $204,000. Finally, Oxford Asset Management LLP purchased a new stake in shares of Loar during the 2nd quarter valued at $208,000.

About Loar

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.