Susquehanna Cuts StandardAero (NYSE:SARO) Price Target to $34.00

StandardAero (NYSE:SARO) had its price objective dropped by equities research analysts at Susquehanna from $37.00 to $34.00 in a report released on Thursday, Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a “positive” rating on the stock. Susquehanna’s price target would indicate a potential upside of 59.21% from the stock’s current price.

SARO has been the topic of several other research reports. Morgan Stanley set a $33.00 price objective on shares of StandardAero in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Wall Street Zen raised StandardAero from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 12th. Bank of America reduced their price objective on shares of StandardAero from $35.00 to $27.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of StandardAero from $38.00 to $40.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Finally, UBS Group boosted their price target on StandardAero from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $34.08.

StandardAero Stock Performance

StandardAero stock opened at $21.36 on Thursday. StandardAero has a fifty-two week low of $21.33 and a fifty-two week high of $34.48. The stock has a market cap of $7.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.02 and a beta of 0.85. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $25.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $26.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 2.13.

StandardAero (NYSE:SARO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.59 billion. StandardAero had a return on equity of 14.52% and a net margin of 5.12%.The firm’s revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.20 earnings per share. StandardAero has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.500-1.570 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that StandardAero will post 1.5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Russell Ford sold 20,413 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.56, for a total value of $623,821.28. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 295,573 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,032,710.88. This represents a 6.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 151,423 shares of company stock worth $4,638,560. 2.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On StandardAero

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Carlyle Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of StandardAero in the second quarter valued at $2,529,998,000. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in StandardAero during the second quarter valued at $646,128,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in StandardAero by 42.8% during the first quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 15,081,516 shares of the company’s stock valued at $395,890,000 after purchasing an additional 4,523,693 shares during the last quarter. Jupiter Topco LLC bought a new position in StandardAero during the second quarter valued at $366,857,000. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its stake in shares of StandardAero by 7.3% in the 1st quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 12,040,337 shares of the company’s stock worth $311,002,000 after buying an additional 816,276 shares in the last quarter.

About StandardAero

StandardAero is an aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company serving commercial aviation, business aviation, general aviation, military and government customers. The company provides services designed to maintain, repair, overhaul and extend the operating life of aircraft and their components.

Its offerings include engine maintenance and overhaul, airframe services, avionics and electrical work, landing-gear and component support, engineering, and parts and logistics services.