Capital International Investors Increases Position in Loar Holdings Inc. $LOAR

Key Points

• Capital International Investors boosted its stake in Loar by 909.3% in Q3, buying 4,019,489 shares to hold 4,461,517 shares (about 4.77% of the company) valued at approximately $356.9 million.
• Loar beat expectations last quarter with $0.26 EPS vs. a $0.19 consensus and revenue of $131.75 million (up 19.3% year-over-year), and it issued FY2026 guidance of $0.760–$0.800 EPS.
• Shares trade near $69 with a market cap of $6.46 billion and a P/E of ~92; analysts have a consensus Buy rating and an average target price of $92.00.

Capital International Investors increased its stake in shares of Loar Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LOAR - Free Report) by 909.3% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 4,461,517 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 4,019,489 shares during the quarter. Capital International Investors owned approximately 4.77% of Loar worth $356,921,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Rakuten Securities Inc. bought a new position in Loar in the second quarter worth about $27,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Loar by 390.1% in the 2nd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 348 shares of the company's stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 277 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Loar by 8,383.3% in the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 509 shares of the company's stock worth $41,000 after buying an additional 503 shares during the last quarter. KBC Group NV bought a new position in shares of Loar during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $82,000. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its position in Loar by 347.0% during the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 970 shares of the company's stock valued at $84,000 after acquiring an additional 753 shares during the last quarter.

Loar Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of Loar stock opened at $69.04 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 4.70, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61. Loar Holdings Inc. has a 12-month low of $62.10 and a 12-month high of $99.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 92.05 and a beta of 0.34. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $69.38 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $72.37.

Loar (NYSE:LOAR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $131.75 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $128.00 million. Loar had a net margin of 14.54% and a return on equity of 7.54%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 19.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.11 earnings per share. Loar has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.760-0.800 EPS. Analysts predict that Loar Holdings Inc. will post 0.28 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on shares of Loar from $92.00 to $90.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Loar in a report on Monday, December 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $98.00 price objective on shares of Loar in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Loar from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on Loar from $100.00 to $97.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $92.00.

Loar Profile

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.

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