Loar (LOAR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Loar Holdings Inc. is an aerospace and defense manufacturing company that designs, manufactures and sells highly engineered, mission-critical components and systems. Its products are used in commercial aerospace, business aviation, defense, space and select industrial applications, where reliability, performance and regulatory compliance are essential.

The company’s product portfolio includes engineered elastomeric and vibration-control components, thermal and acoustic management products, specialized sensors, electronic components, and other customized systems. These products are incorporated into aircraft, engines, avionics and other aerospace and defense platforms, and are often supplied to original equipment manufacturers and operators in aftermarket applications.

Loar was established as an aerospace and defense-focused industrial platform and has expanded through the development and acquisition of specialized manufacturing businesses. The company serves customers across North America and international aerospace and defense markets. Loar Holdings became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2024 under the symbol LOAR.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $63.30 to $64.78
• 50-Day Range: $63.64 to $77.86
• 52-Week Range: $53.15 to $83.43
• Volume: 1.82 million shs
• Average Volume: 609,015 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.04 billion
• P/E Ratio: 89.57
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $88.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Loar Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Loar scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 304th out of 662 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Loar has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Loar has a consensus price target of $88.00, representing about 36.5% upside from its current price of $64.49.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Loar has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 25.83%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Loar are expected to grow by 25.83% in the coming year, from $1.20 to $1.51 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Loar is 89.57, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.95.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Loar is 89.57, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.52.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Loar has a P/B Ratio of 5.14. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.17% of the float of Loar has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Loar has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.37.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Loar has recently increased by 6.10%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Loar does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Loar does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Loar has a news sentiment score of 1.73. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.62 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Loar this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Loar to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Loar insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

20.10% of the stock of Loar is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Loar has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 9/19/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Sub-Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Current Symbol: NYSE:LOAR
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:LOAR
• CIK: 2000178
• Web: loargroup.com
• Phone: 914-909-1311
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,700
• Year Founded: 2017

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Loar: $88.00
• High Price Target: $98.00
• Low Price Target: $82.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +36.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.86
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.72
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 89.57
• Forward P/E Ratio: 53.74
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $72.15 million
• Net Margins: 11.60%
• Pretax Margin: 13.09%
• Return on Equity: 9.37%
• Return on Assets: 5.39%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.79
• Current Ratio: 4.91
• Quick Ratio: 3.24

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $496.28 million
• Price / Sales: 12.17
• Cash Flow: $1.50 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 42.93
• Book Value: $12.55 per share
• Price / Book: 5.14

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 93,690,000
• Free Float: 74,857,000
• Market Cap: $6.04 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.56