Loar (LOAR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The company also provides auto throttles, lap-belt airbags, two-and three-point seat belts, water purification systems, fire barriers, polyimide washers and bushings, latches, hold-open and tie rods, temperature and fluid sensors and switches, carbon and metallic brake discs, fluid and pneumatic-based ice protection, RAM air components, sealing solutions, actuation devices, and others. It primarily serves commercial, business jet and general aviation, and defense markets. Loar Holdings Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $65.79 to $74.00
• 50-Day Range: $67.84 to $89.84
• 52-Week Range: $62.10 to $99.67
• Volume: 2.35 million shs
• Average Volume: 800,752 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.37 billion
• P/E Ratio: 179.06
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $97.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Loar Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Loar scored higher than 54% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 40th out of 59 stocks in the aerospace sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Loar has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Loar has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Loar is 179.06, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.71.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Loar is 179.06, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Aerospace sector average P/E ratio of about 76.56.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Loar has a P/B Ratio of 5.61. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.87% 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 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Loar has recently decreased by 11.90%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving 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.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.87% 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 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Loar has recently decreased by 11.90%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.34

News Sentiment

Loar has a news sentiment score of 0.34. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.78 average news sentiment score of Aerospace companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Loar this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for LOAR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Loar insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $464,655,774.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

22.60% of the stock of Loar is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

LOAR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LOAR shares performed this year?

Loar's stock was trading at $73.91 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, LOAR shares have decreased by 7.9% and is now trading at $68.04.

How were Loar's earnings last quarter?

Loar Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LOAR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March, 31st. The company reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.11 by $0.00. The company's revenue was up 27.8% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Loar IPO?

Loar (LOAR) raised $275 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, April 25th 2024. The company issued 11,000,000 shares at $24.00-$26.00 per share. Jefferies, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Moelis & Co. and RBC Capital Markets served as the underwriters for the IPO.

Who are Loar's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Loar include Abrams Capital Management L.P. (34.26%), Marshall Wace LLP (1.48%), Invesco Ltd. (1.30%) and Norges Bank (0.89%). Insiders that own company stock include David C Abrams, Anthony Carpenito, Alison Bomberg, Raja Bobbili, Paul S Levy, Dirkson R Charles, Brett N Milgrim, Glenn D'alessandro, Michael J Manella and M Chad Crow.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Loar?

Shares of LOAR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Loar own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Loar investors own include Tesla (TSLA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Meta Platforms (META), Netflix (NFLX) and Visa (V).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/31/2025
• Today: 8/13/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/13/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Aerospace
• Industry: AEROSP/DEF EQ
• Sub-Industry: Aircraft
• Current Symbol: NYSE:LOAR
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:LOAR
• CIK: 2000178
• Web: loargroup.com
• Phone: 914-909-1311
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Loar: $97.00
• High Price Target: $100.00
• Low Price Target: $92.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +42.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.38
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 179.06
• Forward P/E Ratio: 243.00
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $22.23 million
• Net Margins: 8.29%
• Pretax Margin: 10.60%
• Return on Equity: 5.23%
• Return on Assets: 3.54%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.25
• Current Ratio: 5.13
• Quick Ratio: 3.21

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $425.63 million
• Price / Sales: 14.96
• Cash Flow: $0.84 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 81.15
• Book Value: $12.13 per share
• Price / Book: 5.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 93,556,000
• Free Float: 72,412,000
• Market Cap: $6.37 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.11