AAR Valuation

Is AIR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AIR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AIR ($67.54) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($126.01)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AIR is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AIR?

Key metric: As AIR is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AIR. This is calculated by dividing AIR's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AIR's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio37x
EarningsUS$64.20m
Market CapUS$2.37b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AIR's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AIR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average115.3x
CDRE Cadre Holdings
40.2x27.4%US$1.3b
VVX V2X
213x83.1%US$1.9b
HXL Hexcel
43.9x22.9%US$4.8b
KAMN Kaman
164x75.2%US$1.3b
AIR AAR
37x35.3%US$2.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AIR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37x) compared to the peer average (115.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AIR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Aerospace & Defense Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CVU CPI Aerostructures
2.8xn/aUS$47.45m
ETCC Environmental Tectonics
4.8xn/aUS$30.36m
AWIN AERWINS Technologies
0.002xn/aUS$6.93k
GIGA.Q Gresham Worldwide
n/an/aUS$7.00
No more companies available in this PE range
AIR 37.0xIndustry Avg. 34.4xNo. of Companies6PE020406080100+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AIR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37x) compared to the US Aerospace & Defense industry average (34.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AIR's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AIR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio37x
Fair PE Ratio31.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AIR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.6x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AIR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$67.54
US$81.00
+19.9%
4.6%US$85.00US$75.00n/a4
Nov ’25US$58.40
US$81.00
+38.7%
4.6%US$85.00US$75.00n/a4
Oct ’25US$65.52
US$83.50
+27.4%
2.0%US$85.00US$81.00n/a4
Sep ’25US$65.78
US$84.00
+27.7%
2.1%US$86.00US$81.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$63.21
US$84.00
+32.9%
2.1%US$86.00US$81.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$70.45
US$83.20
+18.1%
3.0%US$86.00US$80.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$70.99
US$83.20
+17.2%
3.0%US$86.00US$80.00n/a5
May ’25US$68.98
US$82.20
+19.2%
2.6%US$86.00US$80.00n/a5
Apr ’25US$58.90
US$78.60
+33.4%
9.1%US$86.00US$65.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$66.62
US$78.00
+17.1%
8.4%US$83.00US$65.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$62.13
US$78.00
+25.5%
8.4%US$83.00US$65.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$62.40
US$77.00
+23.4%
8.3%US$81.00US$66.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$69.85
US$69.80
-0.07%
7.7%US$80.00US$65.00n/a5
Nov ’24US$59.56
US$67.25
+12.9%
2.9%US$70.00US$65.00US$58.404
Oct ’24US$59.53
US$67.25
+13.0%
2.9%US$70.00US$65.00US$65.524
Sep ’24US$61.51
US$66.25
+7.7%
1.6%US$68.00US$65.00US$65.784
Aug ’24US$59.93
US$66.25
+10.5%
1.6%US$68.00US$65.00US$63.214
Jul ’24US$57.76
US$60.50
+4.7%
7.1%US$67.00US$55.00US$70.454
Jun ’24US$51.51
US$60.50
+17.5%
7.1%US$67.00US$55.00US$70.994
May ’24US$53.79
US$58.33
+8.4%
4.0%US$60.00US$55.00US$68.983
Apr ’24US$54.55
US$56.67
+3.9%
4.2%US$60.00US$55.00US$58.903
Mar ’24US$55.19
US$57.00
+3.3%
10.2%US$66.00US$50.00US$66.624
Feb ’24US$52.03
US$57.00
+9.6%
10.2%US$66.00US$50.00US$62.134
Jan ’24US$44.90
US$51.33
+14.3%
1.8%US$52.00US$50.00US$62.403
Dec ’23US$46.93
US$50.00
+6.5%
3.3%US$52.00US$48.00US$69.853
Nov ’23US$44.94
US$50.00
+11.3%
3.3%US$52.00US$48.00US$59.563

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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