Q1 2025 EPS Estimates for AAR Corp. (NYSE:AIR) Lowered by Analyst

AAR Corp. (NYSE:AIR) – Investment analysts at William Blair lowered their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of AAR in a research note issued on Tuesday, September 10th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now expects that the aerospace company will post earnings of $0.79 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.96. The consensus estimate for AAR’s current full-year earnings is $3.84 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for AAR’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.89 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.06 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.73 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.42 EPS.

AAR (NYSE:AIR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 18th. The aerospace company reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.02. AAR had a return on equity of 10.16% and a net margin of 2.00%. The business had revenue of $656.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $660.05 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.83 earnings per share. AAR’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.7% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other research firms have also weighed in on AIR. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on shares of AAR from $86.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, July 19th. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on AAR from $80.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, July 19th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded AAR from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, AAR has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $83.50.

AAR Trading Up 0.9 %

AAR stock opened at $64.53 on Thursday. AAR has a 12-month low of $54.71 and a 12-month high of $76.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.96 and a beta of 1.55. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $65.92 and a 200 day moving average of $66.50. The company has a current ratio of 2.98, a quick ratio of 1.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AAR

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Truist Financial Corp boosted its stake in AAR by 3.4% during the second quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 9,040 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $657,000 after buying an additional 296 shares during the last quarter. Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AAR by 31.3% in the 2nd quarter. Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC now owns 11,931 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $867,000 after acquiring an additional 2,841 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its position in AAR by 5.2% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 19,454 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,414,000 after acquiring an additional 958 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC increased its stake in AAR by 37.4% during the second quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 310,144 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $22,547,000 after acquiring an additional 84,459 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Earnest Partners LLC raised its position in AAR by 3.2% during the second quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 1,588,893 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $115,513,000 after purchasing an additional 48,630 shares during the period. 90.74% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About AAR

AAR Corp. provides products and services to commercial aviation, government, and defense markets worldwide. It operates through Aviation Services and Expeditionary Services segments. The Aviation Services segment engages in lease and sale of new, overhauled and repaired engine, and airframe parts and components, as well as aircrafts; and offers customized flight hour component inventory and repair, warranty claim management, and outsourcing programs for engine and airframe parts and components.