KeyCorp Estimates AAR’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:AIR)

AAR Corp. (NYSE:AIR) – Investment analysts at KeyCorp issued their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for AAR in a research report issued on Wednesday, January 15th. KeyCorp analyst M. Leshock expects that the aerospace company will post earnings of $3.83 per share for the year. KeyCorp has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for AAR’s current full-year earnings is $3.75 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for AAR’s FY2026 earnings at $4.63 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on the company. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $75.00 target price on shares of AAR in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $83.00 price objective on shares of AAR in a report on Friday, October 4th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of AAR from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, January 9th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $81.50.

AAR Stock Up 1.6 %

Shares of AIR opened at $70.61 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 252.17 and a beta of 1.61. AAR has a 52 week low of $54.71 and a 52 week high of $76.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84, a quick ratio of 1.45 and a current ratio of 2.68. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $65.68 and a 200-day moving average of $65.23.

AAR (NYSE:AIR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 7th. The aerospace company reported $0.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $686.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $654.47 million. AAR had a net margin of 0.41% and a return on equity of 10.46%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 25.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.81 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Amalgamated Bank increased its holdings in AAR by 1.7% in the third quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 10,319 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $674,000 after purchasing an additional 177 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its position in shares of AAR by 5.3% during the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 3,537 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $231,000 after buying an additional 177 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of AAR by 6.1% in the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 3,818 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $249,000 after acquiring an additional 220 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of AAR by 43.0% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 778 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $57,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares during the period. Finally, 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 worth $657,000 after acquiring an additional 296 shares in the last quarter. 90.74% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at AAR

In other news, CFO Sean M. Gillen sold 17,385 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.33, for a total value of $1,153,147.05. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 72,326 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,797,383.58. This represents a 19.38 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO John Mcclain Holmes III sold 128,427 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, January 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.76, for a total transaction of $8,573,786.52. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 346,680 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $23,144,356.80. This trade represents a 27.03 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 147,312 shares of company stock worth $9,827,284. Insiders own 4.10% of the company’s stock.

About AAR

AAR Corp. provides products and services to commercial aviation, government, and defense markets worldwide. The Parts Supply segment leases and sells aircraft components and replacement parts. The Repair & Engineering segment provides airframe maintenance services, such as airframe inspection, painting, line maintenance, airframe modification, structural repair, avionics service and installation, exterior and interior refurbishment, and engineering and support services; component repair services comprising maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, engine and airframe accessories, and interior refurbishment; and landing gear overhaul services, including repair services on wheels and brakes.