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What To Expect From AAR’s (AIR) Q3 Earnings


Jabin Bastian /
2024/09/22 3:01 am EDT

Aviation and defense services provider AAR CORP (NYSE:AIR) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after the bell. Here’s what to expect.

AAR met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $656.5 million, up 18.7% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ operating margin and EPS estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting AAR’s revenue to grow 17.6% year on year to $646.6 million, slowing from the 23.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.82 per share.

AAR Total Revenue

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. AAR has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

With AAR being the first among its peers to report earnings this season, we don’t have anywhere else to look to get a hint at how this quarter will unravel for aerospace and defense stocks. However, investors in the segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. AAR is up 7.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $83.75 (compared to the current share price of $69.28).

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