AAR Corp. (NYSE:AIR) Forecasted to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $0.79 Per Share

AAR Corp. (NYSE:AIR) – Investment analysts at William Blair cut their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for AAR in a research report issued on Tuesday, September 10th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now expects that the aerospace company will earn $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.

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

AAR Stock Up 2.2 %

Shares of AAR stock opened at $65.94 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $2.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.79 and a beta of 1.55. The company’s 50 day moving average is $65.64 and its 200 day moving average is $66.48. AAR has a twelve month low of $54.71 and a twelve month high of $76.34. The company has a quick ratio of 1.41, a current ratio of 2.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83.

AAR (NYSE:AIR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 18th. The aerospace company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $656.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $660.05 million. AAR had a net margin of 2.00% and a return on equity of 10.16%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.83 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Comerica Bank raised its position in AAR by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 17,601 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,098,000 after acquiring an additional 152 shares during the period. Global Financial Private Client LLC raised its position in shares of AAR by 4.0% during the 2nd quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 5,838 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $424,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised 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 purchasing an additional 234 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp raised its position in shares of AAR by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 9,040 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $657,000 after purchasing an additional 296 shares during the period. Finally, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System raised its position in shares of AAR by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System now owns 16,700 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $1,214,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares during the period. 90.74% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.