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AAR Corp.
AIR Industrials Aerospace & Defense
AAR Corp.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $3.3 billion, up 19.0% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 24.1%, EPS grew 5.48%, free cash flow grew 182.1% and total debt fell 13.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to May
| Group | Line | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend | 2027e | 2028e | 2029e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 31.20 | 33.94 | 29.84 | 8.56 | 30.90 | 33.75 | 44.21 | 54.71 | 46.51 | 82.45 |
Analyst estimates 2027–2029 Powerpack |
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| High | 44.04 | 51.52 | 52.78 | 47.99 | 45.49 | 52.83 | 73.95 | 76.34 | 89.69 | 154.00 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 4,600 | 5,000 | 5,650 | 5,400 | 4,700 | 4,500 | 5,000 | 5,700 | 5,600 | 7,100 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0.47 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 1,591 | 1,748 | 2,052 | 2,072 | 1,652 | 1,820 | 1,991 | 2,319 | 2,781 | 3,308 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 16.56 | 16.82 | 16.07 | 12.99 | 16.70 | 17.21 | 18.59 | 19.07 | 18.98 | 18.80 | |||||
| EBT | 77 | 77 | 89 | 30 | 65 | 105 | 121 | 58 | 39 | 246 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 4.85 | 4.42 | 4.34 | 1.47 | 3.90 | 5.77 | 6.09 | 2.51 | 1.40 | 7.43 | |||||
| Net income | 57 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 79 | 90 | 46 | 13 | 188 | |||||
| Depreciation | 36 | 41 | 43 | 44 | 36 | 33 | 28 | 41 | 58 | 75 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 46.93 | 51.12 | 59.47 | 59.54 | 47.21 | 51.12 | 57.36 | 66.07 | 78.10 | 86.37 | ||||
| Earnings | 1.66 | 0.44 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 1.02 | 2.20 | 2.56 | 1.30 | 0.35 | 4.88 | |||||
| Cash flow | 0.64 | 1.88 | 1.95 | (1.04) | 3.01 | 2.11 | 0.67 | 1.24 | 1.01 | 2.58 | |||||
| Capex | (0.74) | (0.64) | (0.50) | (0.68) | (0.32) | (0.28) | (0.85) | (0.85) | (0.84) | (0.30) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (0.10) | 1.24 | 1.45 | (1.72) | 2.68 | 1.83 | (0.18) | 0.40 | 0.17 | 2.28 | |||||
| Book value | 26.97 | 27.38 | 26.26 | 25.94 | 27.84 | 29.06 | 31.67 | 33.90 | 34.03 | 44.49 | |||||
| Shares, m | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 38 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 20.92 | 99.31 | 143.29 | 154.46 | 42.56 | 21.62 | 19.35 | 54.19 | 188.67 | 22.59 | ||||
| P/S | 0.74 | 0.87 | 0.51 | 0.34 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.87 | 1.07 | 0.80 | 1.27 | |||||
| P/B | 1.30 | 1.63 | 1.15 | 0.77 | 1.53 | 1.66 | 1.58 | 2.09 | 1.83 | 2.47 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 0.84 | 0.95 | 0.56 | 0.42 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 1.46 | 1.11 | 1.51 | |||||
| EV/FCF | (390.70) | 39.34 | 22.78 | (14.64) | 16.65 | 26.94 | (310.78) | 243.25 | 504.16 | 57.33 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 22 | 64 | 67 | (36) | 105 | 75 | 23 | 44 | 36 | 99 | ||||
| Capex | (25) | (22) | (17) | (24) | (11) | (10) | (29) | (30) | (30) | (11) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (3) | 42 | 50 | (60) | 94 | 65 | (6) | 14 | 6 | 87 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 553 | 609 | 595 | 1,056 | 600 | 659 | 746 | 923 | 956 | 1,129 | ||||
| Total debt | 154 | 177 | 142 | 600 | 134 | 99 | 270 | 985 | 968 | 894 | |||||
| Net debt | 144 | 136 | 101 | 175 | 74 | 40 | 188 | 889 | 859 | 786 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 914 | 936 | 906 | 903 | 974 | 1,035 | 1,099 | 1,190 | 1,212 | 1,704 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 3.82 | 1.03 | 0.49 | 0.24 | 1.96 | 5.02 | 5.29 | 2.01 | 0.45 | 6.05 | ||||
| ROIC | 4.86 | 5.01 | 6.10 | 2.39 | 5.08 | 6.22 | 6.50 | 3.88 | 5.59 | 6.97 | |||||
| ROE | 6.35 | 1.69 | 0.81 | 0.49 | 3.77 | 7.78 | 8.46 | 4.05 | 1.04 | 12.88 | |||||
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Fiscal years to May 2026 · latest quarter Aug 2026 · fundamentals updated 1 Oct 2026
Charts ten years each
AAR Corp. vs peers in Aerospace & Defense (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRCY Mercury Systems Inc | $4.7B | — (loss-making) | 239× | +6.11% (above 0%: growing) | −94.79% (below 0%: shrinking) | −15.93% (below 0%: shrinking) | 30.57% | 4.99% | Compare |
| VSEC VSE Corporation | $4.7B | 51.2× | 43.0× | +65.04% (above 0%: growing) | +513.33% (above 0%: growing) | +217.04% (above 0%: growing) | 17.02% | 10.90% | Compare |
| BETA BETA Technologies, Inc. | $4.6B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +145.69% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −87.68% (below 0%: shrinking) | 54.72% | (1,078.71%) | Compare |
| KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. | $4.2B | 104× | 108× | +58.18% (above 0%: growing) | +120.00% (above 0%: growing) | +17.67% (above 0%: growing) | 42.97% | 19.13% | Compare |
| AIR AAR Corp. | $4.0B | 20.1× | 26.3× | +24.12% (above 0%: growing) | +5.48% (above 0%: growing) | +182.09% (above 0%: growing) | 19.20% | 7.85% | |
| MOG.B Moog Inc. | $3.7B | 31.0× | — | +15.16% (above 0%: growing) | +153.97% (above 0%: growing) | +67.52% (above 0%: growing) | 31.10% | 14.41% | Compare |
| ACHR Archer Aviation Inc. | $3.6B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | — | n/m | −51.76% (below 0%: shrinking) | 14.00% | (5,584.00%) | Compare |
| FLY Firefly Aerospace, Inc. | $3.2B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +656.85% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −185.28% (below 0%: shrinking) | 20.29% | (80.89%) | Compare |
| LUNR Intuitive Machines, Inc. | $2.9B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +309.77% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −197.16% (below 0%: shrinking) | 17.40% | (22.86%) | Compare |
| Median of peers | $3.9B | 51.2× | 108× | +65.04% | +136.99% | −33.84% | 25.43% | (8.93%) |
AAR Corp. (AIR) key facts
- Strength: AAR Corp.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $3.3 billion, up 19.0% from fiscal 2025.
- Strength: Net income was $187.7 million, or $4.88 per share (basic), a net margin of 5.67%.
- AAR Corp. (AIR) is an Aerospace & Defense company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 13, 2026, AIR traded at $99.10, a market capitalization of $4.0 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 20.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 19% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Return on equity was 12.9% and debt-to-equity 0.50.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.71 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.