Yahoo Finance What Should Investors Know About AAR Corp.'s (NYSE:AIR) Growth?
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As AAR Corp. (NYSE:AIR) announced its earnings release on 31 May 2019, it seems that analyst expectations are fairly bearish, with profits predicted to rise by 6.1% next year against the higher past 5-year average growth rate of 27%. Presently, with latest-twelve-month earnings at US$84m, we should see this growing to US$89m by 2020. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. Readers that are interested in understanding the company beyond these figures should research its fundamentals here.
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Can we expect AAR to keep growing?
The longer term expectations from the 6 analysts of AIR is tilted towards the positive sentiment. Generally, broker analysts tend to make predictions for up to three years given the lack of visibility beyond this point. To understand the overall trajectory of AIR's earnings growth over these next fews years, I've fitted a line through these analyst earnings forecast to determine an annual growth rate from the slope.
From the current net income level of US$84m and the final forecast of US$108m by 2022, the annual rate of growth for AIR’s earnings is 9.4%. This leads to an EPS of $3.15 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of $2.44. Margins are currently sitting at 4.1%, which is expected to expand to 4.6% by 2022.
Next Steps:
Future outlook is only one aspect when you're building an investment case for a stock. For AAR, I've put together three essential factors you should look at:
Financial Health: Does it have a healthy balance sheet? Take a look at our free balance sheet analysis with six simple checks on key factors like leverage and risk.
Valuation: What is AAR worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether AAR is currently mispriced by the market.
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