Loar Holdings (LOAR)
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense components · NYSE
Loar Holdings is a high-growth manufacturer of mission-critical, specialized aerospace and defense components through a focused acquisition strategy.
What Loar Holdings does
Loar Holdings is a diversified manufacturer and supplier of aerospace and defense components. The company focuses on the design, development, and production of niche, essential parts used in a wide range of commercial and military aircraft, as well as broader defense applications.
Themes: aerospace and defense supply chain, M&A-driven growth, niche manufacturing
Fundamentals
- Price$61.62 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$5.8B as of 2026-07-31 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-22.0% 2025-10-08 close $79.02 → 2026-10-08 close $61.62
- P/E86.76 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+14.5% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+52.7% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+6.1% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.79 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+29.8% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+25.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.27 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-06 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How LOAR compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 10% 349 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit margintop 25% 417 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating margintop 10% 392 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- gross margintop 10% 253 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitymiddle range 432 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 10% 428 covered Industrials peers
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
LOAR is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
46.0 #945 of 1,379 scored · #161 of 238 in Industrials
Growth 87th (3-year revenue CAGR 25%, revenue growth year over year 29.8%) and profitability 53rd (operating margin 21.4%, return on equity 6.1%); weakest is capital return (17th, net share count bought back over the year -4.6, consecutive years of dividend increases 0 years).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
How Loar Holdings looks technically
Loar Holdings (LOAR) is trading 8.3% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 54 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 21 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 37, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago. It is 26.1% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 2% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 8.3% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -8.3% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $68.57 | $68.57 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $67.20 | $67.20 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 63 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 63 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 54 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 54 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 21 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 20.8 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 37, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 36.6 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($59.74 to $66.31) — its "stochastic" reading is 29 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 28.6 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 1 session |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $83.43 | $83.43 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 26.1% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -26.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 15.9% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +15.9% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 26.1% below its highest point of the past year | 26.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $99.67 (set on 2025-05-12) | $99.67 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($53.75 to $81.90), and it has recovered roughly a quarter of its fall from last year’s high — 28% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $71.15 to $72.05. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 28.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 38.2% below its all-time high | -38.2% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.9% below a resistance level at $62.19 — a price it turned at five times since 2025-03-13, most recently on 2026-06-03. Since 2024-10-08 it has 0 such levels below the current price and 13 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.9% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $42.57 (set on 2024-04-25) | $42.57 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 44.7% above its all-time low | +44.8% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 2% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 2nd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $2.49 between its high and its low — about 4.0% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $2.49 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $60.42 and $66.53 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $60.42 – $63.47 – $66.53 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.0% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.0% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (8.3% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.29× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 2 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 2 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.5% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.5% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.2% gap up opened on 2026-10-02 has been "filled" 4 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 4 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 10.0 percentage points (the stock lost 9.0% while the market gained 1.0%) | -10.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 18.4 percentage points (the stock lost 14.6% while the market gained 3.8%) | -18.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 12.0 percentage points (the stock gained 5.4% while the market gained 17.5%) | -12.0% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 37.0 percentage points (the stock lost 22.0% while the market gained 15.0%) | -37.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 16% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.8% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | -15.5% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 8% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $66.78 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -7.7% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 9% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-06 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $67.95 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 45 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -9.3% |
Price levels it has turned at before
LOAR last closed at $61.62 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 0 prices below its last close and 13 above; the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $62.19 | Resistance | 0.9% above the last close | turned there five times · 2025-03-13 to 2026-06-03 |
| $64.14 | Resistance | 4.1% above the last close | turned there four times · 2025-02-24 to 2026-05-08 |
| $66.02 | Resistance | 7.2% above the last close | turned there six times · 2025-08-13 to 2026-09-25 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · lagging the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$89.80 range $82.00 – $107.00; median $87.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-03. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for LOAR
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.3281 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-03
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 (0.0%) from $0.3281, on 2026-08-29, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 5 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["High levels of indebtedness and related interest expense impacting net income.","Significant reliance on acquisitions to drive growth, creating risks related to integration and goodwill.","Exposure to cyclical aerospace and defense market demand."]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($2M) — 1 selling insider
Cluster buying: 4 different insiders reported open-market purchases (SEC code P) of LOAR within a 30-day window between 2026-03-10 and 2026-03-13. Disclosed Form 4 activity, not a prediction of performance or a buy signal.
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-20. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about LOAR's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding LOAR as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 5,252,065
- Reported value $423,368,959
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 0 increased, 5 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
LOAR had 6,544,047 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
LOAR had 6.98% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 10.42 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 6,544,047
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 6.98%
- Prior settlement (shares) 6,114,418
- Reported change 7.03%
- Days to cover (reported) 10.42
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- TransDigm Group (TDG)
- Heico (HEI)
- Barnes Group (B)
- Woodward (WWD)
- Curtiss-Wright (CW)
- Ducommun (DCO)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Loar Holdings (LOAR) do?
Loar Holdings is a diversified manufacturer and supplier of aerospace and defense components. The company focuses on the design, development, and production of niche, essential parts used in a wide range of commercial and military aircraft, as well as broader defense applications.
What sector is Loar Holdings (LOAR) in?
Loar Holdings (LOAR) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Aerospace & Defense components. It trades on NYSE.
Who are Loar Holdings's (LOAR) competitors?
Notable peers of Loar Holdings (LOAR) include TransDigm Group, Heico, Barnes Group, Woodward and Curtiss-Wright. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Loar Holdings (LOAR) overbought or oversold right now?
Loar Holdings (LOAR) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 37, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on LOAR come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.