Perhaps timely catching StandardAero Inc (SARO) would be a good idea

With 8.73 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.79 million shares. During the session, the Aerospace & Defense company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $28.29 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $27.5. The 52-week range on SARO shows that it touched its highest point at $34.38 and its lowest point at $22.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $34.86.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of SARO was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.74%, but this was up by 3.28% over a month. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SARO yields 0.03 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.16. For the next quarter, that number is 0.19. This implies an EPS growth rate of 2048.89% for this year and 34.53% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 334.46 million SARO shares are outstanding with a float of 326.18 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 7.02 million, which was 210.0 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Mr. Russell W. Ford as the firm’s Chairman & CEO, Mr. Daniel Satterfield serves as its CFO & Treasurer.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 1.0409 of SARO’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, SARO reported revenue of $1409613000.0 and operating income of $94658000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $124439000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.

Analysts Ratings:

In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With SARO analysts setting a high price target of 37.0 and a low target of 32.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 34.5. Based on these targets, SARO could surge 31.95% to reach the target high and rise by 14.12% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 23.04% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.30685 being high and $0.20165 being low. For SARO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.25425. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.24 and the low estimate is $0.19. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.22.