CluenexLoar Holdings LOAR
Loar Holdings scores good on business quality (6.8 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What Loar Holdings does
Loar Holdings designs and manufactures niche aerospace and defense components, selling specialized parts directly to aircraft manufacturers and defense contractors for use in commercial and military fleets.
- What it does best
Loar delivers exceptional gross margins of 52.6%, easily outperforming peers like SARO at 14.9%. This pricing power stems from proprietary, specified-in aerospace parts that are costly and time-consuming to re-engineer.
- The main risk
Cash flow is struggling to support the current valuation, with recent reports warning the stock may be 31% overvalued as cash flows fall short of market expectations.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margins stand at a strong 24.4%, landing in the 89th sector percentile, which drives solid cash conversion as revenue scales.
The moat relies on proprietary product designs locked into commercial and defense programs, putting gross margins in the 84th sector percentile and creating high switching costs.
Revenue growth is running at 23.1%, placing it in the top decile of its sector at the 94th percentile, driven by strong underlying demand in the aerospace segment.
Total debt sits at $719.0 million against $85.0 million in cash, yielding a net debt of $634.0 million. Free cash flow reached $106.0 million, showing positive momentum.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Our sealed record on LOAR
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
Loar Holdings scores good on the Cluenex quality check (6.8 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is fair, moat fair, growth fast and financial health fair.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Nov 5, 2026.
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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Loar Holdings (LOAR)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/loar/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.