Loar vs Park Aerospace
LOAR and PKE side by side, both in aircraft and parts. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How LOAR and PKE compare
Loar is the larger company, worth 13 times as much as Park Aerospace ($7.0B against $536M).
Loar grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (33.8% versus 27.7% for Park Aerospace).
Park Aerospace keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 18.4% compared with 9.4% at Loar.
Park Aerospace pays a dividend yielding 2.1%; Loar does not pay one.
Park Aerospace scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 7 for Loar), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | LOAR | PKE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.0B | $536M |
| Share price | $74.77 | $24.33 |
| Change, 1 year | 4.8% | 24.9% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 72.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.01 | 0.72 |
| Employees | 1,700 | 125 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 33.8× |
| P/S | 11.0× | 6.6× (better) |
| P/B | 5.7× | 3.3× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 53.6× | 22.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 46.8× |
| PEG | – | 13.51 |
| FCF yield | – | 2.1% |
| Fair value | $40.18 | $21.07 |
| Margin of safety | −86.1% | −15.4% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 33.8% (better) | 27.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 9.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −5.3% | 103% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 100% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 18.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 52.6% (better) | 32.7% |
| Operating margin | 22.9% (better) | 21.1% |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 18.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 14.2% |
| Return on equity | 5.0% | 11.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.5% | 29.1% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.78 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.43 | – |
| Interest coverage | 2.2× | – |
| Current ratio | 5.38 | 22.75 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.42 | 27.37 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.1% |
| Payout ratio | – | 69.4% |
| Buyback yield | −0.03% | 0.00% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | −0.03% | 2.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 94.7% | 88.6% |
| Held by insiders | 77.3% | 4.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $12.2M (better) | −$9.4M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 35.3% | 6.4% |
Go deeper
- LOAR stock overview
- LOAR income statement
- LOAR valuation and score
- PKE stock overview
- PKE income statement
- PKE valuation and score
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