StandardAero (SARO)
Maintains aircraft engines and repairs components across commercial, military and business aviation.
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Maintains and overhauls aircraft engines, repairs components and accessories, and supports operators through field service, engineering and asset management. Engine Services and Component Repair Services span commercial, military and helicopter, and business aviation, with access shaped by OEM authorizations and long-lived installed fleets.
Provides scheduled and unscheduled engine maintenance, repair and overhaul through Engine Services, alongside component and accessory repair and selected new-part manufacturing through Component Repair Services. Commercial, military and helicopter, and business aviation customers span a multinational facility network.
Connects aircraft operators with engine programs through OEM authorizations, licenses, technical specifications and support for long-lived installed fleets. Shop visits, field service, engineering and asset management make the operating model broader than depot repair alone.
Execution depends on skilled technical labor, supply availability, regulatory approvals and safe delivery. Government work adds procurement, export-control and program-compliance requirements, while acquisition integration remains recurring because purchased businesses assembled much of the service footprint. Revenue also depends on a limited customer group.
Company facts
Target rangeAs of Sep 21, 2026
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Prior | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | Guggenheim | Initiate | Rating: — | |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Target | Target: $31 | Target: $33 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | UBS | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $34 | Target: $36 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Target | Target: $34 | Target: $31 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Jefferies | Downgrade | Target: — | Target: $30 |
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RevenueReportedEstimate
Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $179.1M · Total debt $2.56B · Total assets $6.85B · Shareholders' equity $2.75B
- Revenue
- $1.60B
- Operating income
- $168.5M
- Net income
- $97.3M
No dividends on record.
| Institutions | ≈ 107.25% | 356.59M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 370 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 · largest filers plus last quarter's tail | |||
| Insiders | 0.24% | 791.0K shares | |
| 15 holders · as of Aug 12, 2026 | |||
| Strategic holders | 5.74% | 19.09M shares | |
| 1 holder · as of May 7, 2026 | |||
| Adds to | 113.23% | ||
332.47M company shares as of Sep 22, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
This quarter's institutional total failed a plausibility check; shown: the largest filers plus last quarter's remainder.
These groups come from separate filings that can overlap, so they add to 113.23%; nothing is left for Other.
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Carlyle Group Inc.Institution | 25.44% | 84.59M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Price T Rowe Associates Inc /MD/Institution | 13.63% | 45.32M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
BlackRock, Inc.Institution | 6.50% | 21.60M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
GIC Private Ltd1Strategic10 percent owner | 5.74% | 19.09M | filed May 7, 2026 |
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLCInstitution | 4.58% | 15.23M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
- GIC Private Ltd's own ownership statement (13G, May 7, 2026) reports fewer shares than the transaction reports; the statement is used.
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | Russell Wayne Ford | director, officer: Chief Executive Officer | −41 | $30.00 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Russell Wayne Ford | director, officer: Chief Executive Officer | −20,413 | $30.56 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Russell Wayne Ford | director, officer: Chief Executive Officer | −40,000 | $31.42 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Russell Wayne Ford | director, officer: Chief Executive Officer | −40,000 | $30.89 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Russell Wayne Ford | director, officer: Chief Executive Officer | −40,000 | $30.24 |
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Compare
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StandardAero | $22.79 | −0.42% | $7.61B | 23.6 | 13.7 | 1.2 | +4.6% |
| GE Aerospace | $319.50 | +0.15% | $330.99B | 37.7 | 37.9 | 6.5 | +14.6% |
| RTX | $191.47 | −1.48% | $261.92B | 34.2 | 26.0 | 2.8 | +14.5% |
| Median | 35.9 | 32.0 | 4.7 | +14.6% |




