Aerospace and defense company Ducommun (NYSE: DCO) will be reporting results this Thursday before the bell. Here’s what to look for.
Ducommun beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $202.3 million, up 2.7% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Ducommun’s revenue to grow 5.3% year on year to $212 million, improving from the 2.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.95 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Ducommun has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 1.1% on average.
Looking at Ducommun’s peers in the aerospace segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. AAR delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 11.8%, beating analysts’ expectations by 7.4%, and Howmet reported revenues up 13.8%, topping estimates by 2.3%. AAR traded up 4.2% following the results while Howmet was also up 1.1%.
Read our full analysis of AAR’s results here and Howmet’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the aerospace stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.5% on average over the last month. Ducommun is down 5.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $107.50 (compared to the current share price of $91.34).
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