Loar Holdings Inc.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $66.86, Loar Holdings Inc. (LOAR) is priced for today's economics sustained for ~15.2 years. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 27, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Loar makes niche, mission-critical aerospace and defense components, which the 10-K calls ⟦"niche aerospace and defense components that are essential for the production and maintenance of aircraft"⟧, a small-part, high-margin business that grows by acquiring more of the same. • The defining risk is the price: at roughly 65 times operating income the stock prices in growth at its self-funding ceiling for about 16 years, a duration only a small fraction of fast-growers have ever sustained. • Wat
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240 institutional managers reported holding LOAR in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 92% of the company; the top 10 hold 67%. 47 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Abrams Capital, Vanguard Group, Wellington Management, among others. On the short side, 6.6M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 7% of shares outstanding (9.7 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at LOAR over the trailing three years: 2024: 3 buys totaling $6.00M; 2026: 9 buys totaling $11.33M. 10 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
LOAR's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-14 | +19.6% | +2.7% |
| 2024-11-14 | -6.6% | -4.2% |
| 2025-04-01 | +7.8% | +23.8% |
| 2025-05-14 | -16.5% | -8.8% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
LOAR's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-04 (items 5.07); 2026-05-07 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-02-26 (items 2.02); 2025-12-29 (items 1.01, 2.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01); 2025-12-01 (items 8.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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