Applied Aerospace & Defense Inc (AADX)
NYSEIndustrialsAerospace & DefenseSnapshot 2026-10-23
$10.00+1.01%
Close 2026-10-23 · 1-day change
NYSEIndustrialsAerospace & DefenseSnapshot 2026-10-23
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
A booming industry is a tailwind for the names in it; a contracting one is a headwind. Companies in the same industry tend to rise and fall together with the cycle, the way a tide lifts and lowers every boat in the harbor at once, so a large part of a stock’s swing can come from where its industry sits rather than from the company itself. It’s context for reading the company’s results, not a buy/sell call. Full explanation →
Aerospace & Defense is in expansion. Describes the industry's cycle state, not a call on this stock.
The stage band shows the industry’s cycle over the chart’s timeline (each color a stage); a ▼ marks a quarter its growth inflected down — amber is an unconfirmed watch, red is confirmed the next quarter. Use “Overlay cycle on chart” to tint the price chart by stage. The industry’s fundamentals, not a signal on this stock.
Primary pillar under pressure — Reduce operating losses significantly: Operating income: $-96.23M.
View ThesisThis stock is highly volatile — it swings about 3% on a typical day and fell roughly 58% in its worst 12-month stretch.
View RiskAADX rests on a growth-sensitive industrial business, but the desk lacks earnings history to establish its trajectory. No recent earnings result supports the growth claim. The desk cannot anchor a clean valuation multiple, and expectations are roughly in line with forecast growth. The specific risk is operating income of $-96.23M, pressuring the pillar to reduce operating losses. The sector backdrop is a drag. Peer multiples imply a price about 30% above where it trades. The thesis is on watch; this read is provisional.
Trailing returns as of 2026-10-23. AADX is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 8 analysts currently covering AADX (as of Oct 2026).
Based on 7 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for AADX in the last 4 months.
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A consensus fair price across 2 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-10-23. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Aerospace & Defense — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
Our valuation methods disagree too much on this name right now. Rather than print a number we don't believe, we're holding it back until they converge.
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Current $10.00
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A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Highlights strong revenue projections.
Significant revenue projection backed by backlog.
Record sales indicate strong performance.
