Bombardier Inc (B)BBD.B.TODON'T BUYJun 18, 2015Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Sep 28, 2026. Market Open.
Aerospace is a great and growing industry. Catalysts for positive change, such as Canadian contract and potential NATO contract. Paid down debt, has become a pure-play business jet leader. Now has a dynamite balance sheet. Strong jet-delivery growth, margins expanding.
New order book grew 43% in past year. Services increased 25% YOY. Will generate $1B in 2026. No dividend.
It has had a very successful turn-around. It sort of downsized in 2020 and focused on business jets. At that time there was too much debt but the balance sheet is much improved now. The price then was around $10 so it has been a 25 bagger in 5 years. Since it is priced much more fully now, he would trim and not add.
Phases 1, 2, and 3 of the business cycle are the expansion phases and they typically last a year. His team believes that last year was phase 1, so now we're in phase 2. This matters because industrials typically do well in phase 2.
Likes it, chart looks great. He'd continue to hold. If it goes up another 1%, you could trim that 1%. If it takes out somewhere in the $240 range (which is a pretty good level of support), that's when he'd trim a bigger portion. A move below $240 indicates that something significant is happening.
They raised enough cash to support their free cash flow burn for the next couple of years, to build up their C series development program. Management is now focused on improving margins and there is likely some low hanging fruit there. Thinks they could spin out the BT and they could do that in an intelligent way and still retain partial, and that would be accretive for them. Expects revenues to fall and margins stay flat over the next couple of years. A very big ship to move and you do need structural changes to improve margins. Not the best place to be deploying capital right now.