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CAE Inc., a leader in flight simulation for both commercial and defense sectors, is currently facing mixed sentiments among analysts. While the company has a strong market position and a record backlog of $18 billion, there are concerns surrounding execution issues and operating margins, particularly propelled by the challenges in defense contracts and inflationary pressures on legacy contracts. Some analysts see potential in the upcoming defense contracts and the ongoing demand for pilot training, especially in light of geopolitical tensions. However, others caution about the stock's performance, given that it has faced significant short-term fluctuations and is not perceived as cheap relative to earnings. Overall, while the long-term outlook appears bright due to evolving demands in pilot training and defense spending, current valuations and recent performance call for a cautious stance.
World leader in flight simulation business. Strong company with recent performance in the stock market. Latest quarter has had a bit of a slowdown on sales, but overall the business is strong. Evolution of new pilots that will require new training will be good for business. Expecting high single digit revenue growth. Would recommend holding.
CAE EPS of 24c beat estimates of 19c; revenue of $1.13B beat estimates of $1.08B. Backlog is now a record $18B. We have liked the stock historically, but it has had lots of execution issues. It has high market share, but we always thought it should be more profitable overall, considering its moat and duopolistic industry with really just one other serious global competitor. We would consider 25X earnings fairly priced and would prefer an exit into something more reliable.
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(Note short timeframe.) Attributes underpinning her recommendation are still there. Pilot shortage. Revenue is still consistent, stable, growing. Struggled on defense side, margins have come off, but geopolitical tensions are still high. Signed 25-year, $11B contract in May; services still in demand.
We would caution against reading too much into a couple of days' trading activity. CAE has had potential and a large backlog for some time, but it has not been able to execute well. It is down 21% over a year, and is still not really cheap at 21X earnings. Its last quarter was OK but not overly compelling. We would be OK continuing with an already-established clean up program.
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Difficulty with defense side, longer-term contracts crimping profitability, those will wind down in 2025. Signing more profitable contracts in the meantime. Likes it. Very well run. Not a lot of similar companies, so shares usually trade at a premium. Market-average profitability, pretty strong balance sheet.
Geopolitical conflict begets defense spending. Airline travel was one of the key drivers of the elevated CPI print yesterday, so pilots will continue to be in demand. He'd buy here, and add more on weakness.
We would say CAE's major competitors are other large aerospace/defense players who all have some varying degree of involvement in the aircraft simulation space. Companies like LHX, LMT, BA, and GD all have varying involvements in the simulations space. We think CAE's moat is still wide as the civil business has been strong over the long-term. The obvious mistake that can be point towards is the acquisition of the defense segment which has mainly created problems. The company has struggled to clear legacy contracts associated with this segment off its books for a while now causing margin pressure. Once the legacy contracts are cleared, CAE should see nice growth and margin improvements in defence but management stated that this could take six-to-eight quarters to occur in recent earnings. This was the major reason for removing CAE from the model portfolios. Additionally, in our flash report from Feb 2023 we noted its outlook was quite strong, but in our most recent report, guidance on margins started to wane, and this caused us to take a more cautious approach. Selling CAE also provided us with the opportunity to reduce our already high exposure to industrials and add to a smaller sector exposure, materials
At the time of report writing we felt a B+ was still warranted on the strength of the civil segement and that the defense segement had room for improvement this year. In light of recent earnings, we would like to see how defense performs this year and a potential downgrade is on the table.
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CAE Inc is a Canadian stock, trading under the symbol CAE-T on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CAE-CT). It is usually referred to as TSX:CAE or CAE-T
In the last year, 13 stock analysts published opinions about CAE-T. 4 analysts recommended to BUY the stock. 5 analysts recommended to SELL the stock. The latest stock analyst recommendation is . Read the latest stock experts' ratings for CAE Inc.
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On 2025-04-01, CAE Inc (CAE-T) stock closed at a price of $35.19.
They make simulators for both commercial planes and fighter jets. That's how he's playing increased defence spending in Canada.