Loar Holdings Inc. $LOAR Shares Sold by Glenmede Trust Co. NA

Glenmede Trust Co. NA cut its position in shares of Loar Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LOAR) by 43.6% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 9,322 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,220 shares during the period. Glenmede Trust Co. NA’s holdings in Loar were worth $534,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in LOAR. Capital International Investors raised its position in shares of Loar by 61.8% in the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 7,218,814 shares of the company’s stock worth $490,879,000 after acquiring an additional 2,757,297 shares during the period. Wasatch Advisors LP grew its position in shares of Loar by 14.5% during the 1st quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 3,509,014 shares of the company’s stock valued at $201,031,000 after acquiring an additional 444,049 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Loar by 39.0% in the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,533,540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $172,281,000 after purchasing an additional 711,182 shares in the last quarter. Bamco Inc. NY increased its stake in shares of Loar by 17.2% in the 4th quarter. Bamco Inc. NY now owns 2,119,505 shares of the company’s stock valued at $144,126,000 after purchasing an additional 310,406 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp raised its holdings in Loar by 18.1% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,880,955 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,905,000 after purchasing an additional 288,095 shares during the period.

Trending Headlines about Loar

Here are the key news stories impacting Loar this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Royal Bank of Canada raised its price target on Loar from $80 to $85 and reiterated an “outperform” rating, implying meaningful upside from recent trading levels. Benzinga
• Positive Sentiment: Loar exceeded second-quarter expectations: adjusted EPS was $0.38 versus the $0.31 consensus estimate, while revenue reached approximately $171.6 million, up 39.4% year over year and ahead of the $162.8 million estimate. Adjusted EBITDA increased 47.4% to $69.4 million, with margin expanding to 40.5%. Loar Q2 earnings report
• Positive Sentiment: Management raised its fiscal 2026 outlook to EPS of $1.32–$1.36 and revenue of $665 million–$675 million, above consensus estimates of $1.28 EPS and $652.5 million revenue. The increase reflects strong aerospace and defense demand and a robust new-business pipeline. Loar Q2 results and outlook
• Positive Sentiment: Recent insider activity was reportedly entirely on the buy side, while several institutional investors increased their Loar positions, providing an additional signal of confidence in the company’s long-term prospects.
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor’s Business Daily described Loar as forming a potential new buy point but pulling back toward an important support level. A decisive move above resistance could strengthen the technical outlook, while failure to hold support may keep the stock volatile. Loar technical setup
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks Research downgraded Loar from “strong buy” to “hold,” tempering the positive impact of the earnings beat and higher guidance. With the shares trading at an elevated earnings multiple, further gains may depend on continued strong execution and additional upward revisions. Zacks Research

Insider Activity at Loar

In other news, Director Taiwo K. Danmola sold 35,000 shares of Loar stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $60.59, for a total transaction of $2,120,650.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 54,286 shares in the company, valued at $3,289,188.74. The trade was a 39.20% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 20.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Loar Stock Performance

LOAR opened at $71.07 on Friday. Loar Holdings Inc. has a twelve month low of $53.15 and a twelve month high of $83.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.65 billion, a PE ratio of 98.70 and a beta of 0.56. The company has a current ratio of 4.56, a quick ratio of 2.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $71.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $66.69.

Loar (NYSE:LOAR) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.31 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $171.58 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $162.80 million. Loar had a net margin of 11.60% and a return on equity of 9.42%. The business’s revenue was up 39.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.23 EPS. Loar has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.320-1.360 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Loar Holdings Inc. will post 1.16 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on LOAR. Citigroup increased their price target on Loar from $71.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 25th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $75.00 target price on Loar in a research note on Sunday, May 10th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Loar from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Friday, July 10th. Morgan Stanley restated an “equal weight” rating and set a $82.00 price objective (down from $91.00) on shares of Loar in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered shares of Loar from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Loar has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $85.40.

About Loar

Loar Holdings Inc, through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets aerospace and defense components for aircraft, and aerospace and defense systems in the United States and internationally. It offers products in various categories, which include airframe components, structural components, avionics, composites, braking system components, de-ice and ice protection, electro-mechanical, engineered materials, flight controls, fluid and motion controls, environmental, metal forming, molded components, and restraints and safety devices.