Company Analysis

StandardAero, Inc. (SARO)

NYSE: SARO · Aircraft Engines & Engine Parts · Scottsdale, AZ · filing with the SEC since 2024
Grade4.3
◀ Past 4.4● Present 4.4▶ Future 4.0
1 est.

The grade of StandardAero, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.3/10
◀ Past4.430% of the headline
● Present4.440% of the headline
▶ Future4.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2024; the latest 2024-11-27.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

StandardAero, Inc.'s filings since 2024 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-11-27) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+13.5% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 2 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

StandardAero, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.2 billion in fiscal 2022 to $6.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 13.5% a year; it rose in 3 of 3 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 2 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span13.5%top 36% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 14% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 29% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 6.7% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 31 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 19th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, StandardAero, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 6.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 31 sales (21 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-16, buying about $984 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 21% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.4/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
2.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 59%: owes 59¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 25th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, StandardAero, Inc. earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 14 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 59 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 15.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 36% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 8% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 45% of 7 in its family; net margin 4.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

StandardAero, Inc.'s standing among 7 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $6.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 36% by size; a net margin of 4.6% ranks in the bottom 21%; revenue growth of 13.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$6.06Btop 36% of its family
  • net margin4.6%bottom 21% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth13.5%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
7.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 7.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 21% of 7 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-10-02 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.1 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2024-10-02 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.1 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 7 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: StandardAero, Inc.'s leadership is put at 7.9 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 21% of 7 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-10-02 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.1 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 23% of 7 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

StandardAero, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $290 million against debt of $2.2 billion leaves -29% of its assets as net cash, bottom 7% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.9% of revenue (bottom 36%); a gross margin of 14.8% (bottom 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-29.0%bottom 7% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.9%bottom 36% of its family
  • gross margin14.8%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

StandardAero, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 13.5% a year over the last three filed years against 13.5% over all 4, speeding up (bottom 7% of its family); the newest year grew 15.8% (top 50%); capital spending grew 25.9% a year (top 36%) (its annual reports). StandardAero, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Engine Services at $5.4 billion (88%), Component Repair Services at $709 million (12%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yearbottom 7% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth15.8%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending25.9%top 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 26% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

StandardAero, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $6.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.1% above the $5.9 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 36% of its family); net income of $277 million against a prior three-year average of $15 million (top 7%); a net margin of 4.6% against -0.4% before (top 36%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.1%top 36% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 7% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+4.9 pointstop 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SARO · research, not advice