Company Analysis

TransDigm Group Incorporated (TDG)

NYSE: TDG · Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, NEC · Cleveland, OH · filing with the SEC since 2003
Grade6.2
◀ Past 7.4● Present 6.0▶ Future 5.2

The grade of TransDigm Group Incorporated

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.2/10
◀ Past7.430% of the headline
● Present6.040% of the headline
▶ Future5.230% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

TransDigm Group Incorporated's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+13% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

TransDigm Group Incorporated's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.5 billion in fiscal 2017 to $11 billion in fiscal 2026, up 13% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 8% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span13.0%top 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak8.1%top 32% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.2% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 545 sales, 8 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-09-30, TransDigm Group Incorporated's diluted share count grew about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 545 sales (456 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 8 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-05, buying about $4 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 25% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 10% 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?

6.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 136%: owes 136¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-09-30, TransDigm Group Incorporated's shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 22 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 136 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 4% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 14% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 15% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
8.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 20% of 11 in its family; net margin 20%.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

TransDigm Group Incorporated's standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $11 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 5% by size; a net margin of 20% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of 17% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$10.56Btop 5% of its family
  • net margin20.0%top 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth17.0%top 50% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 34% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

TransDigm Group Incorporated's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lisman, Michael (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-11-06, 1 years (bottom 36% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.1 years (bottom 42%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 25% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.1 yearsbottom 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.0 yearsbottom 36% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 46% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

TransDigm Group Incorporated's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $2.3 billion against debt of $34 billion leaves -112.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 18.1% of revenue (top 14%); a gross margin of 59.2% (top 14%); research spending of 1.4% of revenue (bottom 8%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-112.8%bottom 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue18.1%top 14% of its family
  • gross margin59.2%top 14% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1.4%bottom 8% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

TransDigm Group Incorporated's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 17% a year over the last three filed years against 13% over all 10, speeding up (top 32% of its family); the newest year grew 19.6% (top 23%); research spending grew 12.9% a year (bottom 42%); capital spending grew 25.4% a year (top 35%) (its annual reports). TransDigm Group Incorporated reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Power and Control at $4.6 billion, Airframe at $4.1 billion, Non Aviation Related Business at $160 million. 2 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 52% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.0 points a yeartop 32% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth19.6%top 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending12.9%bottom 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending25.4%top 35% 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
4.8/10

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

bottom 48% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

TransDigm Group Incorporated's newest year against its own record: revenue of $11 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 3.2% above the $10 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 35% of its family); net income of $2.1 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.7 billion (top 45%); a net margin of 20% against 21.6% before (bottom 25%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.2%top 35% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+24%top 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.6 pointsbottom 25% 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 TDG · research, not advice