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TransDigm (TDG) Tops Q2 Earnings, Revenues Miss, View Up

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TransDigm Group Incorporated (TDG - Free Report) is a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components that are used in in-service commercial and military aircraft. The company has an extensive portfolio of proprietary products, which boosts its competitive position.

TransDigm is seeing some negative trends at present, like weaker defense aftermarket orders and soft business jet, helicopter and freighter revenues, which is hurting its prospects. Softness in global macroeconomic conditions is impacting air travel, adding to the company’s woes. The company has some concerns about the commercial transport industry in the coming times as well. These factors have been hurting its financials in recent times.

However, on the positive side, about 90% of TDG’s sales are generated by proprietary products, that is, products for which the company owns the intellectual property. This translates into consistent and sustained revenue generation capacity through all phases of the aerospace cycle.

The company has had a robust earnings history. It has trumped the Zacks Consensus Estimate each time in the trailing four quarters, with an average positive surprise of 6.6%.

Transdigm Group Incorporated Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

Currently, TDG has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) but that could definitely change following its second-quarter fiscal 2017 earnings report, which has just released. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

We have highlighted some of the key details from the just-released announcement below:

Earnings: TDG’s adjusted earnings came in at $2.88 per share (including stock based compensation adjustments), beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.85.

Revenue: Revenues came in at $873.2 million, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $886 million.

Key Stats: Concurrent with the second-quarter fiscal 2017 results, the company has once again raised earnings and revenues guidance for the fiscal year. Sales are expected to lie in the range of $3,530 million to $3,570 million (compared with $3,171 million in fiscal 2016). Also, adjusted earnings per share are forecasted to be in the band of $12.09 to $12.33 per share, in comparison to $11.49 per share in fiscal 2016.

Stock Price: TDG shares were down 2% in the pre-market trading following the release. It would be interesting to see how the market reacts to the results during the trading session today.

Check back later for our full write up on this TDG earnings report later!

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