Provides overnight air cargo delivery services. Manufactures and sells aircraft deicers and ground support equipment. Now — the numbers.
The biggest line carries real weight, but it doesn’t decide everything on its own.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 17% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
There is growth, but not at top-of-the-class tempo.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 10% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
The net profit margin is 24% — still a thick cushion, though costs have been eating into it lately.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 17% a year on average.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 3 buys and 2 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
The balance sheet offers little cushion against a rough stretch. Report-card grade: 22/100.
Measured against its sector, the quality of the business sits below the class average. Report-card grade: 46/100.
As the slice kept from each sale thins out, so does the profit.
On our five-subject report card, AIRT sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: AIRT does earn real profits — but on our report card it still sits behind its class. The real debate here isn’t the price — it’s whether the company can keep up this pace.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: earnings execution.