PAE — Stock Film
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PAE
PAE Incorporated
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WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
PAE Incorporated. What it actually does.

Provides operational solutions to the U.S. government. Offers outsourced services to allied governments. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 2018
20K employees
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
77%Global Mission Services
Global Mission ServicesNational Security Solutions 23%
77% of all revenue comes from a single line: Global Mission Services.

That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.

Revenue last year:
$2.7B
The net profit left over:
$15.3M
Out of every $100 in sales, $1 stays as net profit.
THE SLICE THAT TURNS INTO PROFIT: 1%

This is an established company with proven profits.

THE SALES TREND
The sales picture, year by year.

Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.

$0
2017
2018
2019
$2.7B
2020
Cash on hand:
$85.9M
Total debt:
$866.3M
The debt outweighs the cash.

The gap is $780.4M. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.

Every quarter, analysts set a profit bar.
How many of the last 6 did the company clear?
3 / 6
EXPECTATIONS MET OR BEATEN
3
Aug 2020
Nov 2021
3 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 QUARTERS
A mixed scorecard.
THE COUNCIL REVIEW
9

angles, checked one by one.

The 2 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.

The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.

WEAK SPOTS
The stock has lost its spark0/10
Costs eat into the margin4/10
WORTH WATCHING

Cost Efficiency: As sales grow, profit fails to keep the same pace.

THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
Bumpy, but the direction is up.

The stock trades near its peak today. For long-term holders the ride has paid off so far — though past performance guarantees nothing about the future.

THE BRIGHT SIDE

Our checks did not surface a specific strength to highlight here.

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THE RISKS · 1/3
A wildly swinging price

This stock swings about 2.4 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.

2
THE RISKS · 2/3
The stock has lost its spark

The price action doesn’t yet back an upward turn. Council score: 0/10.

3
THE RISKS · 3/3
Costs eat into the margin

Costs swallow the gains that sales growth brings in. Council score: 4/10.

FINALE · THE GRADE
grade pending

We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.

One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.

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Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 11, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film