Loar Raises 2026 Outlook After 16% Organic Sales Growth in Q3, Guides to Double-Digit Growth in 2027
Why It MattersA supplier guiding to double-digit growth across several end markets while crediting easing supply chains points to aerospace aftermarket and component demand still outrunning the capacity constraints that dominated recent years.
What happened
Loar Holdings (LOAR) raised its 2026 financial outlook and projected double-digit growth across its major aerospace and defense markets next year. The company cited new business wins, record backlog and improving supply chains as the basis for the higher guidance.
For the third quarter, the aerospace parts supplier reported 16% organic sales growth and a 46% increase in free cash flow from a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA rose $23 million from the prior-year quarter.
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Co-Chairman Dirkson Charles said it was the company's 17th consecutive quarter of record adjusted EBITDA.
Industry impact & what to watch
A component supplier raising guidance and pointing to double-digit growth across several end markets suggests demand for aerospace and defense parts is still running ahead of what many producers can deliver. The company named improving supply chains as one input to its outlook, which matters because lead times and sourcing have been a limiting factor for the sector.
Backlog is the figure that gives a forward guide more weight than a single strong quarter. Record backlog, together with new business wins, is the basis the company itself gives for projecting growth into next year, so the next reported backlog level and whether the 2027 range holds will show how firmly that demand is booked.
