StandardAero Announces First Quarter 2026 Results

StandardAero (NYSE: SARO) announced results today for the three months ended March 31, 2026 (“First Quarter 2026”).

First Quarter 2026 Highlights

• Revenue increased 13.3% year-over-year to $1,626.9 million
• Net Income was $79.9 million; Diluted GAAP EPS was $0.24, Net Income as a percentage of Revenue was 4.9%
• Adjusted Diluted EPS was $0.33 up from $0.29 in the prior year's quarter
• Adjusted EBITDA increased $4.9 million year-over-year to $203.2 million; Adjusted EBITDA Margin was 12.5%
• Cash Flow used in Operations was ($119.6) million; Free Cash Flow for the quarter was ($133.7) million
• Announced acquisition of Unified Turbines
• Increasing FY26 Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS guidance

“StandardAero’s first quarter performance provides a solid foundation for continued momentum in 2026,” said Russell Ford, StandardAero’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We delivered double-digit revenue growth across all three of our end markets, supported by sustained strength in commercial aerospace, accelerating bookings momentum in our military end market, and excellent execution on our business aviation platforms. Our Component Repair Services segment delivered double-digit Adjusted EBITDA growth, demonstrating the attractive margin profile in that segment and the continued success of our component repair strategy.”

“Consistent with our commitment to this strategy, we also announced the acquisition of Unified Turbines, which adds important hot section component repair capabilities and further strengthens our broader CRS offering. In addition, we purchased approximately 2.0 million shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $60.1 million under our share repurchase program, reflecting our disciplined approach to capital allocation."

Mr. Ford continued, “With robust demand, a diversified end market mix, leading positions on critical engine platforms and a strategically designed global footprint, we believe StandardAero is well positioned to perform across a range of economic environments, including periods of broader macroeconomic uncertainty and elevated jet fuel prices. These strengths, combined with disciplined capital allocation and continued investment in our growth programs, give us confidence in our ability to deliver another year of double-digit earnings growth. As a result, we are raising our full year 2026 guidance.”

First Quarter 2026 Consolidated Results

Revenue for the First Quarter 2026 was $1,626.9 million, an increase of $191.3 million, or 13.3%, from $1,435.6 million for the prior year period. The increase was driven by strong demand for our services and products across all three major end markets. The Business Aviation end market grew 19.6% compared to the prior year period, the Commercial Aerospace end market grew 11.4% compared to the prior year period, and the Military and Helicopter end market grew 10.3%, compared to the prior year period.

Net income for the First Quarter 2026 was $79.9 million, as compared to net income of $62.9 million for the prior year period, a 27.0% year-over-year growth rate.

Adjusted EBITDA for the First Quarter 2026 was $203.2 million, an increase of $4.9 million, or 2.5%, from $198.2 million for the prior year period. The increase reflects continued growth in volume and pricing, as well as productivity improvements, offset by the timing of engine shipments. Adjusted EBITDA margin of 12.5% declined 130 basis points compared to 13.8% in the prior year period, primarily due to mix and the continued ramp in LEAP and CFM56 DFW.

First Quarter 2026 Segment Results

Engine Services Segment

Engine Services segment revenue for the First Quarter 2026 was $1,447.1 million, an increase of $178.8 million, or 14.1%, from $1,268.3 million for the prior year period. The increase was driven primarily by a strong ramp in our growth platforms, including LEAP and CFM56, along with continued momentum on other key commercial, military, and business aviation platforms.

Engine Services Segment Adjusted EBITDA for the First Quarter 2026 was $178.6 million, an increase of $4.6 million, or 2.7%, from $174.0 million for the prior year period. The increase was driven by volume and productivity gains, partially offset by the timing of engine shipments in the quarter. Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin of 12.3% decreased 140 basis points compared to 13.7% in the prior year period driven by mix including the ramp in LEAP and CFM56 DFW, compared to the previous year's period.

Component Repair Services Segment

Component Repair Services segment revenue for the First Quarter 2026 was $179.7 million, an increase of $12.4 million, or 7.4%, from $167.3 million for the prior year period. The increase was driven by continued robust demand on key commercial aerospace products, partially offset by softness in the military end market from the delayed effect of the U.S. Government shutdown in the previous quarter.

Component Repair Services Segment Adjusted EBITDA for the First Quarter 2026 was $52.4 million, an increase of $5.0 million, or 10.6%, from $47.4 million for the prior year period. Segment Adjusted EBITDA margins increased 90 basis points to 29.2% from 28.3% in the prior year period, driven by pricing, mix and improved productivity.

Full Year 2026 Guidance

StandardAero is updating its full year 2026 guidance:

StandardAero has not reconciled its full year 2026 guidance related to Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow or Adjusted EPS to its most directly comparable forward looking GAAP financial measure because such information is not available, and management cannot reliably predict all of the necessary components of such GAAP measure without unreasonable effort or expense.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

StandardAero management will host a conference call today, May 7, 2026, at 5:00 PM ET, to discuss its results in more detail. The conference call will be broadcast live via webcast, and the webcast and accompanying slide presentation can be accessed by visiting the Events section on StandardAero’s investor relations website at https://ir.standardaero.com/news-events/events. The conference call may also be accessed by dialing (877) 407-9762 or (201) 689-8538 for telephone access to the live call. Please click here for international toll-free access numbers.

For those unable to listen to the live conference call, a replay will be available after the call through the archived webcast in the Events section of the StandardAero’s investor relations website or by dialing (877) 660-6853 or (201) 612-7415. The access code for the replay is 13759396. The replay will be available until 11:59 PM ET on May 21, 2026.

About StandardAero

StandardAero is a leading independent pure-play provider of aerospace engine aftermarket services for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, serving the commercial, military and business aviation end markets. StandardAero provides a comprehensive suite of critical, value-added aftermarket solutions, including engine maintenance, repair and overhaul, engine component repair, on-wing and field service support, asset management and engineering solutions. StandardAero is an NYSE listed company under the ticker symbol SARO. For more information about StandardAero, go to www.standardaero.com.

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Certain of the non-GAAP financial measures presented in this press release are supplemental measures of our performance, in the case of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, that we believe help investors understand our financial condition and operating results and assess our future prospects. We believe that presenting these non-GAAP financial measures, in addition to the corresponding GAAP financial measures, are important supplemental measures that exclude non-cash or other items that may not be indicative of or are unrelated to our core operating results and the overall health of our company. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide investors greater transparency to the information used by management for its operational decision-making and allow investors to see our results “through the eyes of management.” We further believe that providing this information assists our investors in understanding our operating performance and the methodology used by management to evaluate and measure such performance. We also present Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow, which are liquidity measures, that we believe are useful to investors because it is also used by our management for measuring our operating cash flow, liquidity and allocating resources. We believe it is important to measure the free cash flows we have generated from operations, after accounting for routine capital expenditures required to generate those cash flows. When read in conjunction with our GAAP results, these non-GAAP financial measures provide a baseline for analyzing trends in our underlying businesses and can be used by management as one basis for financial, operational and planning decisions. Finally, these measures are often used by analysts and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest expense, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization, further adjusted for certain non-cash items that we may record each period, as well as non-recurring items such as acquisition costs, integration and severance costs, refinance fees, business transformation costs and other discrete expenses, when applicable. We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue. We define Adjusted Net Income as GAAP Net income, adjusted for certain one-time items that we may record in a period, as well as non-recurring items such as acquisition costs, integration and severance costs, refinance fees, business transformation costs and other discrete expenses, when applicable, adjusted for the tax effect. We define Adjusted EPS as Adjusted Net Income divided by the Total Diluted Shares Outstanding. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS are important metrics for management and investors as they remove the impact of items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating results or the overall health of our company and allows for consistent comparison of our operating results over time and relative to our peers. We define Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA as long-term debt, less cash and cash equivalents divided by Adjusted EBITDA. We define free cash flow as cash from operating activities less capital expenditures.

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Selected financial information for each segment is as follows:

The following table presents a reconciliation of net income and net income margin to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, respectively:

The following table presents a reconciliation of Debt to Net Debt and Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA:

The following table presents revenue by segment, Segment Adjusted EBITDA and Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin:

The following table presents a reconciliation of Cash Flow from Operations to Free Cash Flow:

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