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HEICO Corporation

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 25% YoY at strong marginsStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesConsistent chatter on X (724/wk), no spike
$HEI·$51B·Aerospace & Defense·Industrials
$329.11-0.6%YTD+9.6%1Y+4.8%
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2026-08-22: 43 posts724+6%
Price updated 13m ago·X counts updated 10d ago
HEHEI
$HEIHEICO Corporation
$329.11-0.62%724 posts+6%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $HEI, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-31

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Aerospace parts compounder printing record profits with cash-flow up 49% — HEICO just cleared its revolver with fresh long-dated debt and reloaded for M&A.

HEICO makes FAA-approved aerospace replacement parts and defense electronics — the boring-quality kind of industrial that quietly compounds through cycles by rolling up niche suppliers. The Q3 print landed as a double beat on record margins, and the stock is confirming the numbers with fresh multi-year highs on the acceleration.

  • Revenue growth is compounding: Q2 was $1.38B, up 25% YoY, with a 25% operating margin — for an aerospace parts distributor at this scale, that's execution running above the historical growth pace, driven by the FAA-PMA parts business.
  • The Q3 print (August 25) crushed: revenue up 23%, net income up 33%, operating cash flow up 49% to $345M — and the Electronic Technologies Group margin snapped back to 26% after a soft prior year.
  • The $1.2B senior notes issue is meaningful strategic firepower: proceeds paid off the revolver and locked in $550M of 5-year money at 4.95% plus $650M of 10-year money at 5.40% — long-dated, fixed-rate M&A capacity right before rates likely rise.
  • The 59x P/E is the honest limiter: HEICO trades at a premium multiple that requires the M&A engine to keep landing accretive deals and the parts business to keep growing double-digit — one soft quarter reprices the whole 'quality compounder' narrative.

The trajectory holds as long as the M&A engine keeps landing and Electronic Technologies Group margins keep expanding — December 17 earnings is the next reset. What invalidates: an M&A-integration miss, a defense-shipment airpocket, or a rising-interest-expense drag that shows the debt raise wasn't as accretive as modeled.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bull framing (Q3 double beat, 23% revenue growth, 33% net income, 49% cash-flow expansion, ETG margin snap-back) is directly validated by the print. The rising-interest-expense and defense-shipment-lumpiness cautions are honest but don't yet show up in the operating pace.

What to watch: December 17 Q1 FY27 earnings — need ETG margin expansion continuing and M&A pipeline conversion. An M&A-integration miss, a defense-shipment airpocket, or interest-expense drag shows the debt raise wasn't as accretive.

On the calendar: 2026-12-17 — Q1 FY27 earnings

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X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment55 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-31

Bullish, though the ticker collides between HEICO Corp (aerospace) and Heima on Binance. HEICO's Q3 print dominates the equity thread with "Record Profits and Margins," $345.3M operating cash flow up 49%, and the CEO's "Earnings are opinion. Cash flow is fact" quote drawing praise; a bear case flags rising interest expense and space/defense lumpiness. Crypto posters push accumulation with "double bottom second leg" setups after prior 5x moves.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes FAA-approved aircraft replacement parts and niche defense electronics, undercutting OEM pricing in aerospace aftermarket.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Aerospace & Defense sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $HEI.

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

Defense budget tailwinds — NATO spending commitments and Pentagon procurement acceleration — support backlogs at prime contractors. Commercial space is a separate driver: launch cadence and satellite constellations are pulling RKLB and LUNR on their own momentum, independent of traditional defense spending.

What this means for $HEI

Partial — software subscription economics provide some insulation from macro cycles; AI integration is the growth catalyst for this segment; HEICO Corporation operates as a global enterprise through it.

Top industry ETF

$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
58.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
10.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
23.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
2.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
9.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
17.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
40.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.5Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 25, 2026$1.67$1.52+9.9%
Q1 2026May 27, 2026$1.66$1.33+24.8%
Q4 2025Feb 25, 2026$1.35$1.28+5.5%
Q3 2025Dec 18, 2025$1.33$1.22+9.0%
Next earningsThu, Dec 17·consensus EPS $1.59

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$1.4B+25.3%41.4%25.5%$1.68$273.9M
Q1 FY26$1.2B+14.4%38.6%22.1%$1.36$165.1M
Q4 FY25$1.2B+19.3%40.2%23.1%$1.35$268.5M
Q3 FY25$1.1B+15.7%39.8%23.1%$1.27$218.5M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 15 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$5.3B$5.3B – $5.4B$6.10$5.64 – $6.3115
FY27$5.8B$5.7B – $5.9B$6.89$6.40 – $7.3115
FY28$6.3B$5.8B – $6.6B$7.80$6.97 – $8.6015
FY29$6.8B$6.4B – $7.0B$8.99$8.38 – $9.267

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.3×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.62%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-6.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+2.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 123.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.055-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJun 10Bradley K RowenChief Accounting Officer1.3K sh$320KSellApr 15Julie NeitzelDirector676 sh$151K
+ 8 other (4 awards · 2 gifts · 1 inkind · 1 exempt) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KMaterial agreementJul 168-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

HEICO Corporation issued $550M of 4.950% senior notes due 2031 and $650M of 5.400% senior notes due 2036, totaling $1.2 billion in fixed-rate long-term debt. Net proceeds were used to pay down the revolving credit facility, refinancing floating-rate borrowings into fixed-rate obligations—a favorable liability management transaction for the aviation parts and electronics manufacturer.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jul 15424B5
AI summary

HEICO Corporation (HEI) priced a dual-tranche senior note offering on July 15, 2026, comprising $550 million of 4.950% Notes due 2031 (priced at 99.936%, yielding approximately $546.3 million net) and $650 million of 5.400% Notes due 2036 (priced at 99.905%, yielding approximately $645.2 million net), for combined gross proceeds of $1.2 billion. Notes are to be delivered on July 16, 2026. Joint book-runners include Truist, Bank of America, PNC, Wells Fargo, Credit Agricole, and TD Securities. Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jul 13424B5
AI summary

HEICO Corporation (HEI) — 424B5 preliminary prospectus supplement for a dual-tranche senior notes offering with amounts and interest rates still TBD. Final terms to be set in the effective prospectus. Material — HEICO pursuing a new public debt raise; same filing as HEI-A, cross-filed for common share class.

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationJul 13S-3ASR
AI summary

HEICO Corporation (HEI) — S-3ASR automatic shelf registration statement filed July 13, 2026, enabling HEICO to offer debt and equity securities on an expedited basis. Filed in conjunction with the concurrent senior notes offering. Administrative — enabling shelf registration for HEICO's upcoming debt offering; actual terms are in the concurrent 424B5 supplement.

8-KMaterial agreementJun 178-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement
AI summary

HEICO Corporation filed an 8-K (Item 1.01) dated June 11, 2026, reporting entry into a material definitive agreement. The excerpt is limited to cover-page boilerplate; no counterparty, deal type, or dollar amounts are visible in the available text. Given HEICO's history of aviation-parts acquisitions, this may represent a business combination or supply agreement, but terms cannot be confirmed from the excerpt.

8-KShareholder voteMar 178-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Is Heico (HEI) Stock Outpacing Its Aerospace Peers This Year?zacks.com·1d agoHEICO: A Fundamentals Superstar But Also An Informational Enigma; Staying At 'Hold'seekingalpha.com·4d agoHEICO Q3 Earnings Call Highlights Broad Demand and M&A Capacityzacks.com·5d agoHEICO Corporation (HEI) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·6d agoHeico Q3 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·6d ago

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