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SIFCO Industries, Inc.

$SIF·$176M·Aerospace & Defense·Industrials
$21.18+0.8%YTD+392.9%1Y+206.9%
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SISIF
$SIFSIFCO Industries, Inc.
$21.18+0.76%7 posts-13%
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $SIF, 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 numbersCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-21

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

Aerospace forged-parts micro-cap up 393% YTD — the tape misread the Q3 press release, and shorts are growing into it.

SIFCO Industries manufactures forged and precisely-machined components for aerospace and energy customers in North America and Europe. Micro-cap ($176M) that has quietly compounded on the aerospace parts-demand cycle.

  • Q2 revenue grew 39% year-on-year to $26.4M with a 10% operating margin and $0.43 EPS — real acceleration, and the third straight quarter of positive EPS after several loss-making quarters through 2024-25.
  • The Aug 10 Q3 print reported a headline EPS loss of $0.01 vs $0.54 prior year, which the tape read as a miss — the underlying disclosure showed sales +18% (volume + pricing), backlog up year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter (1.3x book-to-bill), and adjusted EPS of $0.51 excluding a one-time gain.
  • Stock is +393% year-to-date and +207% over 12 months, sitting at the 67th percentile of its 52-week range and 46% above the 200-day trend — a huge run, and the recent -30 to -35% post-Q3 pullback opened the information-arbitrage that bulls are playing.
  • Short interest growing significantly per X chatter — a specific squeeze-mechanics setup on top of the tape reversal potential.

What resolves the coil upward is a specific analyst pickup or a clarifying management update on the press-release methodology. What confirms cooling is another quarter of headline-vs-underlying disconnect, or a specific aerospace-demand deceleration; at 393% YTD the equity is essentially all optionality on the story continuing.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X information-arbitrage read (post-earnings pullback misinterpreted, sales +18%, book-to-bill 1.3x, adj EPS $0.51 vs $0.02 prior year, growing short interest) is analytically specific and coherent. 'Classic information arbitrage' framing is fair — the headline vs adjusted-EPS gap is real.

What to watch: Next quarterly print — clean presentation of adjusted vs GAAP EPS, and backlog trajectory. Watch short-interest and cost-to-borrow metrics for squeeze setup indicators.

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment9 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-17

SIFCO chatter is bullish - the sample argues the -30% to -35% post-earnings pullback is a misread of a poorly-constructed press release, and that the underlying quarter was excellent: sales +18% on volume + pricing, backlog up YoY and QoQ (book-to-bill 1.3x), adjusted EPS of $0.51 vs $0.02 prior year rather than a headline $0.01 loss vs $0.54, and management EBITDA includes a one-time gain. Bulls describe adding across multiple accounts and note short interest growing significantly - framed as classic information arbitrage.

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What it does

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

Manufactures precision forgings and machined components for jet engines, airframes, and defense platforms.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

No material change from last week — institutions now mark RKLB, LUNR, and RDW against SPCX's $1.

What this means for $SIF

Neutral — Manufactures precision forgings and machined components for jet engines, airframes, and defense platforms; limited read-through from aerospace & defense macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+16.3%YTD
+22.3%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
16.8How 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
12.9%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
8.5%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
4.5%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
1.3Same 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
19.4%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
19.9%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
0.4Total 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 10, 2026$-0.01——
Q1 2026May 8, 2026$0.43——
Q4 2025Feb 11, 2026$0.29——
Q3 2025Dec 22, 2025$-0.08——

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$26.4M+39.0%21.4%10.1%$0.43$-3.0M
Q1 FY26$24.0M+14.8%21.6%10.6%$0.29$8.0M
Q4 FY25$22.8M+720.8%9.6%-1.7%$-0.07$425K
Q3 FY25$22.1M+0.5%26.7%14.8%$0.56$310K

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.0.4×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.67%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.-9.3%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.+45.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatTiny float · 3.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.7% 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.β0.725-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.

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

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 43
+ 6 other (2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 2 13Gs) in window

Recent news

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

SIFCO Industries, Inc. (“SIFCO”) Announces Third Quarter and First Nine Months of Fiscal 2026 Financial Resultsbusinesswire.com·15d agoSIFCO Stock Gains 64% in the Past 3 Months: What's Behind the Rally?zacks.com·54d agoFNB CEO Vincent Delie Earns Additional Prestigious National Honors for Business Excellence and Values-Driven Leadershipgurufocus.com·62d agoSIF vs. CVU: Which Aerospace Components Stock Has Better Prospects?zacks.com·88d ago

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