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Magellan Aerospace CorporationMAL.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Industrials›Aerospace & Defense

Canadian aerospace manufacturer producing engine and structural components for commercial, military and space aircraft programs.

≈ An aerospace parts supplier like a smaller Howmet AerospaceMomentum neutral 45
Mkt cap
$1.29B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
21%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.43M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
23.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+2.3 pp
WACC 5.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
4 days
10 Nov 2026
Close · CADC$31.59
1D-0.4%
1W-5.1%
1M-1.2%
3M-21.7%
6M+17.3%
YTD+70.6%
1Y+85.0%
ATR %4.9%
52w lowhigh30.9% off high

What Magellan Aerospace does

Canadian aerospace manufacturer producing engine and structural components for commercial, military and space aircraft programs.

Wins long-term supply agreements for specific aircraft and engine programs, then earns on each part it makes for the life of the program, with repair and overhaul adding aftermarket work. Aircraft build rates at Boeing and Airbus therefore matter, as do engine program schedules.

In one line: An aerospace parts supplier like a smaller Howmet Aerospace.

Products and services

  • Aeroengine components
  • Aerostructures
  • Aftermarket repair & overhaul

Customers

  • Boeing, Airbus, engine OEMs (GE, Pratt & Whitney,
  • Defense/space programs

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Aerospace manufacturing
  • Engine/structural component…
  • Aftermarket repair/overhaul

What could go right

  • Commercial aircraft production ramp-up
  • Defense/space program growth

What could go wrong

  • Aircraft build-rate cyclicality
  • Program concentration/customer dependence

Moat: narrow (customer qualification, IP / patents). Long-term qualified-supplier positions on aircraft/engine programs are costly and slow for OEMs to re-source.

Headquarters: Mississauga, Canada · Founded: 1930 · Employees: 3,973

Named competitors

Magellan Aerospace at a glance

Size Magellan Aerospace (MAL.TO) is a Canada Industrials company (Aerospace & Defense) with a market value of $1.29B, the 220th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$31.59 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 17.3%, against -17.5% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 15.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +20.3%); the operating margin is 8.6% (peer median 2.1%).

Valuation It trades at 23.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 38.2× (6th cheapest of 14).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.3 points above its cost of capital (5.4% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10015011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026MAL.TO 117Peer median 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Magellan Aerospace against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Magellan Aerospace financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$1.12BC$1.04BC$942MC$880MC$765M
Revenue growth—+11%+7%+15%—
Gross profitC$166MC$141MC$104MC$85.7MC$35.1M
EBITDAC$145MC$127MC$95.7MC$78.3MC$33.8M
Net incomeC$59.6MC$39.4MC$35.5MC$9.25M-C$21.7M
Free cash flow-C$23.2MC$27.6MC$63.2M-C$36.5MC$35.0M
Capital expenditureC$62.4MC$55.1MC$36.1MC$24.3MC$24.5M
Total debtC$96.7MC$88.6MC$86.4MC$80.7MC$62.0M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Magellan Aerospace competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%+20%AVEX600184MLHK688586002413CDRE3015923000653015592634002985300775003009EOS300900AEQUSPARASAVIONPKMAL.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Magellan Aerospace is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%25×50×75×AVEX688586CDRE3000653015592634002985300775EOS300900PARASAVIOAADXMAL.TORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Magellan Aerospace is the large dot.

Magellan Aerospace competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MAL.TO vs HWM)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Magellan Aerospace MAL.TO$1.29B+17%+15%9%23.8×n/a
Howmet Aerospace HWM$81.8B-24%+22%28%32.6×24.1%

How Magellan Aerospace compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Magellan Aerospace against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMAL.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.2%-4.4%9th highest of 21
6-month return+17.3%-17.5%2nd highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-30.9%-36.7%5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+15.4%+20.3%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin8.6%2.1%7th highest of 21
Forward P/E23.8×38.2×6th cheapest of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital+2.3 pp-6.6 pp3rd highest of 21
EV / EBITDA12.9×17.8×2nd cheapest of 7
Net debt / EBITDA0.4×-0.1×5th most indebted of 10

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Magellan Aerospace MAL.TOCanada$1.29B+17%+15%9%23.8×n/an/a
AEVEX AVEXUnited States$1.29B-59%+143%11%19.6×n/an/a
North Electro-Optic 600184.SSChina$1.26B-34%+23%0%n/an/an/a
H&k MLHK.PAFrance$1.25B-10%+36%18%n/a-4.2%+7.4%
Hefei Jianghang Aircraft Equipment 688586.SSChina$1.38B-11%-4%2%27.1×49.7%+2.6%
Beijing LeiKe Defense Technology 002413.SZChina$1.39B-46%-5%-6%n/an/an/a
Cadre CDREUnited States$1.40B+9%+20%11%22.5×16.9%+8.6%
Sichuan 6912 Communication Technology 301592.SZChina$1.18B-14%-3%9%n/an/an/a
Beijing Highlander Digital Technology 300065.SZChina$1.44B-48%-32%-1%78.8×n/an/a
CIMC Safeway Technologies 301559.SZChina$1.14B-24%+13%4%54.6×n/an/a
Aerospace Industrial Development 2634.TWTaiwan$1.46B+3%+3%6%19.5×4.1%+11.0%
Beijing Beimo High-tech Frictional Material 002985.SZChina$1.46B-17%+36%28%38.2×n/an/a
Xi'an Triangle Defense 300775.SZChina$1.50B-39%-29%2%17.6×31.7%+21.0%
Shaanxi Zhongtian Rocket Technology 003009.SZChina$1.10B-26%+42%-6%n/an/an/a
Electro Optic Systems EOS.AXAustralia$1.08B-18%+225%-7%43.9×n/an/a
Guanglian Aviation Industry 300900.SZChina$1.07B-51%+1%-10%57.5×n/an/a
Aequs AEQUS.NSIndia$1.56B+8%+33%-7%n/an/an/a
Paras Defence & Space Technologies PARAS.NSIndia$1.06B+43%+42%23%85.7×n/an/a
Avio AVIO.MIItaly$1.60B-2%+14%1%89.7×26.1%+10.6%
National Presto Industries NPKUnited States$1.02B0%+21%9%n/a8.3%+7.4%
Applied Aerospace & Defense AADXUnited States$1.67Bn/a+35%-10%23.4×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Magellan Aerospace's main competitors?
Named competitors: Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Héroux-Devtek (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes AEVEX (AVEX), North Electro-Optic (600184.SS), H&k (MLHK.PA), Hefei Jianghang Aircraft Equipment (688586.SS), Beijing LeiKe Defense Technology (002413.SZ), Cadre (CDRE).
Is Magellan Aerospace expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 23.8× against a peer median of 38.2×, 6th cheapest of 14 in its peer set.
How has Magellan Aerospace stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +17.3% against -17.5% for the median peer; over one year +85.0%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.