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SIA Engineering Co. Ltd.S59.SICompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Singapore · SGD·Industrials›Other Transportation

Singapore Airlines' aircraft maintenance and overhaul subsidiary, providing line/base maintenance and engine overhaul services.

≈ Singapore Airlines' aircraft maintenance and overhaul (MRO) subsidiaryMomentum neutral 53
Mkt cap
$2.51B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
22%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.80M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
17.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-2.4 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-7 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
182 days
7 May 2027
Close · SGDS$2.85
1D-1.4%
1W-3.4%
1M-6.6%
3M-7.8%
6M-10.4%
YTD-20.8%
1Y-23.0%
ATR %2.2%
52w lowhigh25.2% off high

What SIA Engineering does

Singapore Airlines' aircraft maintenance and overhaul subsidiary, providing line/base maintenance and engine overhaul services.

Charges airlines per aircraft for maintenance work, by the visit for line checks at airports and by contract for heavier base overhauls. Singapore Airlines owns most of it and is its largest customer. Engine and component overhaul sit in joint ventures with makers such as Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney rather than on its own books.

In one line: Singapore Airlines' aircraft maintenance and overhaul (MRO) subsidiary.

Products and services

  • Airframe maintenance (line & base)
  • Component/engine overhaul (JVs)
  • Technical ground handling

Customers

  • Singapore Airlines and other airlines using Changi

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Aviation services
  • Aircraft MRO
  • Line, base & engine maintenance

What could go right

  • Global fleet maintenance demand growth
  • New engine-type JV overhaul capacity

What could go wrong

  • Dependence on SIA as anchor customer
  • Aircraft fleet technology transition risk

Moat: narrow (installed base, customer qualification, regulatory licence). Long-standing SIA relationship plus aviation authority certifications for MRO work.

Headquarters: Singapore · Founded: 1992

Named competitors

SIA Engineering at a glance

Size SIA Engineering (S59.SI) is a Singapore Industrials company (Other Transportation) with a market value of $2.51B, the 43rd largest of 186 Singapore companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at S$2.85 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 10.4%, against -5.6% for the median peer and -1.2% for the Singapore market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 3.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.6%); the operating margin is 3.3% (peer median 15.7%).

Valuation It trades at 17.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.6× (7th most expensive of 19).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 19% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +26%, so the hurdle is -7 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.4 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 7 May 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 96S59.SI 87
Six months, rebased to 100: SIA Engineering against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

SIA Engineering financials

Reported figures in SGD; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueS$1.35BS$1.42BS$1.25BS$1.09BS$796M
Revenue growth—+14%+14%+37%—
Gross profitS$202MS$189MS$156MS$140MS$81.9M
EBITDAS$117MS$98.8MS$79.4MS$63.7MS$27.3M
Net incomeS$168MS$169MS$140MS$97.1MS$66.4M
Free cash flowS$117MS$52.2MS$174MS$113MS$60.2M
Capital expenditureS$44.4MS$48.2MS$64.4MS$48.7MS$59.6M
Total debtn/aS$161MS$85.2MS$110MS$115M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

SIA Engineering 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

-20%-10%0%+10%-10%0%6000579048601326936490650107C520009050000899044000582600004ENAVNS8UWTE60071711990023209706S59.SI6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. SIA Engineering is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%20×40×60×6000579048601326936490650107C520548000089000582600004ENAVWTE11990023209706S59.SIRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. SIA Engineering is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%60132693649065C52000905000089600004ENAVNS8UWTE60071711990023209706S59.SIGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. SIA Engineering is the large dot.

SIA Engineering competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (S59.SI vs S63.SI vs AIR)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
SIA Engineering S59.SI$2.51B-10%-3%3%17.7×19.3%
Singapore Technologies Engineering S63.SI$22.6B-13%+11%9%27.3×5.3%
Aar AIR$4.39B-7%+22%9%18.4×13.2%

How SIA Engineering 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.

SIA Engineering against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureS59.SIPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-6.6%+0.5%4th lowest of 21
6-month return-10.4%-5.6%9th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-25.2%-17.2%5th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-3.2%+4.6%3rd lowest of 21
Operating margin3.3%15.7%2nd lowest of 21
Forward P/E17.7×14.6×7th most expensive of 19
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)19.3%-2.3%most demanding of 16
Growth delivered (Del g)+26.3%+6.0%3rd highest of 16
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-7.0 pp-12.2 pp8th most demanding of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital-2.4 pp+1.2 pp3rd lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA24.6×10.0×most expensive of 11
Net debt / EBITDA-3.0×1.7×least indebted of 11

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
SIA Engineering S59.SISingapore$2.51B-10%-3%3%17.7×19.3%+26.3%
Xiamen Xiangyu 600057.SSChina$2.59B-14%+9%1%8.7×n/an/a
Nagoya Railroad 9048.TJapan$2.38B+8%-2%5%11.0×n/an/a
Qinhuangdao Port 601326.SSChina$2.70B-5%+2%23%10.3×-10.9%+2.7%
Kamigumi 9364.TJapan$2.71B-12%+5%12%15.5×-3.2%+1.9%
Sankyu 9065.TJapan$2.76B-9%0%7%12.2×-1.1%+3.4%
Sichuan Expressway 0107.HKHong Kong$2.84B-11%+8%26%8.0×n/an/a
Comfortdelgro C52.SISingapore$2.19B-10%+9%9%15.0×-8.2%+9.3%
Xiamen Port Development 000905.SZChina$2.87B-25%+14%4%n/a4.2%+7.1%
Shenzhen Expressway 0548.HKHong Kong$2.91B-12%0%17%9.3×0.0%+2.2%
Shenzhen Airport 000089.SZChina$2.08B-5%+5%17%14.2×-6.4%+11.4%
NANKAI 9044.TJapan$2.03B0%+7%15%13.1×n/an/a
Beibu Gulf Port 000582.SZChina$3.14B-25%-1%21%18.6×n/an/a
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport 600004.SSChina$3.18B-6%+9%11%25.2×-12.5%+8.8%
ENAV ENAV.MIItaly$3.19B+8%+3%9%26.9×13.8%+6.0%
Hutchison Port Holdings Trust NS8U.SISingapore$1.96B+7%+5%42%15.3×-10.5%+1.7%
Westshore Terminals Investment WTE.TOCanada$1.90B+16%-16%33%26.3×11.9%-2.6%
Tianjin Port 600717.SSChina$1.89B-2%-8%18%n/a-14.6%-1.6%
COSCO SHIPPING Ports 1199.HKHong Kong$3.32B+18%+12%14%8.5×8.7%+10.9%
Hainan Strait Shipping 002320.SZChina$1.88B-34%+4%23%70.1×-0.5%+36.7%
Japan Airport Terminal 9706.TJapan$3.46B+16%+8%17%19.2×-2.3%+40.7%

Questions

Who are SIA Engineering's main competitors?
Named competitors: ST Engineering Aerospace (S63.SI), HAECO (private or unlisted), AAR Corp (AIR). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Xiamen Xiangyu (600057.SS), Nagoya Railroad (9048.T), Qinhuangdao Port (601326.SS), Kamigumi (9364.T), Sankyu (9065.T), Sichuan Expressway (0107.HK).
Is SIA Engineering expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 17.7× against a peer median of 14.6×, 7th most expensive of 19 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 19% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +26%, so the hurdle is -7 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has SIA Engineering stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -10.4% against -5.6% for the median peer; over one year -23.0%.

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.