Moog

MOG-A on NYSE. Moog sells precision motion and fluid controls to aerospace, defense, and industrial customers. Market value $5.4bn.

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Cash yield
past 12 months to June 2026
2.9%low

For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $2.91 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.

Price to profit
past 12 months to June 2026
22.7×full

You pay 22.7 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.

Return on capital
five annual reports to September 2025
11.0%five-year median

Each dollar kept in the business earns 11 cents a year. Above 10 is good.

Quality score: 84 of 100. Price score: 46 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.

$375.74 a share, 95% above its 1-year low

Over the past year the price has ranged from $192.33 to $448.85.

Dividend: 0.3% a year

Paid every year for at least 5 years

Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).

Five years of cash, in billions

0.2
0.1
-0.0
0.0
0.1
0.4
2021202220232024202512 monthsto Jun '26

Spare cash swings from quarter to quarter here: $350 million in the past 12 months, $128 million in the year to September 2025.

Revenue
$2.9bn$3.0bn$3.3bn$3.6bn$3.9bn
Operating margin
9.5%9.3%10.4%11.2%11.6%
Debt to equity
0.660.600.590.540.54
Shares outstanding
0.03bn0.03bn0.03bn0.03bn0.03bn

Health checks

  • Free cash flow positive4 of 5 years
  • Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Nothing unusual
  • Financial strength (Piotroski)5 of 8 checks we could run
  • Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
  • Debt0.54× equity
  • Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 6.0% a year
  • Buying back its own sharesRoughly flat

The quarter to June 2026

How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.

  • Sales: $1.1 billion last quarter, up 15% on a year ago.
  • Profit: $152 million, up 160% on a year ago.
  • It keeps 13 cents of each $1 of sales as operating profit, up from 11 cents a year earlier.
  • Spare cash over the past 12 months: $350 million, up from $39 million.
  • 1% more shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit less of the company.
  • Debt is $1 billion more than cash, down from $1.2 billion a year ago.
  • Sales grew on a year ago in each of the last 4 quarters.
Sales by quarter
Sales by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024$919m
December 2024$908m
March 2025$934m
June 2025$970m
September 2025$1.0bn
December 2025$1.1bn
March 2026$1.1bn
June 2026$1.1bn
Profit by quarter
Profit by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024Not reported
December 2024$58m
March 2025$55m
June 2025$58m
September 2025Not reported
December 2025$79m
March 2026$82m
June 2026$152m

From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.

Dates

Next results (estimated)
n/a
Last annual report (10-K)
26 November 2025
Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
30 October 2026

Who owns it

5 long-term investors we follow own it, up from 4 last quarter. 533 funds in all.

Jun '25
Dec '25
Jun '26
Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

8 investors own more than 5%.

  • Moog Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
    Passive investor
    38.3%
    Since 31 March 2026
  • Moog Inc. Supplemental Retirement Plan Trust
    at least 18.0%
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 30 January 2026
  • BlackRock, Inc.
    Passive investor
    12.8%−3.1 pts
    Since 31 March 2026
  • Moog Inc. Stock Employee Compensation Trust, as amended and restated effective August 13, 2014, Robert T. Brady, as Trustee
    Passive investor
    at least 11.5%
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 30 September 2025
  • EARNEST PARTNERS LLC
    Passive investor
    6.6%
    Since 31 December 2025
  • STATE STREET CORPORATION
    Passive investor
    5.8%+1.1 pts
    Since 31 March 2026
  • 5.2%
    Since 31 March 2026
  • 5.2%
    Since 31 March 2026
  • The Vanguard Group
    Passive investor
    Sold down below 5%
    Since 13 March 2026

From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.

What insiders did

No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 5 sold $6m, $1m of it under preset trading plans.

  • Scannell John
    Director
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    11 August 2026
    Shares
    3,000
    Price
    $413.43
    Value
    $1m
  • Coletti Janet M.
    Director
    Sold
    Date
    10 June 2026
    Shares
    604
    Price
    $379.66
    Value
    $229,315
  • Scannell John
    Director
    Sold
    Date
    9 June 2026
    Shares
    3,000
    Price
    $373.58
    Value
    $1m
  • REICHELDERFER BRENDA
    Director
    Sold
    Date
    12 March 2026
    Shares
    2,000
    Price
    $312.27
    Value
    $624,540
  • WILKINSON PAUL
    Vice President
    Sold
    Date
    5 February 2026
    Shares
    992
    Price
    $329.80
    Value
    $327,162
  • FISHBACK DONALD R
    Director
    Sold
    Date
    5 December 2025
    Shares
    253
    Price
    $220.00
    Value
    $55,660
  • Scannell John
    Director
    Sold
    Date
    3 December 2025
    Shares
    9,000
    Price
    $231.73
    Value
    $2m

From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.

Warning signs in its filings

Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.

1 serious warning sign in Moog’s filings.

We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.

We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 26 Nov 2025, plus the 10-Q filed 31 Jul 2026 and 10 later 8-Ks.

  • Weak checks on its own accounts

    Serious

    The company said its checks on its own accounts did not work at the end of its latest quarter. Mistakes could slip into the numbers.

    “Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that, due to the material weakness described below, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective as of June 27, 2026 to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.”
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    (a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company’s management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (our principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (our principal financial officer), has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and as required by paragraph (b) of Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that, due to the material weakness described below, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective as of June 27, 2026 to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

    From the 10-Q filed 31 July 2026, Part I, Item 4. Controls and Procedures. Read it in the filing

  • Changed auditor

    Worth knowing

    The company changed its auditor (the firm that checks its books) in the last two years.

    “Accordingly, the dismissal of EY as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was effective November 26, 2025.”

    From an 8-K filed 26 November 2025: Change of auditor. Read it in the filing

A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.

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