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TransDigm Group (TDG)

Q3'25 earnings call · held August 5, 2025 · compared with the Q2'25 call · management-credibility review
9/12
Disclosure score
4 medium, 1 low flags
Financial quality
Bottom line
The sleeper story is inventory whiplash - commercial OEM customers overordered during the Boeing strike and are now destocking, creating a temporary revenue headwind that masks healthy underlying bookings growth approaching double digits. The obvious headline is aftermarket deceleration to 6%, but this is mostly engine mix and regional divergence they won't quantify anymore. The binding constraint remains supply chain recovery - they're still not back to 2018-2019 efficiency levels despite 'a heck of a lot better' progress. Lisman's key quote: 'The impact on shipments should be temporary. There are clear signs that the negative year-over-year commercial OEM revenue trends will turn positive in time.' My view changes if Q4 commercial OEM doesn't return to positive growth as their guidance mathematically requires, or if they keep dodging geographic aftermarket breakdowns next quarter.

The 30-second version

  • The sleeper story: Commercial OEM destocking is quietly unwinding inventory bubble built up during Boeing strike
  • Aftermarket growth decelerated to 6% but management isn't panicking about the obvious economic headwinds
  • They stopped breaking out commercial aftermarket by geography - that's a tell when growth rates diverge

What changed this quarter

MetricQ2'25Q3'25Change
Total Revenue$2.19B (+8% YoY in Q2)$2.18B (+6% YoY)Flat sequentially, decelerated 200bps YoY
EBITDA as Defined$1.18B (54.0% margin)$1.19B (54.4% margin)40bps margin expansion
Organic Growth7.0%6.3%70bps deceleration
Commercial Aftermarket Growth13%6%700bps deceleration
Commercial OEM GrowthFlat-7%Turned negative
Defense Growth9%13%400bps acceleration
Free Cash Flow$340M (low due to timing)$715MNormalized after Q2 timing issues
Cash Balance$2.4B$2.8B$400M increase
Net Debt/EBITDA5.1x4.9x20bps deleveraging
FY25 Revenue Guidance$8.85B midpoint$8.79B midpoint$60M reduction

Accountability tracked

7 new promises made3 narrative shifts flagged6 prior promises scored
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