National Pension Service Increases Stake in Transdigm Group Incorporated $TDG

National Pension Service raised its stake in Transdigm Group Incorporated (NYSE:TDG) by 3.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 135,233 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,924 shares during the quarter. National Pension Service’s holdings in Transdigm Group were worth $180,136,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in TDG. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Transdigm Group during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Burkett Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in Transdigm Group during the second quarter worth $25,000. MCF Advisors LLC grew its position in Transdigm Group by 900.0% during the fourth quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 20 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the period. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Transdigm Group by 1,900.0% in the fourth quarter. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC now owns 20 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Colonial Trust Co SC increased its holdings in Transdigm Group by 162.5% in the fourth quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 21 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 13 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.78% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Transdigm Group

In other news, COO Joel Reiss sold 3,900 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,238.76, for a total value of $4,831,164.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 3,600 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,459,536. This trade represents a 52.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director W. Howley sold 10,132 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,236.28, for a total transaction of $12,525,988.96. Following the transaction, the director owned 21,548 shares in the company, valued at $26,639,361.44. The trade was a 31.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 38,196 shares of company stock valued at $48,027,598 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 3.20% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently issued reports on TDG. BMO Capital Markets increased their target price on shares of Transdigm Group from $1,450.00 to $1,525.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 2nd. Wall Street Zen lowered Transdigm Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. BNP Paribas Exane reduced their price target on Transdigm Group from $1,800.00 to $1,750.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $1,405.00 price target (down from $1,525.00) on shares of Transdigm Group in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on Transdigm Group from $1,585.00 to $1,695.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eleven have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $1,463.71.

Transdigm Group Price Performance

NYSE TDG opened at $1,125.41 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $1,227.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1,232.16. The company has a market cap of $62.94 billion, a PE ratio of 34.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 0.91. Transdigm Group Incorporated has a 1-year low of $1,119.62 and a 1-year high of $1,463.03.

Transdigm Group (NYSE:TDG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The aerospace company reported $10.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $10.30 by $0.57. Transdigm Group had a negative return on equity of 23.65% and a net margin of 19.69%.The firm had revenue of $2.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.68 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $9.60 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.5% on a year-over-year basis. Transdigm Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at 40.620-41.460 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Transdigm Group Incorporated will post 38.81 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Transdigm Group Profile

TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG) designs, produces and supplies aircraft components, systems and related aftermarket services. The company focuses primarily on proprietary aerospace products, including mechanical and electromechanical actuators, ignition systems, pumps, valves, sensors, cockpit and data-acquisition systems, power-conditioning equipment, lighting, lavatory components, seat belts and cargo-loading systems.

TransDigm serves commercial and regional airlines, business and general aviation operators, aircraft manufacturers and military customers.