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AADX

Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc.
NYSE· CIK 0002118195 Defense Tech
$10.00 +0.10 (+1.01%)
Oct 23 4:00 PM ET · prev $9.90
Market cap
$1.7B
Small cap
Consensus
Buy
86% Buy or better · 14 analysts
Median target
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Since first trade
−47.4%
from $19.01 · Jun 3
30 days
−21.5%
from $12.74
Range since listing
$9.90–23.85
−58% from high · low Oct 22
Avg volume 20D
2.41M
Oct 16 spike 8.69M
Short interest
5.39M
≈3.1% of shares · +64.8%
Days to cover
2.3
at average volume
Insider net
+$1.2M
4 buyers · 0 sellers · 12 mo
New fund stakes
17
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
Filing reports
14
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read BULLISH 3 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 1 bullish · 1 mixed · 1 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 3/3 ·Next Earnings date, Nov 11, 2026
Strongest BULLISH Seven major institutional investors, including Temasek Holdings, Capital World Investors, and Fidelity…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBULLISH

    4 insiders bought $1.2M at an average $20.00. No open-market sales. Price is 50% below their cost.

  • InstitutionsBULLISH

    Q2 2026: 17 added (17 new), 0 trimmed or exited. Largest new: Alliancebernstein $75.8M, Temasek Holdings (Private) $74.0M.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    12 of 14 rate it Buy or better.

  • Short sellersBUILDING

    Short interest +64.8% to 5.39M shares. 2.3 days to cover, ≈3.1% of shares.

  • TrendDOWNTREND

    21% below its 50-day average. New closing low $9.90 on Oct 22.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
17
new positions
0
exits
$573.9M
in new stakes
FundMoveSharesValue
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.NEW3,328,618$75.8M
Temasek Holdings (Private) LtdNEW3,250,000$74.0M
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/NEW2,342,565$55.1M
BAMCO INC /NY/NEW2,173,823$49.5M
BlackRock, Inc.NEW1,924,999$43.9M
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INCNEW1,741,639$39.7M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLCNEW1,273,937$29.0M
NORGES BANKNEW1,250,000$28.5M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

14 analysts
Buy 86% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy8Buy4Hold2Sell0Strong Sell0

Fresh Price Targets

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Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 19, 2026Morgan Stanley
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINEqual-Weight
Oct 13, 2026RBC Capital
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOutperform
Sep 15, 2026Guggenheim
INITIATE
INITIATEBuy
Aug 14, 2026B of A Securities
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
Aug 13, 2026Morgan Stanley
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINEqual-Weight
Jun 29, 2026Morgan Stanley
INITIATE
INITIATEEqual-Weight

Insider ledger

Form 4
$1.2M
bought · 4 insiders
$0
sold · 0 insiders
−50.0%
vs their $20.00 cost
DateInsiderTypeValue
Oct 1, 2026
Kasiguran Kai W
Chief Accounting Officer
AWARD$44.4K
Jul 15, 2026
AA&D Holdings, LP
10%+ Owner
OTHER11,456,787 sh
Jun 4, 2026
Katzman James C
Director
AWARD$85.0K
Jun 4, 2026
Katzman James C
Director
BUY$500.0K
Jun 4, 2026
Goldstein Scott (NMN)
Director
AWARD$85.0K
Jun 4, 2026
Goldstein Scott (NMN)
Director
BUY$10.0K
Jun 4, 2026
McRae Jeffrey L.
Chief Financial Officer
BUY$500.0K
Jun 4, 2026
Lynch Susan D
Director
BUY$160.0K

Earnings setup

Estimates

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Short side

FINRA· Sep 30, 2026
5,386,975
shares short
+64.8%
vs prior settlement
2.3
days to cover
≈3.1%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 1, 2026 Insider
Kasiguran Kai W was granted 3,800 shares
Chief Accounting Officer @ $11.69 ($44.4K)
Sep 30, 2026 Short interest report
Short Interest: AADX up 65% to 5.4M shares
Settlement 2026-09-30 | Days to cover: 2.28 | ≈3.12% of shares outstanding (est.)
Aug 14, 2026 SEC
Seven major institutional investors, including Temasek Holdings, Capital World Investors, and Fidelity, initiated new…
INST-CLUSTER — Impact 6/10
Aug 12, 2026 SEC
Applied Aerospace & Defense reported record Q2 2026 revenue of $167.3M, up 47.4% YoY, but posted a GAAP net loss of…
8-K — Impact 6/10
Aug 10, 2026 SEC
Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. appointed Chris Rogers, formerly Chief Growth Officer, to the newly created role of…
8-K — Impact 3/10
Jul 15, 2026 Insider
AA&D Holdings, LP disposed of 11,456,787 shares
10%+ Owner
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. — NEW
3,328,618 shares ($75.8M)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd — NEW
3,250,000 shares ($74.0M)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Upcoming
Nov 11, 2026
Earnings date
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Recent
Sep 30, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: AADX up 65% to 5.4M shares
Settlement 2026-09-30 | Days to cover: 2.28 | ≈3.12% of shares outstanding (est.)
Aug 12, 2026
Earnings date
AADX Q2 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-08-12

SecBot reports

14 filings · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 mixed · 8 neutral
All AADX filing & press-release reports (14)