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Price · 1Y
$376.17
Thesis
Safran is a top-tier aerospace propulsion and equipment company whose LEAP engine franchise (via the CFM joint venture with GE) powers the narrowbody fleet, generating a decades-long, high-margin spares-and-services annuity as the installed base ages. A defense and space propulsion arm adds rearmament exposure on top.
The investment case is one of the highest-quality compounders in aerospace — an installed-base aftermarket machine — with a defense kicker. Risks: narrowbody production rates at Airbus/Boeing, supply-chain constraints, and the civil-aviation cycle.
Catalysts
- LEAP shop-visit and spares-revenue ramp
- Narrowbody production-rate recovery
- Defense and space propulsion orders
- Free-cash-flow conversion and capital return