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Moog (MOG-A) is one of the quieter stocks on our Buy List. They make flight control systems for commercial and military aircraft. Interestingly, employees own about 60% of the stock. The company just released a solid earnings report for their fiscal third quarter. Moog earned 72 cents a share, which is a healthy increase over the 59 cents from last year. The Street was looking for 69 cents a share. Moog also increased its guidance for this year by four cents a share to $2.75 a share. For 2009, they’re expecting EPS to range from $3.08 to $3.20 a share. It’s a good stock going for a good price.

Here are Moog's sales and earnings results for the past few years:

Year.........Sales..........EPS
1998.......$536.61.......$0.67
1999.......$630.03.......$0.80
2000.......$644.01.......$0.84
2001.......$704.38.......$0.94
2002.......$718.96.......$1.11
2003.......$755.49.......$1.22
2004.......$938.85.......$1.45
2005.......$1,051.34....$1.64
2006.......$1,306.49....$1.97
2007.......$1,558.10....$2.34

Posted by edelfenbein at July 25, 2008 10:42 AM