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CAE Inc. (CAE)

Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Saint-Laurent, Canada | NasdaqGS
23.86 USD -0.05 (-0.209%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 12:41 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 4:30 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is murky, caught between a defensive options setup and a fundamentally fragile business. While the long-term price trajectory shows a massive +91.55% gain over the last nine years, the underlying fundamentals are deteriorating sharply. Revenue growth has slowed to a modest 6.8%, while earnings have cratered with a -46% decline and quarterly growth remaining deeply negative. The balance sheet is strained, with debt-to-equity nearing 59x and a current ratio below 1.0, raising concerns about liquidity. The lack of any dividend history confirms the company is retaining cash to service debt rather than returning value. Although the forward P/E suggests analysts expect a turnaround, the gap between current earnings and forward estimates is wide, implying significant restructuring ahead. For now, the stock is a hold; the multi-year winners haven't yet proven they can navigate the current operational headwinds.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.076554
AutoETS0.079645
AutoARIMA0.079927
AutoTheta0.085533

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 6.49
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.064
Excess Kurtosis -0.43
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2020-03-11
Last Dividend Date 2020-03-11
Debt to Equity Ratio 58.631
Revenue per Share 15.524
Market Cap 7,679,319,552
Trailing P/E 37.28
Forward P/E 22.90
Beta 1.02
Profit Margins 5.75%
Website https://www.cae.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 4:30 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 22.5 and 25.0) expiring in December, suggesting a fear of downside volatility or a failed recovery attempt. Conversely, call activity is concentrated at strikes 30.0 and 25.0, indicating a speculative hope for a rebound toward analyst targets, though volume is thin compared to put positioning.

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2020-03-12 0.080 0.435256
2019-12-12 0.083 0.322832
2019-09-12 0.083 0.331470
2019-06-13 0.075 0.295741
2019-03-14 0.075 0.345622
2018-09-13 0.077 0.378751
2018-06-14 0.069 0.328415
2018-03-14 0.069 0.376022
2017-12-14 0.070 0.400916
2017-09-14 0.074 0.454545
2017-06-13 0.060 0.361228
2017-03-13 0.059 0.393596
2016-12-13 0.061 0.423905
2016-09-13 0.061 0.439798
2016-06-13 0.059 0.460578
2016-03-11 0.056 0.494263
2015-12-11 0.055 0.499093
2015-09-11 0.057 0.533708
2015-06-11 0.057 0.467213
2015-03-11 0.055 0.488889
2014-12-11 0.061 0.475448
2014-09-11 0.064 0.522023
2014-06-11 0.055 0.407106
2014-03-12 0.054 0.397351
2013-12-12 0.057 0.486763
2013-06-12 0.005 0.049116
2013-03-13 0.050 0.502513
2012-12-12 0.050 0.492126
2012-09-12 0.051 0.487572
2012-06-13 0.039 0.406674
2012-03-13 0.040 0.378430
2011-12-13 0.040 0.417101
2011-09-13 0.040 0.405680
2011-06-13 0.041 0.330379
2011-03-11 0.041 0.312262
2010-12-13 0.040 0.346620
2010-09-13 0.039 0.384236
2010-06-11 0.029 0.315217
2010-03-11 0.029 0.317287
2009-12-11 0.029 0.362047
2009-09-11 0.028 0.339394
2009-06-11 0.027 0.425867
2009-03-12 0.023 0.417423
2008-12-10 0.024 0.455408
2008-09-11 0.028 0.268199
2008-06-11 0.029 0.233119
2008-03-12 0.010 0.085616
2007-12-12 0.010 0.079302
2007-09-12 0.009 0.070644
2007-06-13 0.009 0.066617
2007-03-14 0.009 0.087209
2006-12-13 0.009 0.098684
2006-09-13 0.009 0.108696
2006-06-14 0.009 0.117493
2006-03-15 0.010 0.120482
2005-12-14 0.009 0.114943
2005-09-14 0.008 0.113636
2005-06-10 0.010 0.208768
2005-03-09 0.010 0.221729
2004-12-15 0.025 0.673854
2004-09-15 0.020 0.471698
2004-06-09 0.030 0.717703
2004-03-10 0.030 0.672646
2003-12-10 0.030 0.707547
2003-09-10 0.030 0.606061
2003-06-11 0.030 0.759494
2002-12-11 0.030 0.890208
2002-09-11 0.030 0.806452
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 2020-03-12
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.08
lastDividendDate 2020-03-12
dividendDate 2020-03-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.12737226
Address1 8,585 Cote-de-Liesse
All Time High 34.24
All Time Low 1.9
Ask 30.5
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 8
Average Analyst Rating 2.1 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 535,520
Average Daily Volume3 Month 760,614
Average Volume 760,614
Average Volume10Days 535,520
Beta 1.021
Bid 17.52
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 7
Book Value 11.841817
City Saint-Laurent
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 8
Country Canada
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 23.86
Current Ratio 0.833
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 24.37
Day Low 23.82
Debt To Equity 58.631
Display Name CAE
Dividend Date 1,585,612,800
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,622,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,622,400
Earnings Growth -0.46
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.458
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,564,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,340,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,340,800
Ebitda 928,400,000
Ebitda Margins 0.1861
Enterprise To Ebitda 11.182
Enterprise To Revenue 2.081
Enterprise Value 10,381,809,664
Eps Current Year 1.26769
Eps Forward 1.0420264
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.64
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,583,971,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 24.6612
Fifty Day Average Change -0.80119896
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.032488238
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -12.7372265
Fifty Two Week High 34.24
Fifty Two Week High Change -10.380001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.30315423
Fifty Two Week Low 22.76
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.1000004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.04833042
Fifty Two Week Range 22.76 - 34.24
Financial Currency CAD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,027,949,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.06
Float Shares 289,163,705
Forward Eps 1.0420264
Forward P E 22.897694
Free Cashflow 694,649,984
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Fullday Change -0.049999237
Fullday Change Percent -0.20911433
Fullday Price 23.86
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.28572
Gross Profits 1,425,400,064
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00027000002
Held Percent Institutions 0.87773
Implied Shares Outstanding 321,849,081
Industry Aerospace & Defense
Industry Disp Aerospace & Defense
Industry Key aerospace-defense
Ipo Expected Date 2,026-07-23
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,583,971,200
Last Dividend Value 0.08
Last Fiscal Year End 1,774,915,200
Long Business Summary CAE Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides training, simulation, and critical operation solutions in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, the Oceania, Africa, and rest of the Americas. The company operates through two segments, Civil Aviation; and Defense and Security. The Civil Aviation segment offers training solutions for flight, cabin, maintenance, ground personnel, and air traffic controllers in commercial, business, and helicopter aviation; a range of flight simulation training devices; and ab initio pilot training and crew sourcing services, as well as airline operations digital solutions for commercial airlines, regional airlines, business aircraft operators, civil helicopter operators, aircraft manufacturers, third-party training centres, flight training organizations, air navigation service providers, maintenance, repair and overhaul organizations and aircraft finance leasing companies. The Defense and Security segment operates as a training and simulation provider that delivers scalable and platform-independent solutions to enable and enhance force readiness and security for defense forces, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), government agencies, and public safety organizations. The company has a collaboration agreement with WB Electronics for strengthening defense cooperation between Canada and Poland while supporting the growing need for training and mission readiness in the unmanned and autonomous systems sector. CAE Inc. was formerly known as CAE Industries Ltd. and changed its name to CAE Inc. in 1993. CAE Inc. was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Saint-Laurent, Canada.
Long Name CAE Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 7,679,319,552
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_873741
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 286,900,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,806,451,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 7,882,025,780
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 24.04
Operating Cashflow 982,300,032
Operating Margins 0.10065
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 1.83
Phone 514 341 6780
Previous Close 23.91
Price Eps Current Year 18.821638
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.0148935
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.539312
Profit Margins 0.05751
Quick Ratio 0.612
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.06667
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.049999237
Regular Market Change Percent -0.20911433
Regular Market Day High 24.37
Regular Market Day Low 23.82
Regular Market Day Range 23.82 - 24.37
Regular Market Open 24.04
Regular Market Previous Close 23.91
Regular Market Price 23.86
Regular Market Time 1,792,168,886
Regular Market Volume 122,697
Return On Assets 0.03531
Return On Equity 0.056350004
Revenue Growth 0.068
Revenue Per Share 15.524
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 321,849,081
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.016900001
Shares Short 5,423,434
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 6,110,930
Short Name CAE Inc
Short Ratio 5.37
Source Interval 15
State QC
Symbol CAE
Target High Price 38.20784
Target Low Price 26.472168
Target Mean Price 32.664677
Target Median Price 33.314034
Total Cash 568,700,032
Total Cash Per Share 1.775
Total Debt 3,214,899,968
Total Revenue 4,988,800,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.64
Trailing P E 37.28125
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 26.9185
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.0585003
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.11362075
Type Disp Equity
Volume 122,697
Website https://www.cae.com
Zip H4T 1G6