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Earnings call · FY2026 Q1

Ducommun Inc /De/ Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Ducommun Inc /De/ Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Concluded May 12, 2026
May 12, 2026 36 turns
Period
FY2026 Q1
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Ducommun reported Q1 2026 revenue of $209 million, up 9% year-over-year and a first-quarter record, with adjusted EBITDA margin expanding 150 bps to 16.9% and net income of $9.9 million ($0.64 diluted EPS) up 607% year-over-year.

Defense business and missile framework agreements 41 Commercial aerospace growth and destocking 31 Radar and rotorcraft timing-related weakness 24 Vision 2027 / Vision 2030 strategy execution 21 Margin expansion and profitability 15 Facility consolidation and cost savings 11

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +68 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “For Q1, I'm happy to report that revenues reached a new first quarter record of $209 million, 9% growth over last year, our fourth consecutive quarter of $200 million revenue and our 20th consecutive quarter with year-over-year revenue growth.”
  • “Gross margin grew by $5.8 million in the quarter to 26.9%, a nice improvement from 26.2% last year in Q1.”
  • “Adjusted EBITDA continues to improve towards our Vision 2027 goal of 18% in 2027 from 13% in 2022. DCO achieved 16.9% in the quarter or $35.4 million, up $5.7 million from Q1 2025, which is excellent to see as we start off 2026.”
  • “obviously, we're very, very happy with the start of 2026. Proud of our results and believe with our markets heading in the right direction on both sides, we're going to have a terrific year.”

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Revenue $209.02M +8.6% YoY
Diluted EPS $0.64 +611.1% YoY
Gross margin 26.9% +0.7 pp YoY
Net income $9.92M +607.3% YoY

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Constructive signals

  • Q1 revenue of $209.0 million, up 9% year-over-year, a new first-quarter record and the 20th consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth
  • Commercial aerospace revenue grew 18% year-over-year on higher OEM production rates and lower-than-expected destocking
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $35.4 million, up 19% year-over-year, with margin of 16.9%, up 150 bps, tracking toward the Vision 2027 goal of 18%
  • Gross margin expanded 70 bps to 26.9% from 26.2%, with gross profit up $5.8 million
  • Net income of $9.9 million ($0.64 diluted EPS) vs. $1.4 million ($0.09) in Q1 2025; adjusted diluted EPS of $0.75 vs. $0.23
  • Remaining performance obligations of nearly $1.1 billion, up $86 million year-over-year; trailing 12-month bookings of $925 million with defense book-to-bill of 1.2

Risks & pressure points

  • Company expects destocking headwinds to continue impacting the remaining three quarters of 2026
  • Military and space revenue was partially offset by lower rates on electronic warfare, ground vehicle weapons, and radar platforms, and the company cited timing-related weakness in radars and rotorcraft
  • Industrial end-use market revenue declined $1.4 million year-over-year due to order timing
  • Q1 margin benefited from roughly 20 bps of product mix favorability that may not recur in later quarters
  • Forward-looking risks cited include a prolonged U.S. federal government shutdown, tariffs, elevated interest rates, supply chain and geopolitical issues, and pending litigation including potential third-party subrogation claims related to the Performance Center fire

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“Production on many of these missile programs such as Tomahawk, PAC-3 and Standard Missile 3 and 6 are expected to grow severalfold and this will be a big driver of growth for the DCO defense business over the next few years.” Stephen Oswald, CEO
“We reiterate our previous guidance of mid- to high-single-digit revenue growth for the full year 2026. With the higher than previously anticipated strength in our commercial aerospace business in Q1 and with some of the destocking impact previously expected in Q1 deferred, we now expect the quarters to be relatively level to lower than 2025 in Q2 and growth for each quarter between mid- to high-single digits depending on the level of destocking.” Stephen Oswald, CEO

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · segments

Electronic Systems$117.59M +7.8% YoY
Structural Systems$91.43M +9.6% YoY
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