Bottleneck Solvers

BN · rank #14 · 2026-07-20

FII

PARIS · EUR · $3.42B (USD)

SignalBuy1.3strength 1.3 / 10
verdict · PROCEED

The exact numbers the algorithm saw.

Bottleneck themes
The structural shortage this name supplies into.
European defense ammunition bottleneck
Factor scores and the inputs behind this pick.
Composite score
Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank.
-0.37
Forward revenue growth
Consensus forward revenue growth.
+9.6%
Forward net margin
Consensus forward net margin.
+8.6%
Net margin TTM
Trailing twelve month net margin.
+7.7%
Margin expansion
Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points).
+0.9%
Forward PEG
Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth.
0.99
Debt / FCF
Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer.
3.35×
Analyst upside
Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price.
+7.6%
Last EPS surprise
Most recent reported EPS versus consensus.
Market cap (USD)$3.42B

The AI research card

Independent qualitative review of each pick before the order is placed. On the rare day the research service is unavailable, the paper book trades on the quant ranking alone and no card appears here.

Summary

Lisi S.A. is a French manufacturer of high-performance fasteners and structural components serving the aerospace, defense, and automotive industries.

Rationale

The company acts as a critical bottleneck solver for European military ammunition and aerospace supply chains, supported by a €2.3bn order backlog and quasi-sole-source positions on key defense platforms like the Rafale and BONUS shell bodies.

Material risks

  • 1Major aerospace customers Airbus and Boeing, representing 48% of aerospace revenue, have imposed 3% annual price cuts in their 2025 procurement frameworks, structurally squeezing operating margins.
  • 2Ongoing cyclical weakness and revenue contraction in the LISI AUTOMOTIVE division could drag on group-level earnings and dilute aerospace gains.

AI verdict council

Each pick is reviewed independently by 3 models before any order. 2 of 3 voted to proceed.

OpenAI
Proceed
Claude
Caution
Gemini
Proceed