Bottleneck Solvers

BN · rank #13 · 2026-07-22

FII

PARIS · EUR · $3.37B (USD)

SignalBuy1.8strength 1.8 / 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.
-0.34
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.
+9.1%
Last EPS surprise
Most recent reported EPS versus consensus.
Market cap (USD)$3.37B

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. manufactures high-precision fasteners and structural components for global aerospace, defense, and automotive OEMs.

Rationale

Lisi directly addresses European defense and ammunition bottlenecks by supplying quasi-sole-source components for Rafale, Caesar cannons, and BONUS shell bodies, backed by a €2.3bn aerospace backlog.

Material risks

  • 1Contractual procurement frameworks with primary civil customers Airbus and Boeing impose structural 3% annual price reductions, squeezing aerospace margins despite strong backlog volumes.
  • 2Persistent demand contraction in the LISI AUTOMOTIVE division threatens to dilute group-level earnings and offset aerospace momentum, ahead of imminent Q2 2026 earnings on July 23.

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