Bottleneck Solvers

BN · rank #7 · 2026-09-04

FII

PARIS · EUR · $3.16B (USD)

SignalStrong Buy2.5strength 2.5 / 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.
-0.20
Forward revenue growth
Consensus forward revenue growth.
+10.5%
Forward net margin
Consensus forward net margin.
+9.9%
Net margin TTM
Trailing twelve month net margin.
+8.9%
Margin expansion
Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points).
+1.1%
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.
3.50×
Analyst upside
Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price.
+26.8%
Last EPS surprise
Most recent reported EPS versus consensus.
Market cap (USD)$3.16B

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Summary

Lisi S.A. (FII) is a French industrial group and the world's #3 aerospace fastener producer, supplying high-precision fasteners and structural components to Airbus, Lockheed Martin (F-35), and other major OEMs from a globally distributed manufacturing footprint.

Rationale

The bottleneck-solver thesis is directly reinforced by Lisi's documented readiness to backfill supply after the SPS Technologies Jenkintown fire, its 17.6% like-for-like aerospace revenue growth in Q1 2026, and its structural position as an approved single-source supplier on programs including F-35 and A220, making the supply-constraint edge concrete rather than sentiment-driven.

Material risks

  • 1Bottleneck status erodes if SPS Technologies restores Jenkintown capacity faster than expected, normalizing aerospace fastener supply and eliminating Lisi's backfill pricing power before the thesis fully monetizes.
  • 2A €24 million H1 2026 USD/EUR currency headwind and debt-to-FCF of 3.5x leave limited buffer if Airbus or Boeing softens build-rate guidance, compressing both revenue growth and the margin expansion embedded in the 26.8% analyst upside target.

AI verdict council

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OpenAI
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Claude
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Gemini
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