Ducommun Incorporated (DCO) Earnings Call Transcripts
Ducommun Incorporated's Latest Earnings Call - Q1 FY2026
Ducommun Incorporated (DCO:US) reported a strong first quarter for 2026, achieving record revenues of $209 million, representing a 9% increase year-over-year. The company’s earnings per share (EPS) surged to $0.64, a significant improvement from $0.09 in the prior year. Management reiterated guidance for mid- to high single-digit revenue growth for the full year, signaling confidence in both defense and commercial aerospace sectors despite ongoing destocking challenges.
Reported metrics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $209 million (beat) |
| EPS | $0.64 (beat) |
| Adjusted EBITDA Margin | 16.9% (positive) |
| Gross Margin | 26.9% (positive) |
| Book-to-Bill Ratio (Defense) | 1.2 (positive) |
| Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) | $1.1 billion (positive) |
Guidance from management
Management reiterated guidance for mid- to high single-digit revenue growth for the full year 2026, reflecting confidence in both defense and commercial aerospace sectors despite ongoing destocking challenges.
What management said
Certainly, from an orders perspective, I think revenues may -- is not reflecting in revenues later in '27. But from an order perspective, yes, late in the [indiscernible] next year.
Second half of '26. Yes. We're just like we're in every discussion right now. We don't really anything to report on this call. We'll certainly have more we talk to you again in August, but we're heavily engaged. We just don't have anything to report on the order side.
What analysts pressed on
Analysts expressed concerns regarding the timing of order fulfillment in the commercial aerospace sector and the potential impact of destocking on future revenues. Questions were raised about the pace of missile program orders and the company's capacity to ramp up production in response to increased demand.
Main topics on the call
- Record Revenue Growth — Ducommun achieved a record revenue of $209 million in Q1 2026, marking a 9% increase year-over-year. CEO Steve Oswald noted, "this is our fourth consecutive quarter of revenue over $200 million and our 20th consecutive q...
- Strong Defense Business Outlook — The defense segment continues to show strength with a book-to-bill ratio of 1.2 over the last 12 months. Oswald highlighted, "Production on many of these missile programs... are expected to grow severalfold and this will...
- Commercial Aerospace Recovery — Commercial aerospace revenues grew by 18% year-over-year, driven by higher OEM production rates. Oswald stated, "We remain optimistic about DCO's commercial aerospace business in 2026 with more growth ahead in 2027 and b...
- Destocking Challenges — Management acknowledged ongoing destocking issues but indicated that the impact is less severe than previously anticipated. Oswald mentioned, "We are not past the destocking issue entirely as yet, and we expect it to hav...
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About Ducommun Incorporated
Ducommun Incorporated (DCO) is a publicly listed company in the Aerospace and Defense industry, within the Industrials sector. It trades on NYSE and is based in US. EarningsCalls.dev maintains a free, full-text archive of its earnings call transcripts — 38 calls on record spanning February 20, 2020 to August 6, 2026. Every transcript is split into speaker-by-speaker segments with headline metrics, free to read or available through our REST API.
Earnings Call History
EarningsCalls.dev has 38 Ducommun Incorporated earnings call transcripts on record, spanning February 20, 2020 to August 6, 2026. Based on this history, Ducommun Incorporated reports quarterly. The most recent call on file is dated August 6, 2026. The full list is below — each row opens the complete, free-to-read transcript.
- Ticker
- DCO
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Country
- US
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Aerospace and Defense
- Calls on record
- 38
- First call
- February 20, 2020
- Most recent
- August 6, 2026
- Reporting cadence
- quarterly