COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
CAAP vs SARO
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CAAP scored 68.6, SARO scored 71.3 — SARO leads.
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Different reporting periods. SARO's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but CAAP's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
CAAP
Corporación América Airports S.A.
68.6
$23.46 · $3.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
2.7
SARO leads
SARO
StandardAero, Inc.
71.3
$25.06 · $8.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestCAAP13.3x
- Fastest growthSARO+12.6%
- Strongest balance sheetCAAP0.56
- Highest qualityCAAP71 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueCAAP-70%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CAAP
stronger →← stronger
SARO
71
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
57
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
88
91
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
73
CAAP is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CAAP
SARO
$468mC
FCF
$219mC
+6.4%C+
Rev
+12.6%B+
0.56B
D/E
0.93C+
13.3xA-
P/E
25.8xB
0.71A-
PEG
0.73A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CAAP
SARO
70% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
93% above
~-16%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~27%/yr
+170%
1-yr DCF upside
-56%
+230%
5-yr DCF upside
-48%
+347%
10-yr DCF upside
-34%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CAAP
Why this score
- Cyclical growth
SARO
Why this score
- Short track record
The companies
CAAPCorporación América Airports S.A.
Why now
Airports & Air Services · market cap $3.8b. Down 23% from 52-week high of $30.50 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.71 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $32.29 (implying +38% upside).
Moat
Net margin 14% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 17% sits above Buffett's preferred 15% threshold — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 162% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
SAROStandardAero, Inc.
Why now
Aerospace & Defense · market cap $8.3b. Down 27% from 52-week high of $34.48 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.73 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $35.81 (implying +43% upside).
Moat
ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
SARO leads CAAP by 2.8 points (71.3 to 68.5), its sharpest advantage coming in Rev (grade B+). A contrarian could still prefer CAAP, which trades about 70% below our DCF fair value — a margin of safety the score doesn't reward. All screen as value-type names but sit in different sectors (Airports & Air Services versus Aerospace & Defense), so their grades are relative to different peer sets.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where CAAP and SARO diverge
On the headline score the gap is 2.7 points in favor of SARO. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
- GrowthCAAP 50.0 · SARO 87.6SARO +37.6
- ValueCAAP 91.4 · SARO 72.9CAAP +18.5
- QualityCAAP 70.5 · SARO 56.7CAAP +13.8
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.