Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for DCO in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Ducommun (DCO) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$168.73−1.83 (−1.1%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week, Ducommun draws fresh analyst attention following its recent earnings beat, with EPS of $1.18 against an estimate of $0.98 and revenue of $224.49 million, up 11% year over year. Guggenheim initiated coverage with a "buy" rating and a $246 price target, while sell-side brokerages collectively assign a "Moderate Buy" consensus rating with an average 12-month target of $192.60. Separately, shares crossed above their 200-day moving average, closing at $173.15 after touching a high of $176.39, well above the $161.22 long-term average at that time.
Ducommun now trades at $168.73, down 1.1%, sitting between its 50-day average of $179.01 and 200-day average of $148.95. The stock's one-year return stands at 74.1%, though the past month shows a decline of 2.3%. The GekkoIndex reads 61, placing it in the Accumulation zone, and price sits 3.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $163.17.
Over the next 20 trading days, the main event is the earnings report due 5 November, 24 days away, which falls inside a typical 20-day holding window. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has averaged a 6.8% gain over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Analyst consensus from 6 firms shows 5 buy ratings, 1 hold rating and a consensus target of $212, implying 25.6% upside.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Ducommun price vs fair value
Close $168.73200-day averageGekko Fair Value $163.17
Ducommun quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.55B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Forward P/E
- 31.6
- EPS, TTM
- −$1.85
- Revenue, TTM
- $865.1M
- Profit margin
- -2.4%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.04
- Volume
- 118,085 avg 212,785
- 1-year return
- +74.1%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.9%
- 50-day average
- $179.01
- 200-day average
- $148.95
- Next earnings
- Nov 5
- Shares outstanding
- 15.10M
Ducommun swing-trade checklist
Ducommun scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $168.73 sits between the 50-day ($179.01) and 200-day ($148.95) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
61, Accumulation
Reading 61 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
3.4% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (3.4% above).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 24 days
Reports on Nov 5, 2026, 24 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+6.8% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +6.8% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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Ducommun stock chart and price history
Ducommun closed at $168.73 on Oct 12, 2026, +74.1% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $84.76 to $210.39.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −2.3%
- 3 months
- 0.0%
- 6 months
- +19.6%
- 1 year
- +74.1%
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About Ducommun
Ducommun works as an engineering and manufacturing partner for industries that demand highly precise hardware, chiefly aerospace and defense along with industrial and medical customers in the United States. It has built its name on turning difficult design challenges into finished components and systems used in aircraft, spacecraft, and other technically demanding equipment.
Its activities fall under two business segments. Electronic Systems makes wiring and cable assemblies, interconnect hardware, printed circuit board assemblies, and more elaborate electronic and electromechanical sub-assemblies, plus items like lightning protection systems, radar enclosures, aircraft electronics racks, shipboard control housings, switches, control panels, and motion-control motors, while also lending engineering help in designing, integrating, and testing aerospace systems. Structural Systems shapes and assembles metal parts from aluminum, titanium, and Inconel into finished aerospace structures, including winglets, engine parts, and fuselage panels, and produces bonded metal and composite assemblies such as wing spoilers, large fuselage sections, helicopter rotor blades, flight control surfaces, and ammunition handling equipment. These products reach commercial and military aircraft of both fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, space programs, and industrial and medical users.
Ducommun dates back to 1849 and keeps its headquarters in Santa Ana, California. Its stock is listed on the NYSE under the ticker DCO.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Website
- ducommun.com
Ducommun GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Ducommun’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 61, in the Accumulation zone, up 3 points over five sessions.
61Accumulation
Up 3 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 16 | +2.4% | +3.3% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 136 | +1.2% | +5.1% | ||
| Neutral | 457 | +1.0% | +3.6% | ||
| Distribution | 70 | +0.4% | +6.1% | ||
| Selling | 3 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average DCO share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Ducommun stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Ducommun trades 3.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $163.17, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Ducommun shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$163.17
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
3.4% above fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 22.1% above the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Ducommun insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Ducommun, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in DCO were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Ducommun has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jul 4, 2026
- $13.20M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.52%
From company filings.
Ducommun earnings: next date and track record
Ducommun reports on Nov 5, 2026 (24 days away).
Next earnings report
Nov 5, 2026
24 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.15
- Revenue estimate
- $221.9M
Ducommun stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Ducommun is $212.00, +25.6% from the last close, from 6 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$212.00consensus 12-month target, +25.6% from the last close
Now $168.73Avg $212.00
Low $200High $246
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 6 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9 | Guggenheim | $246 | +45.8% |
| Oct 7 | Citi | $228 | +35.1% |
| Sep 21 | Truist Financial | $209 | +23.9% |
| Sep 17 | Goldman Sachs | $201 | +19.1% |
| Sep 17 | RBC Capital | $200 | +18.5% |
+5.1%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+6.8%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Ducommun seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Ducommun averaged +6.8% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.5% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +3.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +6.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +5.1% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, DCO’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.9%.
Ducommun market cap and key statistics
Ducommun’s market cap is $2.55B and revenue of $865.1M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.55B
- Forward P/E
- 31.6
- EPS, TTM
- −$1.85
- Gekko Fair Value
- $163.17
Trading
- Volume
- 118,085
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 212,785
- 52-week high
- $210.39
- 52-week low
- $84.76
- Shares outstanding
- 15.10M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $865.1M
- Profit margin
- -2.4%
- Return on equity
- -3%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +56.0%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.04
- Typical daily move
- ±3.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.9%
Ducommun stock news this week
Coverage of Ducommun this week reads positive: 3 positive, 0 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
Ducommun peers
Ducommun’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GEGE Aerospace | Accumulation | 1.9% below |
| RTXRTX | Accumulation | 10.9% below |
| BABoeing | Accumulation | 19.2% below |
| LMTLockheed Martin | Accumulation | 21.5% below |
| GDGeneral Dynamics | Accumulation | 8.6% below |
| HWMHowmet Aerospace | Accumulation | 3.8% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Ducommun stock FAQ
What is Ducommun’s market cap?
Ducommun’s market cap is $2.55B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $168.73, with 15.10M shares outstanding.
What is the Ducommun stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Ducommun is $212.00, +25.6% from the last close. Of the 6 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 5 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Ducommun stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Ducommun is about fair value: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $168.73 is 3.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $163.17. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Ducommun report earnings next?
Ducommun is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026 (24 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.15 per share on revenue of $221.9M.
What is Ducommun’s 52-week high and low?
Ducommun’s 52-week high is $210.39 and its 52-week low is $84.76; it closed at $168.73 on Oct 12, 2026, +74.1% over the past year.
Is Ducommun stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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