Company data sheet · Spirit AeroSystems Holdings
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings: from profit to five straight losses.
- Industry
- Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment
- Headquarters
- United States
- Sources
- SEC filings (2006–2026), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for the United States
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- From profit to five straight losses. Spirit AeroSystems Holdings earned $1.5 billion in 2017–2019. Then it lost money every year from 2020 to 2024: $4.7 billion in all.
- The cycle hit it too. The losses began in 2020, when the US economy shrank 2.1%. Part of the damage came from outside; the test is whether it recovered when the economy did.
- Left behind by its peers. From 2016 to 2024, its revenue shrank 7% in US dollars; the median among 626 large manufacturers grew 51%. It outgrew only 12% of them.
- Still smaller than it was. Revenue reached $6.3 billion in 2024, 20% below its 2019 peak of $7.9 billion.
- Leaders came and went. Spirit AeroSystems Holdings filed 41 leadership changes since 2016, more than 95% of large manufacturers (the median is 19).
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $6.8 billion | $0.5 billion | |
| 2017 | $7 billion | $0.4 billion | |
| 2018 | $7.2 billion | $0.6 billion | |
| 2019 | $7.9 billion | $0.5 billion | |
| 2020 | $3.4 billion | −$0.9 billion | |
| 2021 | $4 billion | −$0.5 billion | |
| 2022 | $5 billion | −$0.5 billion | |
| 2023 | $6 billion | −$0.6 billion | |
| 2024 | $6.3 billion | −$2.1 billion |
As reported in its annual filings. Losses in red.
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