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Q: What is TSI’s opinion of Magellan Aerospace on the TSX? Thank you.

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A: Magellan Aerospace, $7.01, symbol MAL on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 58.1 million; Market cap: $416.2 million; magellan.aero) designs, engineers and manufactures aircraft engines, bodies and assemblies. It also produces components for aerospace markets, advanced products for military and space markets, industrial power generation, and specialty products. The company supplies structural components for major commercial aircraft such as the Boeing B737, B787, and the Airbus A320, A340, A350 and A380. Currently, it has contracts for major U.S. military crafts such as the F/A-18E, F-16, F-22 and F-35. Over the past five years, overall revenue rose only 6.8%, from $951.5 million in 2015 to $1.02 billion in 2019. Meanwhile, earnings decreased 15.1%, from $79.4 million ($1.36 a share) in 2015 to $67.4 million ($1.16 a share) in 2019. The earnings drop reflects lower production numbers for the company’s more-profitable programs as well as its higher manufacturing costs. In the second quarter of 2020, ended June 30, 2020, Magellan’s revenue fell 38.6%, to $162.2 million from…