Analysts were expecting Triumph Group Inc. (TGI) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $1.18 for last quarter, but TGI beat expectations with actual earnings of $1.25---7 cents above the consensus estimate. TGI also issued earnings guidance for next quarter that is below current analyst expectations.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $1.57 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that TGI’s earnings are down this year.

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Also, if you compare TGI's 19.67% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 11.17% for the Aerospace/Defense Products & Services industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect TGI to outperform the industry in the future---which is a good sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Aerospace/Defense Products & Services industry, you can see how analysts believe TGI will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) [Chart - News - Analysis] and General Dynamics Corp. (GD) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe ATK's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 11.45% while GD's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 8.71%.

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