Like its parts, Precision Castparts is soaring

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With Precision Castparts Corp. (NYSE: PCP), as air travel goes, so go the profits, which is why I'm Reiterating my Buy rating for the company, first recommended on April 20, 2009, at a price of $61.92. If you bought PCP in April, you're up an impressive 50%.

Precision is a major maker of jet engine components, and PCP will benefit as engine orders ramp-up in FY2010. By most measures, an industrial bottom is occurring in the U.S. and global economies in Q3/Q4. Hence, rising demand coupled with the need to re-stock inventories of parts bodes well for Precision. The key revenue drivers: 1) emerging market economies that are modernizing their airline fleets and increasing fleet sizes and 2) Boeing's (NYSE: BA) new 787 Dreamliner, which should undergo its first test flight by the end of 2009.

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