One of our top ten holdings is aircraft parts manufacturer TransDigmGroup, Inc. While TransDigm (NYSE:TDG) earns a modest return on original equipment parts, it earns far larger margins on after-market replacement parts for airframes that remain in service for decades. This creates recurring cash flow that it uses for acquisitions and shareholder dividends. When we first bought TransDigm in 2006, it had $411 million in revenues. Today, annual revenues are up to $2.7 billion.
From the Baron Funds Small Cap Fund winter newsletter 2016.
