AerCap (AER) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

AerCap Holdings N.V. engages in the lease, financing, sale, and management of commercial flight equipment in China, Hong Kong, Macau, the United States, Ireland, and internationally. The company offers aircraft asset management services, such as remarketing aircraft and engines; collecting rental and maintenance rent payments, monitoring aircraft maintenance, monitoring and enforcing contract compliance, and accepting delivery and redelivery of aircraft and engines; and conducting ongoing lessee financial performance reviews. Its aircraft asset management services also include periodically inspecting the leased aircraft and engines; coordinating technical modifications to aircraft to meet new lessee requirements; conducting restructuring negotiations in connection with lease defaults; repossessing aircraft and engines; arranging and monitoring insurance coverage; registering and de-registering aircraft; arranging for aircraft and engine valuations; and providing market research services. In addition, the company provides cash management services, including treasury services, such as the financing, refinancing, hedging, and ongoing cash management of vehicles; and administrative services comprising accounting and corporate secretarial services consisting of the preparation of budgets and financial statements. Further, it offers airframe and engine parts and supply chain solutions to airlines; maintenance, repair, and overhaul service providers; and aircraft parts distributors. The company had a portfolio of owned, managed, or on order aircraft. AerCap Holdings N.V. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $102.45 to $103.63
• 50-Day Range: $94.67 to $105.75
• 52-Week Range: $81.93 to $107.36
• Volume: 1.68 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.27 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $19.32 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.20
• Dividend Yield: 1.04%
• Price Target: $117.43
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

AerCap Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AerCap scored higher than 75% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 54th out of 127 stocks in the transportation sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

AerCap has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.63, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

AerCap has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 3.01%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for AerCap are expected to grow by 3.01% in the coming year, from $11.29 to $11.63 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AerCap is 8.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.55.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AerCap is 8.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Transportation sector average P/E ratio of about 13.82.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

AerCap has a PEG Ratio of 2.22. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

AerCap has a P/B Ratio of 1.26. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.83% of the float of AerCap has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AerCap has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AerCap has recently decreased by 25.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

AerCap pays a meaningful dividend of 1.03%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

AerCap does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of AerCap is 9.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, AerCap will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.29% next year. This indicates that AerCap will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.83% of the float of AerCap has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AerCap has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AerCap has recently decreased by 25.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.53

News Sentiment

AerCap has a news sentiment score of 1.53. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.77 average news sentiment score of Transportation companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for AerCap this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added AerCap to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AerCap insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.52% of the stock of AerCap is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

96.42% of the stock of AerCap is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

AER Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have AER shares performed this year?

AerCap's stock was trading at $95.70 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, AER shares have increased by 7.4% and is now trading at $102.8150.
View the best growth stocks for 2025 here.

How were AerCap's earnings last quarter?

AerCap Holdings (NYSE:AER) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 26th. The financial services provider reported $3.31 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.56 by $0.75. The financial services provider earned $2.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.97 billion. AerCap had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.98% and a net margin of 32.38%.

How will AerCap's stock buyback program work?

AerCap's Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, February 26th 2025, which allows the company to buy back $1,000,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 4.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Who are AerCap's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of AerCap include Wellington Management Group LLP (4.38%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (3.04%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.72%) and 59 North Capital Management LP (1.87%).
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of AerCap?

Shares of AER stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of AerCap own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that AerCap investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), TotalEnergies (TTE), The RMR Group (RMR) and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/26/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 4/3 Dividend: 3/12/2025
• Today: 3/24/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/03/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 4/29/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Transportation
• Industry: Equipment rental & leasing, not elsewhere classified
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AER
• CIK: 1378789
• Web: www.aercap.com
• Phone: (531) 819-2010
• Fax: 353-1672-0270
• Employees: 740
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $117.43
• High Stock Price Target: $125.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $103.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.63
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $10.81
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.20
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.16
• P/E Growth: 2.22
• Net Income: $3.14 billion
• Net Margins: 32.38%
• Pretax Margin: 33.62%
• Return on Equity: 13.98%
• Return on Assets: 3.28%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.89
• Current Ratio: 0.67
• Quick Ratio: 0.67

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.00 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.42
• Cash Flow: $25.99 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.98
• Book Value: $81.92 per share
• Price / Book: 1.26

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 186,783,000
• Free Float: 196,903,000
• Market Cap: $19.32 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.83