Aercap (AER) Competitors $115.89 +0.84 (+0.73%) Closing price 07/3/2025 03:30 PM EasternExtended Trading$115.86 -0.03 (-0.03%) As of 07/3/2025 04:06 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock AER vs. BKNG, AL, AMP, DAL, EQH, HLT, ITT, PRU, SF, and TNLShould you be buying Aercap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aercap include Booking (BKNG), Air Lease (AL), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Equitable (EQH), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), ITT (ITT), Prudential Financial (PRU), Stifel Financial (SF), and Travel + Leisure (TNL). Aercap vs. Its Competitors Booking Air Lease Ameriprise Financial Delta Air Lines Equitable Hilton Worldwide ITT Prudential Financial Stifel Financial Travel + Leisure Aercap (NYSE:AER) and Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends. Is AER or BKNG a better dividend stock? Aercap pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Booking pays an annual dividend of $38.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Aercap pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Booking pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Aercap has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Booking has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Aercap is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AER or BKNG? Booking has higher revenue and earnings than Aercap. Aercap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booking, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAercap$8.00B2.71$2.10B$11.2710.28Booking$23.74B7.84$5.88B$160.7435.60 Which has more volatility & risk, AER or BKNG? Aercap has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booking has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is AER or BKNG more profitable? Aercap has a net margin of 26.53% compared to Booking's net margin of 22.58%. Aercap's return on equity of 13.84% beat Booking's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Aercap26.53% 13.84% 3.26% Booking 22.58%-143.67%23.29% Does the media refer more to AER or BKNG? In the previous week, Booking had 24 more articles in the media than Aercap. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Booking and 16 mentions for Aercap. Booking's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Aercap's score of 0.95 indicating that Booking is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Aercap 8 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 8 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Booking 32 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AER or BKNG? 96.4% of Aercap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Booking shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Aercap shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Booking shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer AER or BKNG? Aercap presently has a consensus target price of $119.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.90%. Booking has a consensus target price of $5,388.37, indicating a potential downside of 5.84%. Given Aercap's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Aercap is more favorable than Booking.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Aercap 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Booking 0 Sell rating(s) 10 Hold rating(s) 19 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.74 SummaryBooking beats Aercap on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Aercap News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AER and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AER and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AER vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAercapTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$21.65B$7.19B$7.19B$20.65BDividend Yield0.93%1.70%914.35%3.72%P/E Ratio10.2816.4213.1028.08Price / Sales2.716.03317.3438.45Price / Cash4.226.607.5218.22Price / Book1.262.022.124.61Net Income$2.10B$360.72M$563.51M$983.39M7 Day Performance-0.91%4.39%2.94%2.57%1 Month Performance-0.78%5.82%4.53%5.08%1 Year Performance23.85%41.40%3.24%15.10% Aercap Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AERAercap2.3625 of 5 stars$115.89+0.7%$119.25+2.9%+23.9%$21.65B$8.00B10.28740Gap UpBKNGBooking4.3824 of 5 stars$5,789.24+1.7%$5,388.37-6.9%+45.6%$188.38B$23.74B36.0224,300Positive NewsALAir Lease4.8935 of 5 stars$58.52-0.3%$57.43-1.9%+25.7%$6.54B$2.73B10.23150AMPAmeriprise Financial4.6603 of 5 stars$534.26+1.2%$519.00-2.9%+25.7%$50.87B$17.26B18.1513,500Positive NewsDALDelta Air Lines4.3325 of 5 stars$49.17-0.8%$61.67+25.4%+10.7%$32.11B$61.64B8.7295,000Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst RevisionEQHEquitable4.4459 of 5 stars$56.11+0.3%$62.64+11.6%+37.7%$17.05B$12.44B15.258,000Positive NewsHLTHilton Worldwide4.2622 of 5 stars$266.25+0.3%$249.06-6.5%+27.4%$63.29B$11.17B42.00159,000Positive NewsITTITT4.1467 of 5 stars$156.93-0.6%$165.50+5.5%+27.1%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700Analyst RevisionPRUPrudential Financial4.8695 of 5 stars$107.43+0.3%$120.15+11.8%-6.2%$38.03B$68.05B17.0339,900Analyst DowngradeSFStifel Financial4.4768 of 5 stars$103.98+0.3%$105.50+1.5%+32.5%$10.68B$4.97B19.889,000Positive NewsAnalyst DowngradeTNLTravel + Leisure4.7767 of 5 stars$51.71-0.3%$59.20+14.5%+30.4%$3.43B$3.86B8.6319,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies BKNG Alternatives AL Alternatives AMP Alternatives DAL Alternatives EQH Alternatives HLT Alternatives ITT Alternatives PRU Alternatives SF Alternatives TNL Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:AER) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersA grave, grave error.I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. 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