DGS Capital Management LLC Purchases 155 Shares of AerCap Holdings (NYSE:AER)

DGS Capital Management LLC lifted its position in AerCap Holdings (NYSE:AER) by 2.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,236 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 155 shares during the quarter. DGS Capital Management LLC’s holdings in AerCap were worth $538,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in AER. Quarry LP bought a new stake in AerCap during the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. Optiver Holding B.V. bought a new stake in AerCap during the 3rd quarter valued at about $32,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC bought a new stake in AerCap during the 3rd quarter valued at about $41,000. Allworth Financial LP lifted its holdings in AerCap by 2,460.0% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 768 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $48,000 after buying an additional 738 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of AerCap in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $63,000. Institutional investors own 96.42% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of AerCap from $84.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, February 26th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on shares of AerCap from $103.00 to $101.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 26th. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $85.00 target price on shares of AerCap in a research note on Tuesday, February 27th. Finally, Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of AerCap from $80.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, February 26th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, AerCap presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $87.71.

AerCap Stock Performance

Shares of AER traded up $0.37 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $82.87. The stock had a trading volume of 339,187 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,564,184. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.80, a quick ratio of 0.33 and a current ratio of 0.33. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $81.89 and a 200 day moving average price of $73.30. AerCap Holdings has a fifty-two week low of $53.42 and a fifty-two week high of $88.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.82, a PEG ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 1.85.

AerCap (NYSE:AER) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 23rd. The financial services provider reported $3.11 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.44 by $0.67. The company had revenue of $1.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.94 billion. AerCap had a net margin of 41.37% and a return on equity of 14.92%. The firm’s revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.66 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that AerCap Holdings will post 9.88 EPS for the current year.

About AerCap

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.