Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) have been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the eleven research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have assigned a hold recommendation and eight have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $152.1250.

AER has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $175.00 price objective on shares of Aercap and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Truist Financial initiated coverage on Aercap in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $159.00 price objective on the stock. Zacks Research cut Aercap from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 30th. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Aercap in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Barclays increased their price target on Aercap from $144.00 to $162.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th.

Institutional Trading of Aercap

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AER. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Aercap during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Mather Group LLC. acquired a new position in shares of Aercap in the third quarter valued at about $26,000. Advisory Services Network LLC bought a new position in Aercap during the third quarter worth about $35,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in Aercap by 36.5% during the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 359 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $52,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the period. Finally, Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new stake in Aercap in the 2nd quarter worth about $43,000. 96.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Aercap Stock Performance

Shares of AER stock opened at $148.32 on Thursday. Aercap has a 12 month low of $85.57 and a 12 month high of $149.24. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $143.48 and its 200-day simple moving average is $130.23. The firm has a market cap of $27.70 billion, a PE ratio of 6.95, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a quick ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 0.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.38.

Aercap (NYSE:AER) last released its earnings results on Friday, February 6th. The financial services provider reported $3.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.31 by $0.64. Aercap had a return on equity of 15.11% and a net margin of 44.04%.The business had revenue of $2.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.07 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.31 earnings per share. Aercap’s quarterly revenue was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. Aercap has set its FY 2026 guidance at 12.000-13.000 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Aercap will post 11.29 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Aercap Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 25th will be issued a dividend of $0.40 per share. This is a boost from Aercap’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 25th. Aercap’s dividend payout ratio is presently 5.06%.

Aercap Company Profile

AerCap Holdings N.V. (NYSE: AER) is a global aircraft leasing and aviation finance company that acquires, leases, sells and manages commercial aircraft and engines. Its core services include operating leases, finance leases, sale-and-leaseback transactions, aircraft trading and remarketing, and asset management for airline customers. The company also provides related commercial and technical support services designed to optimize fleet utilization and residual values over the life cycle of aircraft and engines.

Operating with a broad global footprint, AerCap serves airlines and other aviation customers across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.