Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) Receives Consensus Rating of “Buy” from Brokerages

Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) has received an average rating of “Buy” from the eleven research firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $172.5556.

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on AER. Susquehanna lifted their target price on Aercap from $170.00 to $176.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 7th. Zacks Research upgraded Aercap from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on Aercap from $175.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Weiss Ratings cut Aercap from a “buy (a-)” rating to a “buy (b+)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a $190.00 target price on shares of Aercap in a research report on Thursday, July 30th.

Institutional Trading of Aercap

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Arkadios Wealth Advisors raised its stake in shares of Aercap by 2.7% in the 4th quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 2,525 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $363,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Williams & Novak LLC boosted its position in Aercap by 4.6% during the second quarter. Williams & Novak LLC now owns 1,531 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $223,000 after purchasing an additional 68 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its position in Aercap by 7.1% during the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,110 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $152,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the period. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Aercap by 4.2% during the second quarter. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,968 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $287,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in Aercap by 26.6% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 447 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 94 shares during the last quarter. 96.42% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Aercap Stock Performance

Shares of AER stock opened at $145.42 on Monday. Aercap has a one year low of $118.93 and a one year high of $158.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.32, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a current ratio of 0.28. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $149.24 and a 200 day moving average price of $144.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 0.93.

Aercap (NYSE:AER) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The financial services provider reported $5.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.14 by $1.00. Aercap had a net margin of 37.85% and a return on equity of 17.60%. The company had revenue of $2.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.10 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.83 EPS. Aercap’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.9% on a year-over-year basis. Aercap has set its FY 2026 guidance at 16.800-16.800 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Aercap will post 18.95 EPS for the current year.

Aercap Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 12th were paid a dividend of $0.40 per share. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, August 12th. Aercap’s payout ratio is currently 7.87%.

About Aercap

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.