Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) Stock Has Average Price Target of $172.56 According to Brokerages

Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) has earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eleven ratings firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $172.56.

AER has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Aercap from $173.00 to $178.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Zacks Research cut shares of Aercap from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Susquehanna raised their price target on shares of Aercap from $170.00 to $176.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 7th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Aercap from a “buy (a-)” rating to a “buy (b+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of Aercap from $175.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th.

Aercap Price Performance

Aercap stock opened at $143.94 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.08, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 0.98. Aercap has a one year low of $118.96 and a one year high of $158.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.32, a current ratio of 0.28 and a quick ratio of 0.28. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $147.25 and a 200-day moving average price of $144.08.

Aercap (NYSE:AER) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The financial services provider reported $5.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.14 by $1.00. Aercap had a return on equity of 17.60% and a net margin of 37.85%.The company had revenue of $2.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.10 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.83 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Aercap has set its FY 2026 guidance at 16.800-16.800 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Aercap will post 18.95 EPS for the current year.

Aercap Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 12th were given 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 presently 7.87%.

Institutional Trading of Aercap

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Williams & Novak LLC grew its stake in shares of Aercap by 4.6% during the second quarter. Williams & Novak LLC now owns 1,531 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $223,000 after buying an additional 68 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Aercap by 7.1% during the 1st quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,110 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $152,000 after acquiring an additional 74 shares during the period. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Aercap by 4.2% during the 2nd quarter. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,968 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $287,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the period. Groupe la Francaise grew its position in Aercap by 221.4% during the 1st quarter. Groupe la Francaise now owns 180 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 124 shares during the last quarter. Finally, ARGA Investment Management LP grew its position in Aercap by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. ARGA Investment Management LP now owns 16,027 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $2,199,000 after acquiring an additional 138 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.42% of the company’s stock.

About Aercap

AerCap Holdings N.V. is a global aviation leasing company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company provides aircraft leasing and aviation finance services to airlines and other aviation customers worldwide, helping them access commercial aircraft and related equipment without owning the assets outright.

AerCap’s business includes the leasing, purchase, sale and financing of commercial passenger aircraft, cargo aircraft, engines and helicopters. It also provides asset management and fleet planning services, and supports customers through aircraft transitions, remarketing, maintenance coordination and other lifecycle activities.

The company serves airlines across major aviation markets, including North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.