Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Shares of Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the ten ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $163.1250.

A number of research firms have recently commented on AER. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Aercap from $150.00 to $155.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. TD Cowen increased their target price on shares of Aercap from $170.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Susquehanna increased their target price on shares of Aercap from $165.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Aercap from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Aercap from a “buy (a-)” rating to a “buy (b+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Arkadios Wealth Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of Aercap by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 2,525 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $363,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Wedmont Private Capital boosted its holdings in shares of Aercap by 3.9% during the 4th quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 1,979 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $290,000 after buying an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. Argentarii LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Aercap by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. Argentarii LLC now owns 2,793 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $402,000 after buying an additional 77 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Aercap by 26.6% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 447 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 94 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.42% of the company’s stock.

Aercap Trading Down 0.4%

NYSE:AER opened at $146.23 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $141.45 and its 200-day moving average is $142.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.34, a quick ratio of 0.24 and a current ratio of 0.24. Aercap has a 52 week low of $105.65 and a 52 week high of $154.94. The firm has a market cap of $24.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.41, a P/E/G ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 0.93.

Aercap (NYSE:AER) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 31st. The financial services provider reported $5.39 EPS for the quarter. Aercap had a net margin of 45.22% and a return on equity of 16.01%. The company had revenue of $2.30 billion for the quarter. Equities analysts expect that Aercap will post 17.23 earnings per share for the current year.

Aercap declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, April 29th that authorizes the company to buyback $1.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the financial services provider to purchase up to 4.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Aercap Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 13th were paid a dividend of $0.40 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 13th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. Aercap’s dividend payout ratio is currently 7.01%.

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.