Aercap Holdings N.V. $AER is Check Capital Management Inc. CA’s 5th Largest Position

Check Capital Management Inc. CA trimmed its holdings in shares of Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) by 1.7% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 838,329 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 14,932 shares during the period. Aercap makes up 3.3% of Check Capital Management Inc. CA’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. Check Capital Management Inc. CA’s holdings in Aercap were worth $98,084,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of AER. Mather Group LLC. increased its position in shares of Aercap by 230.1% during the first quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 307 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 214 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in Aercap in the first quarter worth $37,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in Aercap by 26.6% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 447 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 94 shares during the last quarter. Summit Securities Group LLC purchased a new stake in Aercap in the first quarter worth $64,000. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in Aercap by 42.2% in the first quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,318 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $135,000 after buying an additional 391 shares during the last quarter. 96.42% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have issued reports on AER. Barclays raised their target price on Aercap from $115.00 to $131.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b+)” rating on shares of Aercap in a research report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on Aercap from $111.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, Susquehanna raised their target price on Aercap from $130.00 to $134.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $122.57.

Aercap Price Performance

Shares of NYSE AER opened at $120.90 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $22.58 billion, a PE ratio of 7.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 1.40. Aercap Holdings N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $85.57 and a fifty-two week high of $126.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.57, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.44. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $119.58 and a 200-day moving average of $112.61.

Aercap (NYSE:AER) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The financial services provider reported $2.83 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.75 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $1.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.03 billion. Aercap had a return on equity of 13.13% and a net margin of 36.93%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.01 earnings per share. Aercap has set its FY 2025 guidance at 11.600-11.600 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Aercap Holdings N.V. will post 11.29 earnings per share for the current year.

Aercap Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 13th were given a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, August 13th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Aercap’s payout ratio is 6.72%.

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.