Unveiling the Key Fundamentals of AerCap Holdings (AER)

By Ken Smith • Wednesday, July 30 15:22 • Permanent Link

One of the losers of today's trading session was AerCap. Shares of the Commercial services company plunged -4.0%, and some investors may be wondering if its price of $108.17 would make a good entry point. Here's what you should know if you are considering this investment:

AerCap has moved 19.9% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.4%
AER has an average analyst rating of buy and is -15.82% away from its mean target price of $128.5 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $11.25
AerCap has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.6 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $12.24 and its forward P/E ratio is 8.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.11 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
AerCap is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.93 and an average P/B of 2.93
AER has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 15.2% and gross profit margins of 0.6%
The company has a free cash flow of $-1889907072, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
AerCap Holdings N.V. engages in the lease, financing, sale, and management of commercial flight equipment in the United States, China, and internationally. The company engages in aircraft asset management services, such as remarketing aircraft and engines for lease or sale; collecting rental and supplemental maintenance rent payments, monitoring aircraft maintenance, monitoring and enforcing contract compliance, and accepting delivery and redelivery of aircraft and engines; conducting ongoing lessee financial performance reviews. Its aircraft asset management services also include periodically inspecting the leased aircraft and engines; coordinating technical modifications to aircraft to meet new lessee requirements; conducting restructuring negotiations in connection with lease defaults; repossessing aircraft and engines; arranging and monitoring insurance coverage; registering and de-registering aircraft; arranging for aircraft and engine valuations; and providing market research services. In addition, the company provides cash management services, including treasury services, such as the financing, refinancing, hedging, and ongoing cash management of vehicles; and administrative services comprising accounting, and corporate secretarial services consisting of the preparation of budgets and financial statements. Further, it offers airframe and engine parts and supply chain solutions to airlines; maintenance, repair, and overhaul service providers; and aircraft parts distributors. The company has a portfolio of owned, managed, or on order aircraft, consisting of 3,525 aircraft, engines, and helicopters. AerCap Holdings N.V. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

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