Key Facts About AerCap – A Comprehensive Overview

By Chris Stiles • Thursday, August 21 15:31 • Permanent Link

We're taking a closer look at AerCap today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 1.4% compared to -0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:

AerCap Holdings N.V. engages in the lease, financing, sale, and management of commercial flight equipment in the United States, China, and internationally.
AerCap has moved 23.2% over the last year compared to 14.8% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 8.4%
AER has an average analyst rating of buy and is -11.08% away from its mean target price of $132.0 per share
Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $16.01
AerCap has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.3 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 9.6
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.14 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
AerCap has on average reported free cash flows of $326.61 Million over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 37.8%

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