Willis Lease Finance (WLFC) Competitors

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WLFC vs. AL, RUSHA, MSM, HEES, DXPE, MRC, BXC, TITN, ACET, and GWW

Should you be buying Willis Lease Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willis Lease Finance include Air Lease (AL), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), MRC Global (MRC), BlueLinx (BXC), Titan Machinery (TITN), Adicet Bio (ACET), and W.W. Grainger (GWW). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.

Willis Lease Finance vs.

Air Lease (NYSE:AL) and Willis Lease Finance (NASDAQ:WLFC) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Air Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Willis Lease Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Air Lease pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Willis Lease Finance pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Air Lease has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Air Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

94.6% of Air Lease shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Willis Lease Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Air Lease shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.0% of Willis Lease Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Air Lease has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willis Lease Finance has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Air Lease has a net margin of 19.58% compared to Willis Lease Finance's net margin of 18.56%. Willis Lease Finance's return on equity of 20.62% beat Air Lease's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Air Lease19.58% 8.92% 2.10%
Willis Lease Finance 18.56%20.62%3.49%

Air Lease has higher revenue and earnings than Willis Lease Finance. Air Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Willis Lease Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Air Lease$2.68B2.06$614.62M$4.3911.33
Willis Lease Finance$418.55M3.08$43.78M$14.1113.84

Air Lease currently has a consensus target price of $57.80, suggesting a potential upside of 16.16%. Given Air Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Air Lease is more favorable than Willis Lease Finance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Air Lease
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Willis Lease Finance
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Air Lease received 416 more outperform votes than Willis Lease Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.43% of users gave Air Lease an outperform vote while only 62.78% of users gave Willis Lease Finance an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Air LeaseOutperform Votes
583
73.43%
Underperform Votes
211
26.57%
Willis Lease FinanceOutperform Votes
167
62.78%
Underperform Votes
99
37.22%

In the previous week, Air Lease had 24 more articles in the media than Willis Lease Finance. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Air Lease and 5 mentions for Willis Lease Finance. Willis Lease Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Air Lease's score of 0.43 indicating that Willis Lease Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Air Lease
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Willis Lease Finance
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Air Lease beats Willis Lease Finance on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WLFC vs. The Competition

MetricWillis Lease FinanceMachinery, equipment, & supplies IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.29B$2.27B$306.77B$9.21B
Dividend Yield0.50%0.53%4.25%3.99%
P/E Ratio13.84300.4516.5119.49
Price / Sales3.081.4162.3277.86
Price / Cash9.1130.9912.7238.90
Price / Book2.832.192.145.08
Net Income$43.78M$74.76M$583.39M$222.54M
7 Day Performance-2.17%-0.05%0.74%2.66%
1 Month Performance-1.38%-4.24%0.40%2.01%
1 Year Performance291.40%27.82%5.88%17.24%

Willis Lease Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
1.9734 of 5 stars
$194.52
-0.7%
N/A+292.5%$1.29B$418.55M13.86240Short Interest ↑
AL
Air Lease
4.9098 of 5 stars
$45.95
-0.2%
$57.60
+25.4%
+20.4%$5.12B$2.68B10.47150Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
RUSHA
Rush Enterprises
4.5216 of 5 stars
$59.67
-3.1%
$69.00
+15.6%
+29.3%$4.72B$7.93B15.838,040Positive News
MSM
MSC Industrial Direct
3.8356 of 5 stars
$80.58
+0.5%
$83.80
+4.0%
-18.0%$4.50B$3.80B19.237,423News Coverage
Positive News
HEES
H&E Equipment Services
3.9664 of 5 stars
$86.81
-0.7%
$69.25
-20.2%
+58.7%$3.18B$1.47B22.032,765Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
1.1997 of 5 stars
$102.39
+2.5%
$75.00
-26.8%
+194.9%$1.61B$1.68B26.391,723
MRC
MRC Global
3.7691 of 5 stars
$12.69
-0.8%
$16.33
+28.7%
+12.5%$1.08B$3.41B14.592,800
BXC
BlueLinx
3.081 of 5 stars
$104.51
+1.6%
$135.67
+29.8%
-14.3%$875.75M$3.14B30.382,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
TITN
Titan Machinery
2.5244 of 5 stars
$19.06
+0.5%
$19.20
+0.8%
-32.0%$440.71M$2.79B14.223,604
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.5059 of 5 stars
$0.91
-6.1%
$7.50
+727.8%
-66.3%$74.66M$24.99M-0.5390
GWW
W.W. Grainger
4.3268 of 5 stars
$1,038.42
+0.5%
$1,148.56
+10.6%
+9.8%$50.57B$17.17B26.8326,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WLFC) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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