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Aercap (AER) Competitors

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$108.48 +1.23 (+1.15%)
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AER vs. BKNG, AL, AMP, DAL, EQH, HLT, ITT, PRU, SF, and TNL

Should you be buying Aercap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aercap include Booking (BKNG), Air Lease (AL), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Equitable (EQH), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), ITT (ITT), Prudential Financial (PRU), Stifel Financial (SF), and Travel + Leisure (TNL).

Aercap vs. Its Competitors

Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) and Aercap (NYSE:AER) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Booking pays an annual dividend of $38.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Aercap pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Booking pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aercap pays out 6.7% 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. Booking has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Aercap has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Aercap is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Booking presently has a consensus target price of $5,781.04, indicating a potential upside of 7.33%. Aercap has a consensus target price of $122.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.46%. Given Aercap's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aercap is more favorable than Booking.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Booking
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Aercap
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

92.4% of Booking shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Aercap shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Booking shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Aercap shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Booking had 106 more articles in the media than Aercap. MarketBeat recorded 129 mentions for Booking and 23 mentions for Aercap. Aercap's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Booking's score of 0.91 indicating that Aercap is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Booking
52 Very Positive mention(s)
16 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aercap
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Booking has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aercap has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Booking$25.03B6.98$5.88B$143.7937.46
Aercap$8.00B2.53$2.10B$16.086.75

Aercap has a net margin of 36.93% compared to Booking's net margin of 19.23%. Aercap's return on equity of 13.13% beat Booking's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Booking19.23% -134.19% 24.16%
Aercap 36.93%13.13%3.11%

Summary

Booking and Aercap tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AER and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AER vs. The Competition

MetricAercapTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.03B$6.68B$7.12B$20.63B
Dividend Yield1.01%1.95%706.15%3.67%
P/E Ratio6.7524.1412.8829.01
Price / Sales2.535.96525.1165.92
Price / Cash3.906.217.6622.82
Price / Book1.131.792.064.43
Net Income$2.10B$360.72M$574.24M$993.74M
7 Day Performance-3.29%-8.09%-5.26%-3.39%
1 Month Performance-5.68%-6.95%-2.21%-2.10%
1 Year Performance25.25%27.74%-2.73%10.09%

Aercap Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AER
Aercap
3.6953 of 5 stars
$108.48
+1.1%
$122.00
+12.5%
+17.9%$20.03B$8.00B6.75740News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
BKNG
Booking
4.1974 of 5 stars
$5,678.75
+0.8%
$5,481.78
-3.5%
+47.0%$183.28B$23.74B29.3124,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AL
Air Lease
4.7407 of 5 stars
$57.38
-1.2%
$59.29
+3.3%
+13.8%$6.49B$2.73B11.73150Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.527 of 5 stars
$518.10
-0.6%
$533.86
+3.0%
+19.9%$49.62B$17.26B14.1613,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.9079 of 5 stars
$55.62
+1.4%
$66.21
+19.0%
+23.3%$35.82B$61.64B9.28100,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
EQH
Equitable
4.8534 of 5 stars
$52.30
-0.6%
$65.30
+24.9%
+19.2%$15.88B$12.44B8.958,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.0939 of 5 stars
$270.51
-1.1%
$258.56
-4.4%
+25.0%$64.36B$11.17B36.01181,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.2121 of 5 stars
$162.38
+0.5%
$173.25
+6.7%
+17.8%$12.71B$3.63B27.3711,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.7768 of 5 stars
$103.74
-1.4%
$121.75
+17.4%
-17.9%$37.24B$68.05B8.0238,196Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
SF
Stifel Financial
4.1689 of 5 stars
$111.78
-0.8%
$110.88
-0.8%
+29.1%$11.58B$4.97B19.369,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.7354 of 5 stars
$62.88
-0.5%
$62.30
-0.9%
+32.7%$4.10B$3.86B10.4419,000

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This page (NYSE:AER) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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