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Aercap (AER) Competitors

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AER vs. BKNG, AL, AMG, AMP, DAL, EQH, 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), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Equitable (EQH), ITT (ITT), Prudential Financial (PRU), Stifel Financial (SF), and Travel + Leisure (TNL).

Aercap vs. Its Competitors

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

Aercap has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booking has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Aercap currently has a consensus target price of $122.57, indicating a potential upside of 2.02%. Booking has a consensus target price of $5,808.81, indicating a potential upside of 6.69%. Given Booking's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Booking is more favorable than Aercap.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aercap
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Booking
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Aercap pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Booking pays an annual dividend of $38.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Aercap pays out 6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Booking pays out 26.7% 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. Aercap has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Booking has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Aercap is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

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
Aercap$8.00B2.81$2.10B$16.087.47
Booking$23.74B7.43$5.88B$143.7937.86

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
Aercap36.93% 13.13% 3.11%
Booking 19.23%-134.19%24.16%

In the previous week, Booking had 36 more articles in the media than Aercap. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Booking and 16 mentions for Aercap. Booking's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Aercap's score of 0.72 indicating that Booking is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aercap
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Booking
40 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Booking beats Aercap on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$22.44B$7.25B$7.13B$21.55B
Dividend Yield0.89%1.79%940.00%3.50%
P/E Ratio7.4726.0613.5529.98
Price / Sales2.817.99526.3679.17
Price / Cash4.406.378.0224.62
Price / Book1.312.242.464.59
Net Income$2.10B$360.72M$556.72M$999.97M
7 Day Performance-1.69%6.63%4.43%0.89%
1 Month Performance4.41%8.75%8.09%5.35%
1 Year Performance22.25%9.38%7.00%14.33%

Aercap Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AER
Aercap
2.2268 of 5 stars
$120.15
-0.9%
$122.57
+2.0%
+28.8%$22.44B$8.00B7.47740Short Interest ↑
BKNG
Booking
4.5231 of 5 stars
$5,569.70
+1.2%
$5,808.81
+4.3%
+35.1%$178.44B$23.74B38.7324,300Positive News
Insider Trade
AL
Air Lease
4.9031 of 5 stars
$63.68
0.0%
$60.29
-5.3%
+42.9%$7.12B$2.73B7.73150Positive News
Insider Trade
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
4.5894 of 5 stars
$231.35
+0.5%
$242.40
+4.8%
+39.0%$6.54B$2.04B16.894,100
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.7989 of 5 stars
$492.36
+0.6%
$534.71
+8.6%
+8.9%$46.13B$17.26B15.3213,600Positive News
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.656 of 5 stars
$61.74
+0.9%
$66.21
+7.2%
+26.8%$39.95B$61.64B8.95100,000
EQH
Equitable
4.3515 of 5 stars
$53.16
-0.4%
$64.90
+22.1%
+31.6%$15.99B$12.44B42.878,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
ITT
ITT
4.4124 of 5 stars
$173.12
+1.3%
$182.78
+5.6%
+31.9%$13.33B$3.63B27.2211,700Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.8249 of 5 stars
$105.88
+0.2%
$122.08
+15.3%
-13.0%$37.21B$68.05B23.4838,196Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SF
Stifel Financial
4.4005 of 5 stars
$112.85
+0.2%
$115.78
+2.6%
+28.3%$11.50B$4.97B21.879,000Positive News
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.8122 of 5 stars
$62.88
+0.3%
$62.30
-0.9%
+44.1%$4.07B$3.86B10.8419,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AER) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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