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Aercap (AER) Competitors

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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

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

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.

In the previous week, Booking had 39 more articles in the media than Aercap. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Booking and 20 mentions for Aercap. Booking's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Aercap's score of 1.05 indicating that Booking is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aercap
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Booking
46 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$8.00B2.89$2.10B$16.087.70
Booking$25.03B7.07$5.88B$143.7937.99

Aercap currently has a consensus target price of $122.57, suggesting a potential downside of 0.97%. Booking has a consensus target price of $5,808.81, suggesting a potential upside of 6.34%. 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

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

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%

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

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$23.13B$7.15B$7.18B$21.52B
Dividend Yield0.89%1.78%940.02%3.53%
P/E Ratio7.7026.2013.7029.72
Price / Sales2.896.76472.1352.02
Price / Cash4.426.417.8924.51
Price / Book1.352.062.224.59
Net Income$2.10B$360.72M$559.66M$999.91M
7 Day Performance0.21%0.24%1.36%0.80%
1 Month Performance8.83%1.86%4.89%4.80%
1 Year Performance33.78%15.41%11.84%16.06%

Aercap Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AER
Aercap
2.4225 of 5 stars
$123.78
-0.3%
$122.57
-1.0%
+34.8%$23.13B$8.00B7.70740Positive News
Short Interest ↑
BKNG
Booking
4.5745 of 5 stars
$5,599.05
-0.9%
$5,781.04
+3.3%
+43.6%$181.46B$23.74B38.9424,300Positive News
Insider Trade
AL
Air Lease
4.8534 of 5 stars
$60.13
-0.9%
$59.50
-1.1%
+50.3%$6.73B$2.73B7.30150
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.5204 of 5 stars
$515.46
-0.2%
$534.71
+3.7%
+14.9%$48.53B$17.26B16.0413,600Positive News
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.6063 of 5 stars
$61.84
-0.2%
$66.21
+7.1%
+36.6%$40.34B$61.64B8.96100,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQH
Equitable
4.3334 of 5 stars
$53.27
+0.1%
$64.90
+21.8%
+38.0%$15.95B$12.44B42.968,000Positive News
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.2835 of 5 stars
$275.88
-0.2%
$264.40
-4.2%
+31.6%$64.93B$11.17B42.38181,000Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.5084 of 5 stars
$170.10
-1.5%
$179.22
+5.4%
+35.3%$13.28B$3.63B26.7511,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.868 of 5 stars
$109.78
+1.0%
$122.08
+11.2%
-6.7%$38.60B$68.05B24.3438,196Positive News
SF
Stifel Financial
4.4105 of 5 stars
$115.37
-0.9%
$115.78
+0.3%
+38.9%$11.78B$4.97B22.369,000Positive News
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.8386 of 5 stars
$63.23
+0.9%
$62.30
-1.5%
+51.5%$4.10B$3.86B10.9019,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AER) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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