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AL vs. WSO, AIT, WCC, BECN, GATX, MSM, RUSHA, HEES, DXPE, and MRC

Should you be buying Air Lease stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Lease include Watsco (WSO), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), WESCO International (WCC), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), GATX (GATX), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), and MRC Global (MRC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.

Air Lease vs.

Watsco (NYSE:WSO) and Air Lease (NYSE:AL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

In the previous week, Watsco had 14 more articles in the media than Air Lease. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Watsco and 15 mentions for Air Lease. Air Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Watsco's score of 0.84 indicating that Air Lease is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Watsco
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Air Lease
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Watsco pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Air Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Watsco pays out 92.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Air Lease pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Air Lease has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Air Lease received 250 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.31% of users gave Air Lease an outperform vote while only 55.01% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WatscoOutperform Votes
335
55.01%
Underperform Votes
274
44.99%
Air LeaseOutperform Votes
585
73.31%
Underperform Votes
213
26.69%

Air Lease has a net margin of 15.65% compared to Watsco's net margin of 7.04%. Watsco's return on equity of 17.59% beat Air Lease's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Watsco7.04% 17.59% 12.09%
Air Lease 15.65%8.01%1.89%

89.7% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Air Lease shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of Watsco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Air Lease shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Watsco$7.58B2.51$536.34M$13.0136.16
Air Lease$2.81B2.31$427.70M$5.7210.15

Watsco has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Lease has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Watsco presently has a consensus price target of $480.83, indicating a potential upside of 2.22%. Air Lease has a consensus price target of $57.43, indicating a potential downside of 1.05%. Given Watsco's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Watsco is more favorable than Air Lease.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Watsco
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Air Lease
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Watsco beats Air Lease on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AL vs. The Competition

MetricAir LeaseEquipment rental & leasing IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.39B$6.77B$285.17B$19.70B
Dividend Yield1.53%2.09%3.78%3.84%
P/E Ratio17.439.7214.0535.13
Price / Sales2.311.44276.5834.12
Price / Cash2.804.5611.5417.51
Price / Book0.862.381.954.78
Net Income$427.70M$538.89M$512.32M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.50%1.20%-0.40%1.62%
1 Month Performance39.99%17.10%12.98%13.00%
1 Year Performance18.98%-3.12%-9.11%5.59%

Air Lease Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AL
Air Lease
4.3947 of 5 stars
$56.65
-2.5%
$57.43
+1.4%
+18.6%$6.34B$2.81B17.03150Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
WSO
Watsco
3.4183 of 5 stars
$484.20
+1.7%
$480.83
-0.7%
-2.6%$19.56B$7.58B36.547,280Analyst Revision
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7414 of 5 stars
$233.74
+6.0%
$285.00
+21.9%
+13.9%$8.90B$4.50B23.686,100News Coverage
Positive News
WCC
WESCO International
4.5437 of 5 stars
$171.80
+6.1%
$216.57
+26.1%
-8.6%$8.38B$21.81B13.1420,000Gap Up
BECN
Beacon Roofing Supply
3.1189 of 5 stars
$124.17
flat
$124.78
+0.5%
N/A$7.67B$9.76B21.237,480Analyst Forecast
GATX
GATX
2.2615 of 5 stars
$148.85
+2.0%
$167.67
+12.6%
+6.6%$5.31B$1.63B19.161,900Positive News
MSM
MSC Industrial Direct
3.9308 of 5 stars
$78.83
+3.4%
$82.20
+4.3%
-12.3%$4.39B$3.75B18.816,990Positive News
Gap Up
RUSHA
Rush Enterprises
4.7005 of 5 stars
$50.74
+5.2%
$61.00
+20.2%
+13.1%$4.02B$7.78B13.608,040Positive News
Insider Trade
HEES
H&E Equipment Services
4.013 of 5 stars
$94.85
+3.1%
$71.33
-24.8%
+97.5%$3.48B$1.46B24.072,380Positive News
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
3.7371 of 5 stars
$87.18
+2.9%
$95.00
+9.0%
+72.5%$1.37B$1.87B22.472,490Gap Up
MRC
MRC Global
3.6796 of 5 stars
$13.05
+6.6%
$15.00
+14.9%
-7.0%$1.12B$2.95B15.002,800Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AL) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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