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AL vs. AER, AMG, AMP, AXP, DAL, EQH, ITT, PRU, SF, and TNL

Should you be buying Air Lease stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Lease include Aercap (AER), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), American Express (AXP), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Equitable (EQH), ITT (ITT), Prudential Financial (PRU), Stifel Financial (SF), and Travel + Leisure (TNL).

Air Lease vs. Its Competitors

Air Lease (NYSE:AL) and Aercap (NYSE:AER) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Aercap had 4 more articles in the media than Air Lease. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Aercap and 3 mentions for Air Lease. Air Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Aercap's score of 0.49 indicating that Air Lease is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Air Lease
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Aercap
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

94.6% of Air Lease shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Aercap shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Air Lease shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Aercap shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Air Lease presently has a consensus target price of $60.29, suggesting a potential downside of 5.06%. Aercap has a consensus target price of $122.57, suggesting a potential downside of 0.49%. Given Aercap's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aercap is more favorable than Air Lease.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Air Lease
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Aercap
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Air Lease has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aercap has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Air Lease$2.73B2.60$427.70M$8.247.71
Aercap$7.98B2.88$2.10B$16.087.66

Aercap has a net margin of 36.93% compared to Air Lease's net margin of 34.04%. Aercap's return on equity of 13.13% beat Air Lease's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Air Lease34.04% 7.99% 1.92%
Aercap 36.93%13.13%3.11%

Air Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Aercap pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Air Lease pays out 10.7% 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. Air Lease has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Aercap has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Air Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Aercap beats Air Lease on 14 of the 19 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 AL 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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AL vs. The Competition

MetricAir LeaseTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.10B$7.43B$7.16B$21.60B
Dividend Yield1.39%1.80%949.02%3.53%
P/E Ratio7.7126.1613.8629.51
Price / Sales2.609.07528.6686.77
Price / Cash3.736.917.8624.62
Price / Book0.942.272.474.56
Net Income$427.70M$360.72M$561.52M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.16%1.26%-0.28%-0.17%
1 Month Performance4.75%7.11%6.23%1.84%
1 Year Performance38.68%12.21%5.99%12.17%

Air Lease Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AL
Air Lease
4.8937 of 5 stars
$63.50
-0.2%
$60.29
-5.1%
+38.7%$7.10B$2.73B7.71150Positive News
AER
Aercap
1.9183 of 5 stars
$122.30
+1.7%
$122.57
+0.2%
+29.8%$22.84B$7.98B7.61740
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
4.6168 of 5 stars
$244.58
+0.7%
$242.40
-0.9%
+35.5%$6.95B$2.04B17.854,100Analyst Forecast
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.6802 of 5 stars
$494.72
+1.1%
$534.71
+8.1%
+6.5%$46.64B$17.63B15.3913,600Positive News
AXP
American Express
4.2202 of 5 stars
$341.73
+0.2%
$315.20
-7.8%
+26.2%$237.80B$68.64B23.9875,100Positive News
Dividend Announcement
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.8486 of 5 stars
$58.93
-1.4%
$66.56
+13.0%
+10.9%$38.48B$61.93B8.54100,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
EQH
Equitable
4.4988 of 5 stars
$54.08
-0.3%
$64.55
+19.4%
+24.8%$16.20B$13.64B43.618,000Positive News
Insider Trade
ITT
ITT
4.4198 of 5 stars
$181.50
+0.3%
$188.11
+3.6%
+17.9%$14.16B$3.70B28.5411,700
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.8563 of 5 stars
$102.90
-0.7%
$122.08
+18.6%
-13.6%$36.22B$68.05B22.8238,196Positive News
SF
Stifel Financial
4.0878 of 5 stars
$114.54
-0.4%
$115.78
+1.1%
+22.5%$11.70B$4.97B22.209,000
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.8556 of 5 stars
$60.69
-0.6%
$62.30
+2.7%
+29.7%$3.94B$3.92B10.4619,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AL) was last updated on 9/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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