AL vs. AER, AMP, AXP, DAL, EQH, ITT, PFG, 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), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), American Express (AXP), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Equitable (EQH), ITT (ITT), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), Stifel Financial (SF), and Travel + Leisure (TNL).
Air Lease vs. Its Competitors
Aercap (NYSE:AER) and Air Lease (NYSE:AL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Aercap had 15 more articles in the media than Air Lease. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Aercap and 8 mentions for Air Lease. Aercap's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Air Lease's score of 0.95 indicating that Aercap is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aercap pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Air Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Aercap pays out 6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Air Lease pays out 10.7% 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Air Lease has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Air Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Aercap currently has a consensus target price of $122.57, suggesting a potential upside of 7.76%. Air Lease has a consensus target price of $59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.02%. Given Aercap's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Aercap is more favorable than Air Lease.
Aercap has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Lease has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.4% of Aercap shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Air Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Aercap shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Air Lease shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
Summary
Aercap beats Air Lease on 15 of the 19 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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This page (NYSE:AL) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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