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AL vs. AER, AXP, DAL, EQH, ITT, IVZ, 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), American Express (AXP), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Equitable (EQH), ITT (ITT), Invesco (IVZ), Principal Financial Group (PFG), 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Air Lease presently has a consensus price target of $59.29, indicating a potential upside of 2.80%. Aercap has a consensus price target of $122.38, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. Given Aercap's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Aercap
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Air Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Aercap pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Air Lease pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aercap pays out 9.6% 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Aercap has increased 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.

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Aercap had 7 more articles in the media than Air Lease. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Aercap and 5 mentions for Air Lease. Air Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Aercap's score of 0.58 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aercap
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Aercap has a net margin of 26.53% compared to Air Lease's net margin of 24.77%. Aercap's return on equity of 13.84% beat Air Lease's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Air Lease24.77% 8.04% 1.91%
Aercap 26.53%13.84%3.26%

Air Lease has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aercap has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% 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$2.81B2.29$427.70M$5.7210.08
Aercap$8.00B2.62$2.10B$11.279.95

Summary

Aercap beats Air Lease on 13 of the 18 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$6.45B$6.97B$7.37B$21.04B
Dividend Yield1.55%1.82%699.51%3.62%
P/E Ratio10.0815.9313.1727.78
Price / Sales2.296.55533.0471.63
Price / Cash3.386.557.9222.61
Price / Book0.852.012.184.67
Net Income$427.70M$360.72M$571.39M$993.85M
7 Day Performance-1.12%0.24%0.93%1.16%
1 Month Performance1.04%4.91%4.90%4.99%
1 Year Performance21.08%36.43%5.88%12.53%

Air Lease Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AL
Air Lease
4.7586 of 5 stars
$57.67
-1.2%
$59.29
+2.8%
+19.8%$6.45B$2.81B10.08150Positive News
AER
Aercap
2.4167 of 5 stars
$115.20
+0.6%
$121.25
+5.3%
+18.4%$21.52B$8.00B10.22740Upcoming Earnings
AXP
American Express
4.4747 of 5 stars
$320.83
+0.4%
$307.68
-4.1%
+25.1%$224.77B$65.95B22.4075,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7895 of 5 stars
$58.17
+2.7%
$66.62
+14.5%
+28.4%$37.98B$61.64B8.43100,000
EQH
Equitable
4.8234 of 5 stars
$53.39
+1.1%
$64.18
+20.2%
+24.8%$16.22B$12.44B14.518,000
ITT
ITT
4.5047 of 5 stars
$158.11
+0.2%
$170.00
+7.5%
+12.8%$12.44B$3.63B25.1411,700Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
IVZ
Invesco
4.6605 of 5 stars
$17.36
-0.4%
$17.52
+0.9%
+27.3%$7.77B$6.07B13.888,500Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.7196 of 5 stars
$80.95
+0.7%
$84.08
+3.9%
-4.8%$18.15B$15.77B12.1219,300
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9113 of 5 stars
$105.54
-0.4%
$121.85
+15.4%
-15.3%$37.36B$60.62B16.7338,196Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
SF
Stifel Financial
4.1537 of 5 stars
$110.33
+2.0%
$110.88
+0.5%
+34.3%$11.33B$5.00B21.109,000
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.8473 of 5 stars
$57.56
+0.5%
$59.20
+2.8%
+25.3%$3.82B$3.86B9.6119,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
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This page (NYSE:AL) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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