NYSE:AYR - Aircastle Stock Price, Forecast & News

Aircastle trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AYR."

Aircastle announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.99%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. This is an increase from Aircastle's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. View Aircastle's Dividend History.

Aircastle announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, May 21st 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 6.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Aircastle Limited (NYSE:AYR) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The transportation company reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.01. The transportation company earned $236.87 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $225.72 million. Aircastle had a net margin of 21.97% and a return on equity of 10.52%. View Aircastle's Earnings History.

Aircastle is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 11th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Aircastle.

4 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Aircastle's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate Aircastle's stock price to reach $24.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 25.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Aircastle.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aircastle in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Aircastle.

News headlines about AYR stock have trended somewhat negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Aircastle earned a media sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Aircastle.

Aircastle saw a decline in short interest in the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 422,400 shares, a decline of 13.7% from the November 14th total of 489,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 589,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Aircastle's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Aircastle investors own include AT&T (T), Education Realty Trust (EDR), AbbVie (ABBV), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Verizon Communications (VZ), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Bank of America (BAC), Ford Motor (F) and New Residential Investment (NRZ).

Aircastle's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (2.64%), River Road Asset Management LLC (2.03%), State Street Corp (1.66%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.95%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.72%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.41%). Company insiders that own Aircastle stock include Hart Kevin, Michael Kriedberg, Ronald Merriman and Teachers Pension Plan Ontario. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Aircastle.

AYR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, River Road Asset Management LLC, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Zebra Capital Management LLC, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Comerica Bank and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. Company insiders that have sold Aircastle company stock in the last year include Michael Kriedberg and Ronald Merriman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Aircastle.

AYR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundry Partners LLC, West Branch Capital LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Raymond James Trust N.A. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Aircastle.

Shares of AYR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AYR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.06.

Aircastle has a market capitalization of $2.39 billion and generates $890.35 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $247.91 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.17 on an earnings per share basis. Aircastle employs 109 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Aircastle.

The official website for Aircastle is http://www.aircastle.com/.

Aircastle's mailing address is 201 Tresser Boulevard Suite 400, STAMFORD CT, 06901. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 203-504-1020 or via email at [email protected]