NYSE:AYR - Aircastle Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Aircastle announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.44%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 30th. View Aircastle's Dividend History.

Aircastle Limited (NYSE:AYR) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The transportation company reported $0.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.29. The transportation company had revenue of $202.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $184.73 million. Aircastle had a return on equity of 9.05% and a net margin of 20.50%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.58 earnings per share. View Aircastle's Earnings History.

Aircastle is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 14th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Aircastle.

8 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Aircastle's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Aircastle's share price to reach $24.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Aircastle.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Aircastle in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Aircastle saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,147,405 shares, a decrease of 49.1% from the May 15th total of 2,254,779 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,194,474 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Aircastle's Current Options Chain.

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News headlines about AYR stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Aircastle earned a coverage optimism score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the transportation company an impact score of 43.46 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Aircastle's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cambiar Investors LLC (0.31%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.06%), Fox Run Management L.L.C. (0.04%) and FormulaFolio Investments LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Aircastle stock include Joseph Schreiner 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 Bank of Montreal Can and Cambiar Investors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Aircastle.

AYR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fox Run Management L.L.C. and FormulaFolio Investments LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AYR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.57.

Aircastle has a market capitalization of $1.59 billion and generates $796.62 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $147.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.87 on an earnings per share basis. Aircastle employs 111 workers across the globe.

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]