NYSE:AYRAircastle Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Aircastle Limited (NYSE:AYR) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 13th. The transportation company reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.26. The transportation company earned $243.73 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $226.37 million. Aircastle had a return on equity of 7.71% and a net margin of 17.06%. View Aircastle's earnings history.

Aircastle announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, March 6th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.00%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View Aircastle's dividend history.

Aircastle announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Tuesday, May 21st 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 6.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

4 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Aircastle's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate Aircastle's share price to reach $30.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.3%. View analysts' price targets for Aircastle.

Media stories about AYR stock have trended positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Aircastle earned a media sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Aircastle.

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

One share of AYR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.01.

Aircastle has a market capitalization of $2.40 billion and generates $917.94 million in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $156.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.06 on an earnings per share basis. Aircastle employs 109 workers across the globe.

The official website for Aircastle is 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]