NYSE:AYR - Aircastle Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Aircastle declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 10th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.98%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View Aircastle's Dividend History.

Aircastle declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program 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 reacquire up to 6.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Aircastle Limited (NYSE:AYR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The transportation company reported $0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.26. The transportation company had revenue of $243.73 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Aircastle.

3 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Aircastle's shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate Aircastle's share price to reach $25.33 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 21.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Aircastle.

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

Press coverage about AYR stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Aircastle earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news 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 increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 664,900 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the January 15th total of 614,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 649,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's shares are short sold. 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), AbbVie (ABBV), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Education Realty Trust (EDR), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Altria Group (MO), Pfizer (PFE) and Gilead Sciences (GILD).

Aircastle's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (3.89%), ARP Americas LP (3.18%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (2.02%), State Street Corp (1.70%), Advisors Asset Management Inc. (1.04%) and Water Island Capital LLC (1.03%). 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 Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Raymond James & Associates, LSV Asset Management, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Advisors Capital Management LLC, Foundry Partners LLC, Prudential Financial Inc. and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 ARP Americas LP, Water Island Capital LLC, UBS Group AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Vivaldi Asset Management LLC, Kellner Capital LLC and CNH Partners 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AYR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.19.

Aircastle has a market capitalization of $2.42 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.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]