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. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 31st will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.29. The transportation company earned $202.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $184.73 million. Aircastle had a return on equity of 9.05% and a net margin of 20.50%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.58 EPS. 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.

9 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Aircastle's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Aircastle's share price to reach $24.4286 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Aircastle.

Aircastle saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,147,405 shares, a drop 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 presently 1.0 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares are sold short.

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News headlines about AYR stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Aircastle earned a media sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the transportation company an impact score of 45.04 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Aircastle's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.64%), BlackRock Inc. (4.06%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (3.06%), River Road Asset Management LLC (2.31%), Citadel Advisors LLC (1.34%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.34%). 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 Northern Trust Corp, Donald Smith & CO. Inc., Foundry Partners LLC, River Road Asset Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., Uniplan Investment Counsel Inc. and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. View Insider Buying and Selling for Aircastle.

AYR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Citadel Advisors LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Bain Capital Credit LP, Advisors Capital Management LLC, Rothschild Asset Management Inc., American Century Companies Inc. and Comerica Bank. 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 $21.09.

Aircastle has a market capitalization of $1.63 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]