Aercap Holdings N.V. $AER Shares Bought by First Horizon Advisors Inc.

First Horizon Advisors Inc. grew its position in Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) by 92.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,646 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 789 shares during the quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Aercap were worth $193,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. American Century Companies Inc. grew its position in shares of Aercap by 6.5% during the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 129,341 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $13,215,000 after acquiring an additional 7,896 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in Aercap by 1.4% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 452,376 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $46,219,000 after purchasing an additional 6,073 shares during the period. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI grew its position in Aercap by 24.8% in the 1st quarter. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI now owns 129,682 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $13,250,000 after purchasing an additional 25,780 shares during the last quarter. Corton Capital Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Aercap in the second quarter valued at approximately $415,000. Finally, Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. increased its stake in shares of Aercap by 162.9% in the second quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. now owns 8,238 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $964,000 after purchasing an additional 5,104 shares during the period. 96.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on AER shares. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on Aercap from $111.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Susquehanna boosted their price target on Aercap from $130.00 to $134.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Zacks Research raised Aercap from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 16th. Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Aercap in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, TD Cowen increased their target price on shares of Aercap from $135.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Aercap has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $133.00.

Aercap Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of AER stock opened at $132.91 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $123.58 and a 200 day simple moving average of $116.82. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.30, a P/E/G ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 1.40. Aercap Holdings N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $85.57 and a fifty-two week high of $135.01. The company has a quick ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.57.

Aercap (NYSE:AER) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The financial services provider reported $4.97 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.16 by $1.81. Aercap had a net margin of 45.41% and a return on equity of 15.31%. The company had revenue of $2.31 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.41 EPS. Aercap’s revenue was up 18.5% on a year-over-year basis. Aercap has set its FY 2025 guidance at 13.700-13.700 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Aercap Holdings N.V. will post 11.29 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Aercap Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 4th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 12th will be issued a dividend of $0.27 per share. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 12th. Aercap’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 5.12%.

Aercap Profile

AerCap Holdings N.V. engages in the lease, financing, sale, and management of commercial flight equipment in China, Hong Kong, Macau, the United States, Ireland, and internationally. The company offers aircraft asset management services, such as remarketing aircraft and engines; collecting rental and maintenance rent payments, monitoring aircraft maintenance, monitoring and enforcing contract compliance, and accepting delivery and redelivery of aircraft and engines; and conducting ongoing lessee financial performance reviews.