Shares of Air Lease Co. (NYSE:AL – Get Free Report) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the five research firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $53.80.
AL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. TD Cowen dropped their price target on Air Lease from $59.00 to $56.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, May 7th. Barclays increased their price target on Air Lease from $48.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 16th. Finally, StockNews.com cut Air Lease from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, March 29th.
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Air Lease Price Performance
AL opened at $46.85 on Wednesday. Air Lease has a 12-month low of $33.33 and a 12-month high of $52.31. The company has a current ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 0.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.69. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $48.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $45.41. The company has a market capitalization of $5.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.45, a PEG ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.59.
Air Lease (NYSE:AL – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 6th. The transportation company reported $0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.94 by ($0.07). Air Lease had a return on equity of 9.00% and a net margin of 21.89%. The firm had revenue of $663.31 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $677.26 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.06 EPS. Air Lease’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Air Lease will post 6.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Air Lease Announces Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 8th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 4th. Air Lease’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 16.94%.
About Air Lease
Air Lease Corporation, an aircraft leasing company, engages in the purchase and leasing of commercial jet aircraft to airlines worldwide. It sells aircraft from its fleet to third parties, including other leasing companies, financial services companies, airlines, and other investors. The company provides fleet management services to investors and owners of aircraft portfolios.
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