Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) is Check Capital Management Inc. CA’s 5th Largest Position

Check Capital Management Inc. CA lowered its stake in Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) by 1.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 853,261 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 9,541 shares during the period. Aercap makes up approximately 2.5% of Check Capital Management Inc. CA’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest position. Check Capital Management Inc. CA owned 0.46% of Aercap worth $87,178,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Mather Group LLC. grew its position in Aercap by 230.1% in the first quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 307 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 214 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in Aercap by 9.8% in the first quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 10,996 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,123,000 after purchasing an additional 978 shares during the last quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in Aercap by 11.3% in the fourth quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 18,664 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,786,000 after purchasing an additional 1,900 shares during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. lifted its stake in Aercap by 473.2% in the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 1,473 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $150,000 after purchasing an additional 1,216 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lyrical Asset Management LP lifted its stake in Aercap by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Lyrical Asset Management LP now owns 3,097,840 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $296,463,000 after purchasing an additional 38,264 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.42% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have issued reports on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Aercap from $112.00 to $114.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Susquehanna raised their price objective on shares of Aercap from $120.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 13th. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Aercap from $115.00 to $131.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of Aercap from $101.00 to $111.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $121.25.

Aercap Stock Performance

Aercap stock opened at $114.38 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $114.12 and a 200-day moving average price of $103.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.69, a quick ratio of 0.21 and a current ratio of 0.21. Aercap Holdings N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $82.21 and a fifty-two week high of $118.07. The company has a market capitalization of $21.36 billion, a PE ratio of 10.15, a P/E/G ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 1.38.

Aercap (NYSE:AER) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The financial services provider reported $3.68 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.69 by $0.99. The company had revenue of $2.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.01 billion. Aercap had a net margin of 26.53% and a return on equity of 13.84%. Aercap’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.29 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Aercap Holdings N.V. will post 11.29 earnings per share for the current year.

Aercap Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 5th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 14th were paid a $0.27 dividend. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.94%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 14th. Aercap’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 9.58%.

About Aercap

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.