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Delisted: April 8, 2026

Air Lease Corporation

Rental & Leasing Services · Industrials

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Air Lease Corporation buys commercial aircraft and leases them to airlines around the world. Its customers are passenger and cargo airlines that prefer to rent planes rather than buy them outright — this saves airlines from spending billions upfront on new jets. Air Lease works with manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus to order planes in bulk, then places those aircraft with carriers across more than 50 countries.

The company makes money by collecting monthly lease payments from airlines over multi-year contracts, similar to how a landlord collects rent. It operates globally, with a large portion of its fleet placed in Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and its fleet was valued at roughly $25 billion in assets. Its competitive edge comes from its large order book with manufacturers, which gives it access to newer, fuel-efficient aircraft that airlines want. The main risk is that a slowdown in air travel demand — or airline bankruptcies — could reduce lease income and leave planes sitting idle.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+0.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-68.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

6.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~6 months

$554M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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Air Lease Corporation has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin

0.0%

Thin — 0.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

0.0%

Thin — 0.0% operating margin

ROCE

0.0%

Weak — 0.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+7.4%

Steady sales growth (7.4% YoY)

EPS YoY

+24.1%

Earnings growing fast (24.1% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

224%

Turns 224% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

-51.1%

Burning cash (-51.1%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

1.61x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.6x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

9.1x

no trend

Attractive valuation — P/E 9.1

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

-3.6

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.35%

no trend

Small dividend — 1.35% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+2.3%

no trend

Dividend flat

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