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Figures in U.S. Dollars
Air Lease Corporation is an aircraft leasing company. The Company is principally Ticker:
engaged in purchasing new commercial jet transport aircraft directly from aircraft AL
manufacturers, such as The Boeing Company (Boeing) and Airbus S.A.S. (Airbus),
and leasing those aircraft to airlines across the world. Along with its leasing 2017 Sales:
activities, the Company sells aircraft from its operating lease portfolio to third
1,516,380,000
parties, including other leasing companies, financial services companies and airlines.
The Company also provides fleet management services to investors and owners of
aircraft portfolios for a management fee. The Company provides aircraft to airline Major Industry:
customers in various markets, such as Asia, the Pacific Rim, Latin America, the Electronics
Middle East, Europe, Africa and North America. As of December 31, 2016, the
Company had 237 owned aircraft and 30 aircraft in its managed fleet portfolio. Sub Industry:
Stock Chart Officers Miscellaneous Electronics
Chairman
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Country:
United States
President & Chief Executive
John L. Plueger Currency:
U.S. Dollars
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
Fiscal Year Ends:
Gregory B. Willis
December
Treasurer
Daniel Verwholt Employees
87
Exchanges:
NYSE
Share Type:
Ordinary
Address
2000 Avenue Of The Stars Ste 1000n Phone
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA 90067-4734 +1 310 553-0555
UNITED STATES Home Page
http://www.airleasecorp.com
Company Fundamentals\Comparative Business Analysis
Air Lease Corporation is an aircraft leasing company. The Company is principally engaged in purchasing new
commercial jet transport aircraft directly from aircraft manufacturers, such as The Boeing Company (Boeing) and
Airbus S.A.S. (Airbus), and leasing those aircraft to airlines across the world. Along with its leasing activities, the
Company sells aircraft from its operating lease portfolio to third parties, including other leasing companies,
financial services companies and airlines. The Company also provides fleet management services to investors and
owners of aircraft portfolios for a management fee. The Company provides aircraft to airline customers in various
markets, such as Asia, the Pacific Rim, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and North America. As of
December 31, 2016, the Company had 237 owned aircraft and 30 aircraft in its managed fleet portfolio.
Competitor Analysis
Air Lease Corp operates in the Equipment rental & leasing sector. This analysis compares Air Lease Corp with
three other companies: Exterran Corp (2017 sales of $1.22 billion of which 60% was Oil and Gas Product Sales),
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. ($1.03 billion of which 47% was Equipment Rental), and Uniti Group Inc
($916.03 million of which 75% was Leasing operation).
Sales Analysis
During the first quarter of 2018, sales at Air Lease Corp totalled $381.21 million. This is an increase of 5.8% from
the $360.19 million in sales at the company during the first quarter of 2017. During the previous 26 quarters,
sales at Air Lease Corp have increased compared with the same quarter in the previous year. Sales at Air Lease
Corp appear to have some seasonality: during each of the previous 7 years, sales have been highest during the
fourth quarter, which has accounted for between 26.1% and 34.6% of the annual sales. Air Lease Corp reported
sales of $1.52 billion for the year ending December of 2017. This represents an increase of 6.9% versus 2016,
when the company's sales were $1.42 billion. Sales at Air Lease Corp have increased during each of the previous
five years (and since 2012, sales have increased a total of 135%).
In 2017, sales in Europe were up 12.5% to $450.63 million. Air Lease Corp also experienced significant increases
in sales in United States and Canada (up 9.7% to $76.69 million) and China (up 10.6% to $324.15 million) and the
Middle East and Africa (up 9.9% to $116.80 million) . Although the company's overall sales increased, sales were
not up in all regions of the world: sales in Central America, South America, Mexico were down 8.8% (to $102.21
million) and sales in Pacific, Australia, New Zealand fell 0.8% (to $47.99 million) . Air Lease Corp currently has 87
employees. With sales of $1.52 billion , this equates to sales of US$17,429,655 per employee. This is much higher
than the three comparable companies, which had sales between US$270,065 and US$1,400,661 per employee.
Note that some of the figures stated herein could be distorted based on exact classification of employees and
subcontractors.
For the 52 weeks ending 6/22/2018, the stock of this company was up 16.4% to $42.57. During the past 13
weeks, the stock has increased 2.2%. During the 12 months ending 3/31/2018, earnings per share totalled $3.88
per share. Thus, the Price / Earnings ratio is 10.97. These 12 month earnings are greater than the earnings per
share achieved during the calendar year ending last December, when the company reported earnings of 3.65 per
share. Earnings per share rose 6.3% in 2017 from 2016. This company is currently trading at 2.92 times sales.
The three companies vary greatly in terms of price to sales ratio: trading from 0.78 times all the way up to 4.36
times their annual sales. Air Lease Corp is trading at 1.05 times book value.
Dividend Analysis
During the 12 months ending 3/31/2018, Air Lease Corp paid dividends totalling $0.38 per share. Since the stock
is currently trading at $42.57, this implies a dividend yield of 0.9%. During the quarter ended 3/31/2018, the
company paid dividends of $0.10 per share. The company has paid a dividend for 5 straight years. Air Lease Corp
has increased its dividend during each of the past 4 calendar years (in 2013, the dividends were $0.11 per
share). During the same 12 month period ended 3/31/2018, the Company reported earnings of $3.88 per share.
Thus, the company paid 9.8% of its profits as dividends. Since the company is paying less than 10% of its
earnings out in dividends, it is likely that this company believes that it has significant growth prospects, and has
decided to pay only a modest dividend.
Profitability Analysis
The company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amorization (EBITDA) were $1.41 billion, or
92.7% of sales. This EBITDA to sales ratio is roughly on par with what the company achieved in 2016, when the
EBITDA ratio was 93.0% of sales. The three comparable companies had EBITDA margins that were all less
(between 14.1% and 79.7%) than that achieved by Air Lease Corp. In 2017, earnings before extraordinary items
at Air Lease Corp were $402.03 million, or 26.5% of sales. This profit margin is an improvement over the level the
company achieved in 2016, when the profit margin was 26.4% of sales. The company's return on equity in 2017
was 11.9%. This was a decline in performance from the 12.4% return that the company achieved in 2016.
(Extraordinary items have been excluded). During the first quarter of 2018, Air Lease Corp reported earnings per
share of $1.00. This is an increase of 29% versus the first quarter of 2017, when the company reported earnings
of $0.78 per share.
Financial Position
At the end of 2017, Air Lease Corp had negative working capital, as current liabilities were $2.83 billion while
total current assets were only $308.28 million. The fact that the company has negative working capital could
indicate that the company will have problems in expanding. However, negative working capital in and of itself is
not necessarily bad, and could indicate that the company is very efficient at turning over inventory, or that the
company has large financial subsidiaries. As of December 2017, the company's long term debt was $8.14 billion
and total liabilities (i.e., all monies owed) were $11.49 billion. The long term debt to equity ratio of the company
is 1.97.
Financial Positions
LT Debt/
Company Year Equity
Air Lease Corp 2017 1.97
Exterran Corp 2017 0.66
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. 2017 4.36
Uniti Group Inc 2017 N/A
Company Fundamentals\Summary Analysis
2011 23.71 40.2 n/c 0.0% 2.9% 2.9% n/a 0.59 n/c 0.0% 0.00
2012 21.50 16.8 1.0 0.0% 5.9% 5.9% 21.61 1.28 116.9% 0.0% 0.00
2013 31.08 17.8 1.3 0.3% 7.1% 7.6% 23.04 1.75 36.5% 6.0% 0.11
2014 34.31 14.4 1.4 0.4% 9.1% 9.6% 24.78 2.38 36.0% 5.5% 0.13
2015 33.48 14.3 1.2 0.5% 8.0% 8.7% 27.07 2.34 -1.4% 7.3% 0.17
2016 34.33 10.0 1.2 0.7% 10.9% 11.7% 29.44 3.44 46.7% 6.5% 0.23
2017 48.09 13.2 1.5 0.7% 10.1% 11.1% 32.89 3.65 6.3% 8.9% 0.33
6/22/2018 42.57 11.0 1.0 0.9% n/a n/a 39.83 3.88 n/c 9.8% 0.38
Company Fundamentals\Sales Analysis
SALES ANALYSIS: Air Lease Corp
Figures in thousands of U.S. Dollars
Earnings before
Interest, After Tax Income
Taxes, before
Depreciation, and Extraordinary
Cost of Amortization Charges and
Sales Goods Sold (EBITDA) Credits Employees
After Tax
Amount Year-to- Amount Amount Amount Sales Income
in year in % of in % of in % of Per Per
Year thousands Growth thousands Sales thousands Sales thousands Sales Number Employee Employee
- -
2010 58,366 n/c n/a 0.0% 10,090 17.3% -52,040 34 1,716,647
89.2% 1,530,588
2011 332,719 470.1% n/a 0.0% 249,491 75.0% 53,232 16.0% 47 7,079,128 1,132,596
2012 645,853 94.1% n/a 0.0% 567,605 87.9% 131,919 20.4% 52 12,420,250 2,536,904
2013 858,675 33.0% n/a 0.0% 765,849 89.2% 190,411 22.2% 63 13,629,762 3,022,397
2014 1,050,493 22.3% n/a 0.0% 952,023 90.6% 255,998 24.4% 65 16,161,431 3,938,431
2015 1,222,840 16.4% n/a 0.0% 1,056,857 86.4% 253,391 20.7% 74 16,524,865 3,424,203
2016 1,419,055 16.0% n/a 0.0% 1,319,121 93.0% 374,925 26.4% 76 18,671,776 4,933,224
2017 1,516,380 6.9% n/a 0.0% 1,405,253 92.7% 402,025 26.5% 87 17,429,655 4,620,977
Company Fundamentals\Price Analysis
The following pages are comprised of seven reports which contain averages for the companies in the
Commercial Services & Supplies (Global) sector. The primary source of the data contained in these reports is
the Worldscope® Database. The “averages” reports are compiled from the fundamental data compiled on the
companies which make up this industry.
● Sales Analysis
● Income Statement
● Balance Sheet
● Sources of Capital
● Leverage Analysis Ratios
● Per Share Data Ratios
● Profitability Analysis Ratios
The Wright Industry Averages Reports are compiled on a fiscal year basis. Companies ending their fiscal year
in January are grouped with the prior year’s reports. The values for 2012 for example are contributed by
those companies that ended their fiscal year after 31 January 2012 and prior to 1 February 2013. The values
shown for all reports are presented in U.S. dollars.
All companies in the industry with more than $1 million (U.S.) in net sales were included. Currency items in
the financial statements were converted to U.S. dollars using an average exchange rate for each fiscal year. A
sum (aggregate value) was computed for all financial statement items by totaling the values reported by each
company in the industry sector. Industry Average report values were computed by dividing the aggregate
value by the number of companies reporting.
Per share ratios were computed by using in the numerator a specific value that represents the aggregate sum
for all companies in the industry divided by the aggregate value of the average number of appropriate
common shares for each company.
Most companies in the industry reported Operating Income along with the major components that go into the
calculation of Operating Income. For the minority of companies that did not report all underlying cost
components those components were derived, where possible, utilizing the reported items. For example, if
Cost of Goods Sold was not reported it was derived on a company-specific basis from the other reported
items (i.e. Sales, Gross Income and Depreciation, Depletion & Amortization). The derived value was then
included in the calculation of the industry average.
Industry Financial Statement AnalysesIndustry Financial Statement Analyses\Summary Analysis
Summary Analysis: Commercial Services & Supplies Industry Averages
(Global)
Figures are expressed on a Per Share Basis in U.S. Dollars.
Fiscal Year 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Market Prices
Sales (in millions of US$) 673.7 571.1 561.7 598.3 629.8 663.9
Percent Change 18.0% 1.7% -6.1% -5.0% -5.1% 1.8%
Sales per Share 2.15 2.05 2.20 2.51 2.85 3.18
Percent Change 4.9% -6.6% -12.5% -12.0% -10.3% -4.2%
Industry Financial Statement Analyses\Sales Analysis
Sales Analysis: Commercial Services & Supplies Industry Averages
(Global)
Figures are expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars. Values per Employee are in U.S. Dollars.
Fiscal Year 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Sales 673,695 571,091 561,729 598,285 629,800 663,927
Percent Change 18.0% 1.7% -6.1% -5.0% -5.1% 1.8%
Cost of Goods Sold 459,325 389,191 385,764 414,018 441,071 463,986
Percent of Sales 68.2% 68.1% 68.7% 69.2% 70.0% 69.9%
Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation
82,691 70,054 66,751 73,225 72,295 74,825
& Amortization (EBITDA)
Percent of Sales 12.3% 12.3% 11.9% 12.2% 11.5% 11.3%
Net Income after Preferred Dividends -
28,986 25,507 22,241 27,718 25,622 23,982
available to Common
Percent of Sales 4.3% 4.5% 4.0% 4.6% 4.1% 3.6%
Employees 6,790 6,266 6,011 5,572 5,474 5,754
Sales per Employee 99,225 91,137 93,449 107,381 115,053 115,391
Net Income per Employee 4,269 4,070 3,700 4,975 4,681 4,168
Industry Financial Statement Analyses\Income Statement
Income Statement - (Actual Values): Commercial Services & Supplies Industry
Averages (Global)
All figures in millions of U.S. Dollars.
Fiscal Year 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Net Sales or Revenues 673.7 571.1 561.7 598.3 629.8 663.9
Total Liabilities & Shareholders' Equity 955.7 797.3 746.5 773.8 765.1 778.5
Accounts Payable 74.8 62.3 59.8 63.0 62.6 61.5
Short Term Debt & Current Portion of Long Term Debt 98.0 82.3 71.5 74.5 78.5 82.1
Accrued Payroll 19.8 16.6 15.4 16.5 14.9 13.4
Income Taxes Payable 9.5 7.8 7.4 5.9 6.1 6.1
Dividends Payable 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3
Other Current Liabilities 90.8 77.2 75.3 88.1 83.8 90.6
Current Liabilities - Total 258.4 213.3 199.2 214.7 207.5 212.9
Long Term Debt 249.6 211.5 195.2 190.7 179.6 180.5
Long Term Debt Excluding Capitalized Leases 201.0 171.6 157.5 152.7 143.5 145.2
Capitalized Lease Obligations 48.6 40.0 37.8 38.0 36.0 35.3
Provision for Risks and Charges 19.0 16.9 16.6 18.5 17.3 21.3
Deferred Income 6.1 5.9 4.9 4.9 4.2 4.0
Deferred Taxes 8.8 6.7 8.5 7.8 7.7 5.8
Deferred Tax Liability in Untaxed Reserves 0.0 0.0
Other Liabilities 31.6 26.8 25.0 25.8 35.9 43.5
Total Liabilities 609.1 514.9 481.2 497.2 490.4 506.7
Non-Equity Reserves 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Minority Interest 26.1 12.0 11.1 11.4 11.7 11.9
Preferred Stock 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.5 2.4 4.1
Preferred Stock Issued for ESOP 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ESOP Guarantees - Preferred Issued 0.0 0.0
Common Equity 318.6 268.3 252.5 263.7 259.1 255.4
Total Liabilities & Shareholders' Equity 955.7 797.3 746.5 773.8 765.1 778.5
Industry Financial Statement Analyses\Sources of Capital
Sources of Capital: Commercial Services & Supplies Industry Averages
(Global)
Currency figures are in millions of U.S. Dollars.
Year to year % changes pertain to reported Balance Sheet values.
Fiscal Year 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Actual Values
Total Capital 596.1 493.9 460.6 467.3 453.1 452.1
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