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AerCap Holdings N.V.

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AerCap Holdings N.V.

AER·NYSE·Trade & Services·CIK 0001378789

AerCap is a global leader in aviation leasing. As of December 31, 2025, the company's portfolio included 3,500 aircraft, engines, and helicopters, which were either owned, on order, or managed. AerCap leases a variety of assets, such as narrowbody and widebody aircraft, regional jets, freighters, engines, and helicopters. The company focuses on acquiring sought-after flight equipment at favorable prices, funding these acquisitions efficiently, and managing interest rate risk. During the year ended December 31, 2025, AerCap completed 705 aviation asset transactions. The company has a history of acquiring and integrating other companies, including Genesis Lease in 2010, International Lease Finance Corporation ("ILFC") in 2014, and GE Capital Aviation Services ("GECAS") in 2021. The acquisitions of ILFC and GECAS were the two largest transactions in aviation leasing history. In aircraft leasing, AerCap serves customers across all major geographical regions. As of December 31, 2025, AerCap owned 1,501 aircraft, managed 148 aircraft, and had 283 new aircraft on order. The average age of its owned passenger aircraft fleet, weighted by net book value, was 7.3 years as of December 31, 2025.

AerCap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER) is a publicly traded company in the Trade & Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 28 items for AER at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-25, rated 7/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 9 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for AER spans 424B5, 6-K, FWP, 4.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • AerCap Finalizes $1.5B Dual-Tranche Senior Notes Offering at 5.500% and 5.875%
  • AerCap Prices $1.5B Senior Notes Offering Across 2030 and 2033 Tranches
  • AerCap Prices $1.5B Dual-Tranche Senior Notes Offering
  • AerCap Board Authorizes New $1B Share Repurchase Program Through June 2027
  • AerCap Beats Q2 Estimates, Lifts 2026 EPS View to ~$16.80, and Declares $0.40 Dividend

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$8.52B
Net Income
$3.75B
Diluted EPS
$21.30
Op. Cash Flow
$5.39B
Cash & Equivalents
$1.38B
Total Debt
$43.57B
Debt / Equity
2.38×
Net Margin
44.0%
Shares Outstanding
166.88M sh
Source: 20-F · filed 2026-02-12 · accession 0001628280-26-007513

Short Interest & Short Volume

2.91 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 3,398,166 shares in AER as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 2.9% increase from the prior period — about 2.9 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 58.1% of AER volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)3,398,166 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 2.9%
Days to cover2.91 at avg daily volume of 1,167,395
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)58.1% of 358,923 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume50.4%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for AER, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-09-25.

2 recent capital raises

$1.5B Dual-Tranche Notes Offering Finalized · Net Proceeds of $1.48B

A filing-implied signal, not a realized share count. How Wiseek tracks dilution →

Insider Transactions

AER files as a Foreign Private Issuer (FPI). Under SEC Exchange Act Section 16(a), officers, directors, and 10% owners of FPIs are exempt from Form 4 insider-transaction reporting requirements. Comparable disclosures, when applicable, appear in the company's Form 20-F (annual) or Form 6-K (interim) filings on SEC EDGAR.

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$144.5 +0.16% today
52-week range · as of 2026-09-25 $118.93 – $158.81
Market cap
$22.29B
Volume
962.1K (0.8× avg)
3-mo avg 1.1M
Live data · 2026-10-04 16:05 UTC · Market closed

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AER
Sep 25, 2026, 4:13 PM EDT
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $149.21
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$4.71 (-3%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Sep 23, 2026, 4:27 PM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $144.76
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$0.260 (-0.18%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Sep 23, 2026, 4:24 PM EDT
Filing Type: FWP
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $144.76
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$0.260 (-0.18%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Sep 16, 2026, 8:18 AM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $138.32
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: +$6.18 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Jul 29, 2026, 11:18 AM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $150.32
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$5.82 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Jul 29, 2026, 8:10 AM EDT
Source: dpa-AFX
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $154.08
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$9.58 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Jul 21, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Source: PR Newswire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $147.70
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$3.20 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Jul 20, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
Source: PR Newswire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $146.98
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$2.48 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Jul 08, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT
Source: PR Newswire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $154.00
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$9.50 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Jul 07, 2026, 4:17 PM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $151.07
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$6.57 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Jul 06, 2026, 7:19 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $142.00
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: +$2.50 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Jul 01, 2026, 4:09 PM EDT
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $141.92
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: +$2.58 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Jun 29, 2026, 4:52 PM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $147.54
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$3.04 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Jun 29, 2026, 4:49 PM EDT
Filing Type: FWP
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $147.54
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$3.04 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
May 13, 2026, 9:14 PM EDT
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $137.08
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: +$7.42 (+5%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
May 08, 2026, 8:07 PM EDT
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $149.39
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: -$4.89 (-3%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Apr 29, 2026, 11:19 AM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $137.58
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: +$6.93 (+5%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Apr 29, 2026, 9:11 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $139.00
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: +$5.50 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Apr 29, 2026, 7:20 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $142.00
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: +$2.50 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
AER
Mar 24, 2026, 6:35 AM EDT
Source: dpa-AFX
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $131.60
Real-time Price: $144.50 info
Change: +$12.90 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $22.29B info
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