Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC)
Industrials · NGM · US
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 03:56 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Willis Lease Finance Corporation trades at $49.91, which is 32% above the $33.74 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 45 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 12.8 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
WLFC dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.400 | 3 |
| 2025 | $0.383 | 4 |
| 2024 | $0.500 | 3 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
WLFC earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 2 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Willis Lease Finance Corporation
Willis Lease Finance Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a lessor and servicer of commercial aircraft and aircraft engines worldwide. It operates in two segments, Leasing and Related Operations, and Spare Parts Sales. The company engages in acquiring and leasing commercial aircraft, aircraft engines, and related aircraft equipment, as well as the purchase and resale of commercial aircraft engines and other aircraft equipment, and service and maintenance related businesses. It also purchases and resells after-market engine parts, whole engines, engine modules, and portable aircraft components. The company serves commercial aircraft operators, as well as maintenance, repair, and overhaul organizations. Willis Lease Finance Corporation was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Coconut Creek, Florida.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
WLFC passes 1 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
8 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Renaissance Technologies, RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC$45.23M · 0.1% of book
- Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$44.01M · 0.0% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$8.47M · 0.0% of book
- Paul Tudor Jones, TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL$3.63M · 0.0% of book
- Steve Cohen, Point72 Asset Management, L.P.$3.27M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
WLFC peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Rental & Leasing Services), then in the same sector.
- SUNB Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.
- AER AerCap Holdings N.V.
- R Ryder System, Inc.
- CAR Avis Budget Group, Inc.
- WSC WillScot Holdings Corporation
- VSTS Vestis Corporation
- ALTG Alta Equipment Group Inc.
- AIHS Senmiao Technology Limited
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Common questions
Is Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $33.74, WLFC at $49.91 is 32% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own WLFC?
8 of the institutions we track reported a position in WLFC in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is WLFC's P/E ratio?
WLFC trades at 12.8 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) pay a dividend?
Yes. Willis Lease Finance Corporation yields 1.05% at the current share price. It has paid $0.533 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 2 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
When does WLFC report earnings next?
Willis Lease Finance Corporation is scheduled to report on 3 Nov 2026. Companies move earnings dates, so read it as scheduled rather than certain.
Where does SteadyShares get its WLFC data?
Fundamentals for WLFC come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NGM; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 03:56 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.