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Company snapshot — AerCap Holdings NV

AER in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
AerCap owns, leases and manages a large fleet of aircraft, engines and helicopters, renting them to airlines around the world rather than flying them itself. It also manages assets on behalf of others, handling remarketing, maintenance oversight, lease compliance, insurance and repossession, and it sells airframe and engine parts through a supply-chain arm. Customers are airlines and maintenance providers that need capacity without owning the equipment outright. It is headquartered in Dublin.
Where it sits in the stack
AerCap has no seat in Closelook's Rubin or Halo indices; it sits in the Industrials sector of our universe, within aircraft and equipment leasing rather than any AI build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other US-listed Industrials names scored in our universe, a broad sector-and-country comparison rather than a leasing-specific one; the market also names Air Lease Corporation as a direct competitor in aircraft leasing.
Why Closelook tracks it
AerCap carries a Closelook score, with valuation the strongest module and momentum the weakest; it holds no index seat in our coverage and the diary has not yet quoted it.
What the diary watches
Whether the gap between a firmer valuation reading and a weaker momentum reading closes as lease rates and fleet demand move, which is what would change how the diary reads this score.

AerCap Holdings NV (AER) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 48/100 composite (momentum 52, quality 56, valuation 60) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for AER, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Rental & Leasing Services · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Rental & Leasing Services

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against AER on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.04%, quarterly · buybacks 2.54 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What AER pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.47 USD per share · a 1.04% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +81.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.81 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.40 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-12
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.08 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.20 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-12
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 192 m USD 8% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 2.54 bn USD 11.4% of today's market value
  • Share count −9.4% in FY2025 166 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 2.73 bn USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: −1.5% week · −6.7% month · −5.9% quarter · −3.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is AerCap Holdings NV (AER)?

AerCap Holdings NV trades as AER on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is AER in a Closelook index?

Not currently — AerCap Holdings NV is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is AerCap Holdings NV's Closelook composite score?

48 out of 100, with momentum 52, quality 56 and valuation 60 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AER trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -4.1% vs the 50-day and -1.2% vs the 200-day average, 10.6% below the 52-week high and +20.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does AerCap Holdings NV do?

AerCap owns, leases and manages a large fleet of aircraft, engines and helicopters, renting them to airlines around the world rather than flying them itself. It also manages assets on behalf of others, handling remarketing, maintenance oversight, lease compliance, insurance and repossession, and it sells airframe and engine parts through a supply-chain arm. Customers are airlines and maintenance providers that need capacity without owning the equipment outright. Closelook's peer group places it with other US-listed Industrials names scored in our universe, a broad sector-and-country comparison rather than a leasing-specific one; the market also names Air Lease Corporation as a direct competitor in aircraft leasing.

Where does AerCap Holdings NV sit in the AI build-out?

AerCap has no seat in Closelook's Rubin or Halo indices; it sits in the Industrials sector of our universe, within aircraft and equipment leasing rather than any AI build-out layer. AerCap carries a Closelook score, with valuation the strongest module and momentum the weakest; it holds no index seat in our coverage and the diary has not yet quoted it.

Does AerCap Holdings NV pay a dividend?

AerCap Holdings NV has paid 1.47 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.04% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.40 USD on 2026-08-12. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 192 m USD in dividends and bought back 2.54 bn USD of its own shares. The share count fell 9.4% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AER, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Rental & Leasing Services, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.