AerCap Holdings N.V. · AER · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025

AerCap Raises FY2025 EPS Outlook After Record Q3

AerCap’s Q3 account supports a constructive operating picture: strong aircraft sales, utilization, and demand coincided with higher FY2025 adjusted EPS guidance. The offset is that reported revenue was below estimate, while Spirit-related costs, maintenance needs, and aircraft supply constraints remain execution risks.

Reported Before market openNYSEIndustrials $24.48B market cap
90quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $4.97 Consensus $3.10
EPS surprise +60.3% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $1.89B Consensus $1.98B
Revenue surprise -4.4% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +8.8% Event window
SPY move +0.0% Same window
Abnormal move +8.7% Stock minus SPY
Volume 3.0× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +1.1% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Management raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $13.70. The quarter also featured record results and strong aircraft sales, while the transcript analysis highlighted a planned Spirit Airlines A320neo order-book acquisition and expansion of engine-lease services.

Guidance delta

Raised full-year 2025 adjusted EPS guidance to $13.70, according to the transcript analysis.

Key takeaways

  • Transcript analysis describes Q3 as a record quarter, with $1.5 billion in aircraft sales and a $332 million gain on sale.
  • The scorecard shows adjusted EPS of $4.97 against an estimate of $3.10; revenue was $1.8935 billion against an estimate of $1.9797 billion.
  • Utilization topped 99%, and the widebody extension rate was 100%, according to the transcript analysis.
  • Management cited $22 billion in liquidity and $1 billion in Q3 share repurchases. These support capital flexibility but do not remove operating risks.

Management priorities

  • Complete the planned acquisition of Spirit Airlines’ 52-aircraft A320neo order book and 45 options.
  • Expand spare-engine leasing and related services, including OEM partnerships.
  • Pursue sale-leaseback opportunities while maintaining disciplined capital allocation and liquidity.
  • Deliver additional 777-300ER freighters and continue share repurchases, as outlined in the transcript analysis.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
AER EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $2.44 Q4 '23 actual $3.11, beat Q1 '24 estimate $2.41 Q1 '24 actual $3.29, beat Q2 '24 estimate $2.37 Q2 '24 actual $3.01, beat Q3 '24 estimate $2.41 Q3 '24 actual $2.41, match Q2 '25 estimate $2.68 Q2 '25 actual $2.83, beat Q3 '25 estimate $3.10 Q3 '25 actual $4.97, beat Q4 '25 estimate $3.40 Q4 '25 actual $3.95, beat Q1 '26 estimate $3.72 Q1 '26 actual $5.39, beat Q2 '26 estimate $4.14 Q2 '26 actual $5.14, beat Q3 '26 estimate $4.56 Q3 '26 actual $6.56, beat Q4 '26 estimate $4.93 Q1 '27 estimate $4.44 Q2 '27 estimate $4.57 Q3 '27 estimate $4.71
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy25 ratings
Bullish2496.0%
Neutral14.0%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$158.52Current
$65Low
$141.23Average
$190High

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Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainOct 29, 2026
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainOct 29, 2026
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 29, 2026
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainOct 29, 2026
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 29, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $158.52. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Morgan StanleyKristine Liwag$175$158.28 +10.4%Oct 29, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$181$155.48 +14.2%Oct 29, 2026
Truist FinancialArren Cyganovich$180$143.29 +13.6%Oct 5, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$165$151 +4.1%Jul 30, 2026
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$190$148.63 +19.9%Jul 30, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

AerCap Holdings N.V., a company founded in 1995 and based in Dublin, Ireland, operates extensively in the global aviation industry. The firm specializes in the acquisition, leasing, funding, sale, and general management of commercial aircraft and engines. Its operations span crucial international markets, including China, Hong Kong, Macau, the United States, and Ireland, alongside its broader global activities. A core component of AerCap's business involves a comprehensive suite of aircraft asset management services. These services range from remarketing aircraft and engines to diligently collecting rental and maintenance fees, overseeing aircraft upkeep, and ensuring strict adherence to contractual terms. They manage the complete asset lifecycle, facilitating equipment handovers (delivery and redelivery), and conducting continuous financial evaluations of lessees.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-11-02T02:30:49.670818+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-11-02T02:30:49.667972+00:00

Methodology

Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.

Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-11-02. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.