Willis Lease Finance Corporation
WLFC Industrials Rental & Leasing Services
Willis Lease Finance Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $730.2 million, up 28.3% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS fell 53.0%, free cash flow fell 161.1% and total debt fell 17.1%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) Altman Z-score
Willis Lease Finance Corporation's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 0.91, in the distress zone (below 1.81).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 0.91 | (0.06) |
| FY2024 | 0.97 | 0.27 |
| FY2023 | 0.70 | 0.14 |
| FY2022 | 0.56 | 0.01 |
| FY2021 | 0.54 | (0.01) |
| FY2020 | 0.55 | (0.33) |
| FY2019 | 0.88 | 0.17 |
| FY2018 | 0.71 | 0.07 |
| FY2017 | 0.64 | 0.03 |
| FY2016 | 0.61 | 0.84 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.12 | — | 0.14 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.15 | — | 0.21 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.06 | — | 0.20 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 0.28 | — | 0.17 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.19 | — | 0.19 | |
| Altman Z-score | Distress zone | 0.91 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Grey zone | 1.89 | ||
Z and Z″ put Willis Lease Finance Corporation in different zones: distress zone by Z, grey zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| PRG Aaron's Holdings Company, Inc. compare | 4.8× |
| MGRC McGrath RentCorp compare | 2.5× |
| ALTG Alta Equipment Group Inc. compare | 1.4× |
| VSTS Vestis Corporation compare | 1.3× |
| WLFC Willis Lease Finance Corporation | 0.9× |
| CTOS Custom Truck One Source, Inc. compare | 0.8× |
| WSC WillScot Holdings Corporation compare | 0.7× |
| HTZ Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. compare | 0.3× |
| EQPT EquipmentShare.com Inc. compare | — |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets