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.

37.66 0.79 −2.05%
Market cap
$813.0M
P/E
9.0×
Fwd P/E
14.6×
Dividend yield
1.42%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
0.91
Beneish M
−2.66
Dividend safety
25/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.00
Total sells 22.29
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — 1 — — —
Sell 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 — 1 6 2 —
Insider Ownership 59.29%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 812.99
Revenue 765.37
Net Income 91.92
Free Cash Flow (89.03)
Net Debt 2,148.68
Current Ratio 1.63 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 3.27 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 9.03
Fwd P/E 14.60
P/S ratio 1.04
P/B ratio 1.12
Past 5Y EPS Growth 71.08% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 20.66% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth (2.10%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 5.38%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 8.71%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 56.71%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 76.23%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 78.55%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 19.06%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.13
Annual Dividend Rate 0.53
Annual Dividend Yield 1.42%
total individual payouts
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.83
0.13
0.13
0.13
2025 1.66
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.13
2024 0.17
0.33
0.08
0.08
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 168 133 547 172
Receivables 58 38 36 41
Inventory 41 72 57 51
Other — — — —
267 243 639 265
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 53 76 106 103
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 67 61 60 60
120 137 166 163

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 13.94% 20.39% 32.78%
Cash Flow 11.22% 24.83% 25.17%
Earnings 32.54% 75.97% 271.66%
Book Value 12.21% 12.71% 17.84%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 194 194 — — —
’25 158 196 183 194 730
’24 119 151 146 153 569
’23 90 109 106 114 419
’22 69 78 77 88 312
’21 61 66 71 76 274
’20 82 75 71 61 289
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 57 78 — — —
’25 41 104 64 74 283
’24 60 70 87 68 284
’23 52 47 70 61 230
’22 28 29 25 62 144
’21 23 20 26 22 91
’20 28 15 41 10 93
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 67 (39) — — —
’25 52 63 (46) (72) (3)
’24 1 (125) (33) (234) (391)
’23 2 5 40 99 146
’22 21 1 (111) 10 (79)
’21 (4) (18) (53) (5) (80)
’20 (37) 19 35 (309) (293)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.09 1.31 — — —
’25 0.74 2.81 1.08 0.51 5.13
’24 1.00 2.07 1.12 0.94 5.11
’23 0.18 0.67 0.71 0.51 2.08
’22 (1.23) 0.27 0.30 0.71 0.11
’21 (0.12) (0.04) 0.11 0.05 0.00
’20 0.19 0.25 0.12 (0.21) 0.35
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 5.81 7.03 8.33 11.20 4.70 8.77 10.07 12.34 15.11 38.00

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 9.17 9.35 13.32 24.82 20.66 15.93 20.34 21.73 78.48 76.56
People
People Employees 147 155 175 232 232 243 288 363 447 475
Revenue/emp, $m 1.41 1.77 1.99 1.76 1.24 1.13 1.08 1.15 1.27 1.54
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 207 275 348 409 289 274 312 419 569 730
Gross margin, % 93.59 85.14 82.48 84.69 94.19 94.56 93.32 91.31 91.69 83.54
EBT 24 36 56 89 17 9 10 67 153 161
EBT margin, % 11.55 13.10 16.15 21.72 6.01 3.33 3.14 16.04 26.82 21.99
Net income 14 62 43 67 10 3 5 44 109 114
Depreciation 71 71 83 93 100 96 94 97 106 124
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 10.52 15.08 19.63 23.37 16.14 14.95 17.13 22.13 29.03 36.04
Earnings 0.70 3.31 2.25 3.63 0.36 0.00 0.12 2.13 5.32 5.33
Cash flow 4.65 7.53 10.63 13.15 5.22 4.94 7.93 12.15 14.50 13.98
Capex (5.97) (18.69) (21.44) (5.93) (21.59) (9.29) (12.29) (4.43) (34.42) (14.11)
Free cash flow (1.32) (11.16) (10.81) 7.22 (16.36) (4.34) (4.36) 7.72 (19.92) (0.14)
Book value 9.96 14.21 16.16 20.01 20.35 20.50 22.22 23.21 28.02 32.68
Shares, m 20 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 20 20
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 12.95 2.58 5.09 5.41 27.94 0.00 237.77 7.55 13.02 8.50
P/S 0.84 0.57 0.59 0.84 0.63 0.84 1.16 0.72 2.38 1.25
P/B 0.89 0.60 0.71 0.98 0.50 0.61 0.89 0.69 2.47 1.38
EV/Sales 5.03 4.34 4.19 3.74 6.22 7.02 6.79 4.63 6.13 4.20
EV/FCF (39.96) (5.71) (7.40) 12.66 (6.02) (22.59) (24.97) 13.79 (8.81) (370.08)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 92 137 189 230 93 91 144 230 284 283
Capex (118) (340) (380) (104) (386) (170) (224) (84) (675) (286)
Free cash flow (26) (203) (192) 126 (293) (80) (79) 146 (391) (3)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 13 27 78 57 108 130 93 147 106 474
Total debt 900 1,085 1,337 1,251 1,694 1,790 1,847 1,803 2,265 2,700
Net debt 868 1,038 1,255 1,187 1,615 1,695 1,758 1,635 2,132 2,153
Shareholders’ equity 196 259 287 350 364 376 405 439 549 662
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 1.05 4.10 2.26 3.28 0.30 0.00 0.08 1.54 3.51 2.99
ROIC 1.30 1.39 2.13 3.26 0.46 0.25 0.28 1.94 3.37 2.32
ROE 6.80 26.50 14.62 19.96 1.79 0.00 0.54 9.57 21.12 17.84
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

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Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
EQPT EquipmentShare.com Inc. $3.7B 15.1× 38.5× +102.37% (above 0%: growing) n/m −17.02% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.36% 6.49% Compare
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MGRC McGrath RentCorp $2.8B 18.2× 17.0× −6.16% (below 0%: shrinking) −5.48% (below 0%: shrinking) −124.93% (below 0%: shrinking) 48.80% 24.10% Compare
CTOS Custom Truck One Source, Inc. $2.1B 100× 84.3× +10.16% (above 0%: growing) n/m −104.58% (below 0%: shrinking) 22.00% 8.27% Compare
VSTS Vestis Corporation $1.9B — (loss-making) 168× −1.80% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +478.29% (above 0%: growing) 28.02% 5.63% Compare
PRG Aaron's Holdings Company, Inc. $1.2B 8.4× 9.1× +22.30% (above 0%: growing) −4.17% (below 0%: shrinking) +48.39% (above 0%: growing) 89.48% 9.12% Compare
WLFC Willis Lease Finance Corporation $813.0M 9.0× 14.6× −0.76% (below 0%: shrinking) −52.99% (below 0%: shrinking) −161.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 86.88% 32.81%
HTZ Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. $652.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +9.66% (above 0%: growing) n/m −18.00% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.32% 7.14% Compare
ALTG Alta Equipment Group Inc. $197.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −1.18% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −46.58% (below 0%: shrinking) 26.12% 2.52% Compare
Median of peers $2.0B 16.7× 32.0× +6.79% −4.17% −32.29% 33.84% 7.71%

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Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) key facts

  • Strength: Willis Lease Finance Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $730.2 million, up 28.3% from fiscal 2024.
  • Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) is a Rental & Leasing Services company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, WLFC traded at $37.66, a market capitalization of $813.0 million.
  • Willis Lease Finance Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share, a yield of 1.42%, with a payout ratio of 13.4%.
  • Return on equity was 17.8% and debt-to-equity 3.27.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.91 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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