AerCap Holdings N.V. AER

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
56/100
Moderate

Ranked against 27 peers in Rental & Leasing Services

About AerCap Holdings N.V.

AerCap Holdings N.V. engages in the lease, financing, sale, and management of commercial flight equipment in the United States, China, and internationally. The company engages in aircraft and engine asset management services, such as remarketing aircraft and engines for lease or sale; collecting rental and supplemental maintenance rent payments, monitoring aircraft maintenance, monitoring and enforcing contract compliance, and accepting delivery … Full AER analysis →

Key strengths

  • Cost Leadership Position Operating margin at 92.3th percentile with strong OpEx control demonstrates cost leadership.
  • Consistent Cash Generation Cash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.76).

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.33), raising refinancing risk.
  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.32), suggesting weak customer stickiness.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where AER ranks in Rental & Leasing Services

AerCap Holdings N.V. ranks #11 of 28 scored companies in Rental & Leasing Services by moat score — the top 39%. The widest moat in the group is Global Ship Lease Inc New (GSL) at 79/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
7 FTAI Aviation Ltd. FTAI 62/100 Moderate
8 FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 9.500% Fix FTAIM 62/100 Moderate
9 PROG Holdings, Inc. PRG 62/100 Moderate
10 Ryder System, Inc. R 58/100 Moderate
11 AerCap Holdings N.V. AER 56/100 Moderate
12 FlexShopper, Inc. FPAY 56/100 Moderate
13 U-Haul Holding Company Series N UHAL-B 56/100 Moderate
14 U-Haul Holding Company UHAL 56/100 Moderate
15 Air Lease Corporation AL 55/100 Moderate

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How AER scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 52 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 84 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 56 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 46 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 54 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 52 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding AER's moat

What is AerCap Holdings N.V.'s moat score?

AerCap Holdings N.V. (AER) scores 56 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #11 of 28 scored companies in Rental & Leasing Services, the top 39%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 27 companies in Rental & Leasing Services. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (84/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (46/100).

How does AerCap Holdings N.V. compare with other Rental & Leasing Services companies?

AerCap Holdings N.V. ranks #11 of 28 scored companies in Rental & Leasing Services by moat score. The widest moat in Rental & Leasing Services is Global Ship Lease Inc New (GSL) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are Ryder System, Inc. (R) at 58 just above it and FlexShopper, Inc. (FPAY) at 56 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 27 companies in Rental & Leasing Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is AerCap Holdings N.V. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for AerCap Holdings N.V.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AER scores: Pricing Power (52), Cost Advantage (84), Customer Stickiness (56), Capital Efficiency (46), Resilience (54), Scale & Market Position (52). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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