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Willis Lease Finance Corp. (WLFC)

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Willis Lease Finance Corp. (WLFC) reported revenue of $194 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, down 0.8% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $30 million, down 50.0% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $1.31. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 4 August 2026.

Revenue$194 milliondown 0.8%
Net income$30 milliondown 50.0%
Diluted EPS$1.31
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 30 June 2026

Willis Lease Finance (WLFC) in brief

Willis Lease Finance (WLFC) reported revenue of $730 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 28.3% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $114 million and diluted earnings per share $5.13. Revenue was $569 million in fiscal 2024, $419 million in fiscal 2023, $312 million in fiscal 2022 and $274 million in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $109 million, $44 million, $5 million and $3 million. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026, Willis Lease Finance reported revenue of $765 million and net income of $92 million. Revenue grew 20.4% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Willis Lease Finance declared $0.38 a share in dividends over the last four quarters and had 21 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 June 2026 it carried $2.3 billion of debt and $11 million of cash. At the close of 29 October 2026 the market cap of Willis Lease Finance was $886 million, 10.3 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE12.9%
ROCE4.0%
Operating margin15.7%
Net margin12.0%
FCF margin32.9%
Interest cover0.93
Debt to equity3.28
Cash conversion2.97
Share count, last 12 months3.5%
Sales CAGR, 3 years32.8%
Profit CAGR, 3 years175.5%
EPS, TTMn/a

At the close of 29 October 2026

Price$41.91
Market cap$886 million
Stock P/E10.33
Price to book1.25
EV / EBITDA13.42
Dividend yield0.9%
Market cap / sales1.16
52-week high$79.97
52-week low$37.01
Price, 1 year-4.5%
Price CAGR, 3 years42.2%
Price CAGR, 5 years25.4%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on long-term debt as Willis Lease Finance Corp. files it, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 29 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on WLFC

Dividends$8.7 million paid in cash dividends in FY2025
Filings47 in twelve months: 34 current reports (8-K), about 13 other events; 11 regulation FD disclosure; 7 material agreement; 4 results of operations; 4 new financial obligation
Planned insider sales14 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $48.9 million; latest 14 September 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.29 by open interest at the 29 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 13.2% move to 20 November 2026
13F holders175 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest M3F, Inc.
Insider trading106 sales and 0 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest1.7 million shares short, 5.85 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q3 FY2021Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue70.875.868.878.176.988.189.5109106114119151146153158196183194194194
Operating income6.14.6-25.19.58.716.78.019.420.016.827.254.133.729.423.928.338.014.133.834.0
Operating margin9%6%-36%12%11%19%9%18%19%15%23%36%23%19%15%14%21%7%17%18%
Interest expense18.317.716.916.016.317.518.419.119.122.323.024.627.829.432.133.634.232.232.629.7
Pre-tax income6.16.6-27.711.08.418.26.819.020.321.029.957.934.530.425.374.343.217.836.838.1
Tax rate53%74%n/a46%24%21%36%27%28%48%30%26%30%31%33%19%44%32%32%21%
Net income2.91.7-21.25.96.414.34.413.814.611.020.942.624.121.116.960.424.312.225.130.2
Net margin4%2%-31%8%8%16%5%13%14%10%18%28%16%14%11%31%13%6%13%16%
Diluted EPS$0.11$0.05-$1.23$0.27$0.30$0.78$0.18$0.67$0.71n/a$1.00$2.07$1.12n/a$0.74$2.81$1.08n/a$1.09$1.31
Operating cash flow25.822.128.329.424.562.151.946.670.560.859.869.886.868.041.010463.974.256.777.5
Capital expenditure0.31.10.52.12.41.61.62.00.70.90.41.31.012.97.59.66.07.93.52.7
Free cash flow25.520.927.827.422.160.650.344.669.859.959.468.585.755.133.594.557.866.253.174.8
Buybacks5.15.01.83.40.10.00.00.00.00.0n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Dividends paidn/an/an/an/an/an/a0.00.00.00.00.07.11.81.81.81.91.93.13.13.0
Shares outstanding18m18m18m18m18m18m19m19m19m19m20m20m20m20m21m20m20m20m21m21m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K/A10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A blank figure marked on a quarter is one the filings do not give on their own: the quarters as filed do not add to the year the company filed, or the year and its quarters stand on different share counts. Each quarter's page says which. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 17 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024 †FY2025TTM
Revenue150148157148158174198207275348409289274312419569730765
Cost of revenuen/an/an/an/an/an/an/a13.340.861.062.6n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Gross profitn/an/an/an/an/an/an/a194234287347n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Gross marginn/an/an/an/an/an/an/a93.6%85.1%82.5%84.7%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Operating income31.418.622.60.97.810.411.622.128.952.580.314.78.39.964.2144104120
Operating margin20.9%12.5%14.4%0.6%4.9%6.0%5.9%10.7%10.5%15.1%19.6%5.1%3.0%3.2%15.3%25.4%14.3%15.7%
Interest expense36.040.935.231.738.737.139.041.148.764.266.963.068.066.778.8105132129
Pre-tax income32.419.723.92.711.311.712.823.936.056.388.917.39.19.867.1153161136
Income tax10.07.69.41.2-4.34.66.39.9-26.113.022.07.65.84.423.344.046.844.1
Effective tax rate30.9%38.8%39.3%43.1%-38.3%38.8%49.4%41.2%-72.6%23.2%24.7%43.8%63.3%44.5%34.8%28.8%29.2%32.4%
Net income22.412.114.51.515.67.26.514.162.243.266.99.73.45.443.810911491.8
Net margin14.9%8.1%9.3%1.0%9.9%4.1%3.3%6.8%22.6%12.4%16.4%3.4%1.2%1.7%10.5%19.1%15.6%12.0%
Diluted EPS$0.71$0.32$0.43-$0.14$0.63$0.29$0.27$0.68$3.23$2.20$3.50$0.35$0.00$0.11$2.08$5.11$5.13n/a
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K/A
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024 †FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow88.256.676.767.380.362.897.891.613718923093.490.7144230284283272
Capital expenditure0.20.40.91.20.513.84.01.010.83.56.33.02.26.65.115.631.120.3
Free cash flow88.056.275.866.179.848.993.890.612618522490.588.5138225269252252
Free cash flow margin58.5%37.9%48.4%44.6%50.4%28.1%47.4%43.7%46.0%53.2%54.7%31.3%32.3%44.2%53.7%47.2%34.5%32.9%
Cash from investing-173-54.6-45.2n/an/an/a-140-123-326-380-147-507-148-194-92.8-765-256-332
Cash from financing78.3-1.8-27.3n/an/an/a19.721.2203226-10142874.143.3-57.9445388-550
Depreciation and amortisationn/an/a51.252.658.765.469.466.366.076.886.294.590.588.390.992.5112118
Share-based compensation2.42.73.23.13.43.54.23.74.35.47.811.416.613.614.829.244.647.4
Buybacks0.04.25.712.75.95.416.529.03.516.13.61.510.15.29.40.03.8n/a
Dividends paidn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a0.010.78.711.1
Dividend per sharen/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a$0.50$0.38n/a
Diluted shares, weighted27m28m27m9m25m24m24m20m19m18m18m18m19m19m19m20m21m22m
Shares outstanding at period endn/a28m27m26m25m25m23m19m19m19m19mn/an/an/an/an/an/a21m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K/A
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024 †FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity221227237200213217209196259287350364376405439549662709
Non-controlling interestn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a0.01.7
Redeemable equityn/an/an/an/an/an/an/a19.849.549.649.649.749.849.950.063.163.463.5
Debtn/an/a7186977888418669001,0851,3371,2511,6941,7901,8471,8032,2652,7002,321
Other liabilitiesn/a899178182199188219222210261290257247273361420510558
Total liabilities and equityn/a1,1261,1331,0791,1991,2461,2941,3381,6031,9351,9412,3652,4632,5752,6523,2973,9363,653
Owned
Fixed assetsn/a7.06.96.05.018.020.216.826.127.731.531.8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Goodwilln/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a1.00.3n/a
Intangible assetsn/an/an/an/a1.41.20.92.21.71.41.31.21.21.1n/an/an/an/a
Cash and equivalents2.12.26.45.412.813.59.710.17.111.76.742.514.312.17.19.116.410.7
Receivablesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a58.538.335.7n/a
Inventoryn/an/an/an/a3.318.6n/a25.4n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Other assetsn/a1,1171,1201,0671,1771,1951,2631,2831,5691,8941,9012,2892,4472,5622,5873,2493,8843,642
Total assetsn/a1,1261,1331,0791,1991,2461,2941,3381,6031,9351,9412,3652,4632,5752,6523,2973,9363,653
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K/A
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded13.9%20.4%32.8%17.3%
Profit growth, compounded33.2%63.5%175.5%-25.0%
Return on equity, average11.7%9.8%15.6%17.2%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Willis Lease Finance's revenue in fiscal 2025?

Willis Lease Finance (WLFC) reported revenue of $730 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 28.3% on the year before.

How much did Willis Lease Finance earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $114 million for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $5.13.

What is Willis Lease Finance's P/E ratio?

At the close of 29 October 2026, Willis Lease Finance traded at 10.3 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

What is Willis Lease Finance's market cap?

The market cap of Willis Lease Finance was $886 million at the close of 29 October 2026.

Does Willis Lease Finance pay a dividend?

Yes. Willis Lease Finance declared $0.38 a share in dividends over the four quarters to 30 June 2026.

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2 companies share its SEC industry code (Wholesale-Machinery, Equipment & Supplies); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Wholesale, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 June 20264 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20265 May 2026EDGAR
10-K/A31 December 202530 March 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202510 March 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20254 November 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20255 August 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20256 May 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202411 March 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20244 November 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20242 August 2024EDGAR