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Willis Lease Finance Corp (WLFC) stock

WLFCNasdaqWholesale-Machinery, Equipment & SuppliesFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q2 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Nov 3, 2026Score 14/3044% below fair value
$46.04−0.31 (-0.67%)

Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $973.48MP/E 11.5Yield 0.83%

Willis Lease Finance statistics

100 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.

Important dates

Next earnings
Mar 9, 2027 (estimated, before the open)
Last ex-dividend date
Nov 16, 2026
Fundamentals through
Jun 30, 2026
Share price as of
Nov 13, 2026

Valuation ratiosIndustry

Market Cap
$973.48M
$1.01B
Enterprise Value
$964.49M
$1.51B
PE Ratio
11.54
19.91
PS Ratio
1.27
0.77
PB Ratio
1.37
2.13
P/TBV Ratio
1.37
2.55
P/FCF Ratio
3.86
19.40
P/OCF Ratio
3.58
15.45

Enterprise valuationIndustry

EV / Sales
1.26
0.88
EV / EBITDA
4.05
12.72
EV / EBIT
8.04
15.17
EV / FCF
3.83
19.88

Share statisticsIndustry

Shares Change (YoY)
3.05%
-0.05%
Float
9M
35M
Shares Held by Insiders
56.3%
15.1%
Shares Held by Institutions
57.7%
79.6%

Short sellingIndustry

Short Interest
2M
–
Short Interest Change
-2.48%
-1.13%
Short % of Float
18.2%
4.91%
Short % of Shares Outstanding
7.96%
3.15%
Days to Cover
8.11
3.77

Stock price statisticsIndustry

52-Week High
$81.54
–
52-Week Low
$36.39
–
20-Day Moving Average
$42.70
–
50-Day Moving Average
$46.55
–
200-Day Moving Average
$59.62
–
Average True Range (14)
$2.49
–
Price Change (1 Week)
-1.75%
2.51%
Price Change (1 Month)
19.7%
-7.03%
Price Change (3 Months)
-21.2%
-9.92%
Price Change (6 Months)
-23.3%
-3.78%
Price Change (YTD)
1.83%
1.83%
Price Change (1 Year)
13.3%
-1.29%
Price Change (3 Years)
203.3%
21.3%
Price Change (5 Years)
247.9%
2.10%
Price Change (10 Years)
411.6%
160.6%
Average Volume (10 Days)
221,160
–
Average Volume (20 Days)
218,007
–
Average Volume (90 Days)
226,461
–
Relative Volume
0.50
0.69
Relative Strength Index (14)
55.9
45.7
Volatility (1 Year)
50.6%
53.4%
Beta (5 Years)
0.84
0.96

MarginsIndustry

Pretax Margin
17.8%
2.57%
Profit Margin
12.0%
1.82%
EBITDA Margin
31.1%
3.94%
FCF Margin
32.9%
1.93%

Returns on capitalIndustry

Return on Equity (ROE)
13.8%
7.65%
Return on Assets (ROA)
2.41%
2.30%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
30.4%
7.00%

Financial positionIndustry

Interest Coverage
0.93
0.93

GrowthIndustry

Revenue Growth (YoY)
17.3%
6.67%
Net Income Growth (YoY)
-25.0%
6.24%
EPS Growth (YoY)
-28.9%
8.64%
FCF Growth (YoY)
-6.29%
8.21%
Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
32.8%
1.79%
Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
20.4%
8.00%
EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
259.9%
-5.23%
EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
71.1%
8.03%

EfficiencyIndustry

Asset Turnover
0.20
1.34
Revenue Per Employee
$1.61M
$725.35K
Profits Per Employee
$193.19K
$11.10K
Employee Count
475
787
WACC
9.29%
9.30%

Income statement (TTM)Industry

Revenue
$765.37M
$1.44B
Operating Income
$119.89M
$26.11M
Pretax Income
$136.04M
$22.92M
Net Income
$91.76M
$12.05M
EBITDA
$238.12M
$56.48M
EPS (Diluted)
$3.99
$0.58

Balance sheetIndustry

Net Cash (Debt)
$10.73M
-$1.76M
Net Cash Per Share
$0.51
-$0.16
Equity (Book Value)
$708.60M
$231.95M
Book Value Per Share
$33.51
$16.12
Tangible Book Value
$708.60M
$41.08M

Cash flow (TTM)Industry

Operating Cash Flow
$272.24M
$4.85M
Capital Expenditures
-$20.25M
-$20.25M
Free Cash Flow
$251.99M
$58.02M
FCF Per Share
$11.92
$2.29

Dividends and yieldsIndustry

Earnings Yield
9.43%
3.16%
FCF Yield
25.9%
3.86%
Dividend Yield
0.83%
1.28%
Shareholder Yield
0.83%
2.40%
Dividend Per Share
$0.38
$1.58
Dividend Growth (YoY)
-23.3%
5.22%
Years of Dividend Growth
0
2
Payout Ratio
12.1%
26.7%
FCF Payout Ratio
4.42%
39.6%

Taxes and interestIndustry

Interest Expense
$128.72M
$14.74M
Income Tax
$44.13M
$11.58M
Effective Tax Rate
32.4%
24.5%

Scores and fair valueIndustry

Graham Number
$54.85
$51.33
Graham Upside
19.1%
-37.5%
Altman Z-Score
0.76
3.12
Piotroski F-Score
5
5
Lynch Fair Value
$99.75
–
Lynch Upside
116.7%
-7.47%

Total return vs. the S&P 500

Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.

PeriodWLFCS&P 500DifferenceWLFC per yearS&P 500 per year
1 month+17.5%-3.0%+20.5 pts
3 months-15.4%-2.8%−12.6 pts
Year to date+2.5%+11.5%−9.0 pts
1 year+8.2%+13.5%−5.3 pts
3 years+221.2%+77.7%+143.5 pts+47.5%+21.1%
5 years+259.7%+72.6%+187.1 pts+29.2%+11.5%
10 years+427.5%+308.2%+119.3 pts+18.1%+15.1%

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.

2M WLFC shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 2.5% from the previous report, or 18.22% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 8.1 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 58.7% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.

Settlement dateShares shortChangeAvg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20261,682,084-2.5%207,5088.1
Oct 15, 20261,724,872-0.2%294,8275.8
Sep 30, 20261,728,380-10.7%148,35911.7
Sep 15, 20261,935,420+0.2%170,30111.4
Aug 31, 20261,931,017+1.8%214,0619.0
Aug 14, 20261,896,121-7.1%264,0407.2
Jul 31, 20262,040,210+229.9%255,2438.0
Jul 15, 2026618,367+3.2%134,1444.6
Jun 30, 2026598,913+26.6%185,1363.2
Jun 15, 2026473,164+5.7%120,4563.9
May 29, 2026447,751-5.5%98,3904.5
May 15, 2026473,822+42.0%155,5153.0

Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.

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