Air Lease Corporation

DB:AVLA Stock Report

Market Cap: €5.1b

Air Lease Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Air Lease's CEO is John Plueger, appointed in Mar 2010, has a tenure of 14.75 years. total yearly compensation is $9.08M, comprised of 11% salary and 89% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.69% of the company’s shares, worth €34.75M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 12.5 years and 14.5 years respectively.

Key information

John Plueger

Chief executive officer

US$9.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage11.0%
CEO tenure14.8yrs
CEO ownership0.7%
Management average tenure12.5yrs
Board average tenure14.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has John Plueger's remuneration changed compared to Air Lease's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$490m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$521m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$552m

Dec 31 2023US$9mUS$1m

US$573m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$497m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$475m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$459m

Dec 31 2022US$9mUS$1m

-US$139m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$131m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$131m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$152m

Dec 31 2021US$9mUS$1m

US$408m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$373m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$390m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$448m

Dec 31 2020US$6mUS$1m

US$501m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$555m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$590m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$570m

Dec 31 2019US$8mUS$1m

US$575m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$552m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$547m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$538m

Dec 31 2018US$8mUS$1m

US$511m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$844m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

US$796m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

US$782m

Dec 31 2017US$8mUS$1m

US$756m

Compensation vs Market: John's total compensation ($USD9.08M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD3.32M).

Compensation vs Earnings: John's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

John Plueger (70 yo)

14.8yrs

Tenure

US$9,075,696

Compensation

Mr. John L. Plueger has been Chief Executive Officer of Air Lease Corporation since July 2016 and as its President and Director since March 2010 and April 2010 respectively. Mr. Plueger served as Chief Ope...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Steven Udvar-Hazy
Executive Chairman of the Board14.8yrsUS$9.40m5.22%
€ 264.5m
John Plueger
CEO, President & Director14.8yrsUS$9.08m0.69%
€ 34.7m
Gregory Willis
Executive VP & CFO12.8yrsUS$2.86m0.050%
€ 2.5m
Carol Forsyte
Executive VP12.3yrsUS$2.99m0.057%
€ 2.9m
Grant Levy
Executive Vice President of Marketing & Commercial Affairsno dataUS$3.28m0.13%
€ 6.3m
Jason Arnold
Vice President of Investor Relations2.9yrsno datano data
Courtney McKeown
Senior Vice President of Human Resourcesno datano datano data
Alex Khatibi
Executive Vice President14.7yrsno data0.050%
€ 2.5m
John Poerschke
Executive Vice President of Aircraft Procurement & Specification14.8yrsno data0.080%
€ 4.1m
Eric Hoogenkamp
Senior Vice President of Technical Asset Management5.8yrsno datano data
Kishore Korde
Executive Vice President of Marketingno dataUS$2.77m0.078%
€ 4.0m
Shirley Lu
Senior Vice President of Finance & Managed Assets4.8yrsno datano data

12.5yrs

Average Tenure

61.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: AVLA's management team is seasoned and experienced (12.5 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Steven Udvar-Hazy
Executive Chairman of the Board14.8yrsUS$9.40m5.22%
€ 264.5m
John Plueger
CEO, President & Director14.7yrsUS$9.08m0.69%
€ 34.7m
Matthew Hart
Independent Director14.6yrsUS$255.00k0.046%
€ 2.3m
Marshall Larsen
Independent Director10.6yrsUS$230.00k0.012%
€ 588.7k
Robert Milton
Lead Independent Director14.7yrsUS$305.00k0.037%
€ 1.9m
Cheryl Krongard
Independent Director11yrsUS$240.00k0.025%
€ 1.3m
Ian Saines
Independent Director14.5yrsUS$225.00k0.014%
€ 691.5k
Susan McCaw
Independent Director5.1yrsUS$220.00k0.0088%
€ 445.8k
Yvette Clark
Independent Director3.6yrsUS$225.00k0.012%
€ 601.8k

14.5yrs

Average Tenure

68yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: AVLA's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 14.5 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 02:05
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Air Lease Corporation is covered by 26 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Garrett ChaseBarclays
Terry MaBarclays
James FotheringhamBMO Capital Markets Equity Research