Willis Lease Finance Corporation

NasdaqGM:WLFC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.4b

Willis Lease Finance Valuation

Is WLFC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WLFC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WLFC ($212.14) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($18.83)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WLFC is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WLFC?

Key metric: As WLFC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WLFC. This is calculated by dividing WLFC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WLFC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.8x
EarningsUS$94.79m
Market CapUS$1.41b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WLFC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WLFC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.8x
DXPE DXP Enterprises
17.6x11.1%US$1.1b
DNOW DNOW
7.9x-12.7%US$1.6b
MRC MRC Global
15.9x14.4%US$1.2b
TRNS Transcat
53.9x14.9%US$971.6m
WLFC Willis Lease Finance
14.8xn/aUS$1.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WLFC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.8x) compared to the peer average (23.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WLFC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Trade Distributors Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BYU BAIYU Holdings
0.8xn/aUS$8.94m
No more companies available in this PE range
WLFC 14.8xIndustry Avg. 18.4xNo. of Companies6PE01020304050+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WLFC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.8x) compared to the US Trade Distributors industry average (18.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WLFC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WLFC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate WLFC's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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