Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) is an international enterprise specializing in the leasing and maintenance of commercial aircraft and their engines. The ...
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Est. EPS $1.53 · Revenue $177.00M · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $1.57 · Revenue $175.00M · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $7.23 · Revenue $740.00M · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $1.47 · Revenue $185.00M · 1 analysts
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EPS $0.36 · Revenue $180.03M
| Metric | Latest | YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength. | QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes. |
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| RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three). | $675.8M | +18.7% | -0.2% |
| Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day. | $113.8M | +4.7% | +20.3% |
| Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials. | +65.7% | -12.9% | -75.8% |
| Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on). | +32.3% | +27.1% | -54.4% |
| Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales. | +16.8% | -11.8% | +20.5% |
| Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock. | $-241.3M | +55.8% | +3541.6% |
| FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine. | -35.7% | +62.8% | +3547.4% |
| Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe. | 373.8% | -9.3% | -7.4% |
| Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking. | 3.09x | -19.8% | -11.8% |
| Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground. | $4.0B | +22.3% | +4.2% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
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| EPS Surprise | 1.71 vs 4.27 | -60.0% | 1.31 vs 0.90 | +45.6% |
| Revenue Surprise | $675.8M vs $637.0M | +6.1% | $194.0M vs $175.0M | +10.9% |
| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
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| Sep 1, 2026 | Willis Austin Chandler | director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO | Common Stock | D | 15,000 | $53.90 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | WILLIS CHARLES F IV | director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman | Common Stock | D | 400 | $52.95 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | WILLIS CHARLES F IV | director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman | Common Stock | D | 15,600 | $55.11 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | WILLIS CHARLES F IV | director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman | Common Stock | D | 11,287 | $54.50 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | WILLIS CHARLES F IV | director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman | Common Stock | D | 113 | $56.05 |
Operator: Good day, and welcome to the Willis Lease Finance Corporation Q2 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Today's conference is being recorded. We would like to remind you that during this conference call, management will be making forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our expectations related to financial guidance, outlook for the company and our expected investment and growth initiatives. Please note that these forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements reflect WLFC's views only as of today. They should not be relied upon as representative of views as of any subsequent date, and WLFC undertakes no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events. These statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. For further discussion of the material risks and other important factors that could affect WLFC's financial results, please refer to its filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, WLFC's most recently quarterly report on Form 10-Q, annual report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports, which are available on the Investor Relations section of WLFC's website at https://www.wlfc.global/investor-relations. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Austin Willis, CEO. Please go ahead. Austin Willis: Thank you, operator, and thank you all for joining us today to discuss Willis Lease Finance Corporation's Second Quarter 2026 Financial results. On our call today, I am joined by Scott Flaherty, our Chief Financial Officer. I would like to also point you to the Investor Center section on our website, where we have posted a presentation to give further details supporting our prepared remarks, along with our earnings press release. We are pleased to have continued strong momentum from earlier in the year and are reporting another quarter of solid financial and operational performance. We continue to deliver on our strategy to grow assets under management and have increased this from roughly $3.6 billion in quarter 2 2025 to about $4.4 billion in quarter 2 2026. Furthermore, we delivered strong EBT performance of $38 million and an adjusted EBITDA of $120.7 million in an uncertain geopolitical environment. Before discussing our business segments, it's worth briefly touching on the broader operating environment. The macro environment has been dynamic in the second quarter and remains so. While geopolitical events, including the conflict in Iran, created some temporary market disruption, the underlying fundamentals of our business remain strong. As I will discuss later, one of the strengths of WLFC is our ability to perform across different market environments, supported by our integrated platform and the flexible solutions we …
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles F. Willis | Founder & Executive Chairman | USD 7,098,613 | Male | 1949 | Active |
Austin Chandler Willis | Chief Executive Officer & Director | USD 4,571,945 | Male | 1981 | Active |
Brian Richard Hole | Global Head of Managed Funds & Credit and President | USD 2,687,074 | Male | 1978 | Active |
Scott Flaherty | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | USD 2,103,026 | Male | 1966 | Active |
Marc Pierpoint | Senior Vice President and Head of Trading & Investments | — | Male | — | Active |
Hagen Disch | Senior Vice President of Operations | — | Female | — | Active |
Zechariah Clifton Dameron | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | — | Male | 1972 | Active |
Lynn A. McMillan | Senior VP & Head of Global Human Resources | — | Female | — | Active |
Amy Ruddock | Senior Vice President of Sustainable Aviation & Corporate Development | — | — | — | Active |
Garry A. Failler | Senior Vice President & Chief Technical Officer | — | Male | — | Active |
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