AerCap Holdings (AER) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
AerCap Holdings (AER) recorded Return on Assets [ROA] of 4.36% in Q3 2026, down 0.83 percentage points from 5.19% a year earlier and down 0.39 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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AerCap Holdings (AER) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, AerCap Holdings reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 5.24%, up 2.30 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +5.93 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 2.94% in FY2024 (-1.52 pp), 4.46% in FY2023 (+5.46 pp), -1.00% in FY2022 (-2.73 pp) and 1.73% in FY2021 (+2.42 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q2 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] rose in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.33 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Assets [ROA] in the last five years was a gain of 5.44 percentage points in Q4 2023, against a drop of 3.89 percentage points in Q3 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 4.76% (Q2 2026), 5.49% (Q1 2026) and 5.22% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 330.19 Bn | 288.71 Bn | 5.02 Bn | 7.16% |
| 2 | Rtx | 254.81 Bn | 223.08 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 5.04% |
| 3 | Boeing | 135.91 Bn | 44.87 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 4.56% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 130.27 Bn | 114.51 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 10.26% |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 94.70 Bn | 79.93 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 7.74% |
| 6 | Motorola Solutions | 85.12 Bn | 81.58 Bn | 1.77 Bn | 10.35% |
| 7 | Howmet Aerospace | 81.45 Bn | 77.21 Bn | 1.00 Bn | 15.48% |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 72.73 Bn | 60.19 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 8.75% |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 68.03 Bn | 27.54 Bn | 2.02 Bn | 10.78% |
| 10 | AerCap Holdings | 28.55 Bn | 21.47 Bn | - | 4.36% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.36% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.76% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.49% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.22% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.19% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.02% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.97% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.89% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.50% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.60% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.66% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.41% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.59% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.68% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.46% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.03% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -1.61% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.61% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.68% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.74% |
API Access
AerCap Holdings Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=AER&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "AER", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=AER&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();