Willis Lease Finance (WLFC) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Willis Lease Finance (WLFC) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 2.06% for Q3 2026, down 1.27 percentage points from 3.33% a year earlier and down 0.51 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Willis Lease Finance (WLFC) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Willis Lease Finance posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 3.15%, down 0.51 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +2.69 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 3.65% in FY2024 (+1.98 pp), 1.68% in FY2023 (+1.46 pp), 0.22% in FY2022 (+0.08 pp) and 0.14% in FY2021 (-0.31 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q4 2023.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.07 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was Q3 2023 (a gain of 2.10 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2026 (a drop of 1.27 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 2.57% (Q2 2026), 3.28% (Q1 2026) and 3.09% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Space Exploration Technologies | 1,943.02 Bn | 1,704.73 Bn | 9.10 Bn | -1.24% |
| 2 | General Electric | 349.37 Bn | 308.11 Bn | 5.02 Bn | 7.16% |
| 3 | Rtx | 270.29 Bn | 240.28 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 5.04% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 139.31 Bn | 123.54 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 10.26% |
| 5 | Boeing | 137.40 Bn | 46.38 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 4.56% |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 99.29 Bn | 84.52 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 7.74% |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 87.28 Bn | 83.77 Bn | 1.77 Bn | 10.35% |
| 8 | Howmet Aerospace | 87.15 Bn | 82.91 Bn | 1.00 Bn | 15.48% |
| 9 | Northrop Grumman | 77.96 Bn | 65.41 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 8.74% |
| 10 | Willis Lease Finance | 967.32 Mn | 907.62 Mn | 155.25 Mn | 2.06% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2.06% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.57% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.28% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.09% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.33% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.39% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.18% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.42% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.30% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.18% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.26% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.66% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.81% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.50% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.20% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.21% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.29% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.44% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.68% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.14% |
API Access
Willis Lease Finance 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=WLFC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "WLFC", "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=WLFC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();