WLFCWillis Lease Finance Corporation

$222.52+55% 1Y

$222.52

$38.2152 weeks$79.48

Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: earnings fully cash-backed (3.4×) and margins widening, but returns that lean on debt.

2 good, 1 to watch, 1 without data

Profits arrive as cash3.36×derived · Jun 30, 2026

Operating profit is fully backed by cash. Conversion is worsening vs a year ago.

Margin direction, 3 years+1.4 pts

Negative operating leverage, costs are rising faster than sales, squeezing margins as it grows.

Where ROE comes from5.3× leverage

Leverage-amplified, a high assets-to-equity ratio does much of the work. ROE 17% = margin × turnover × leverage.

Unless marked, from derived.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

FCF conversiontop 5% of the market

Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)bottom 6% of the market

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

Willis Lease Finance Corporation earns 3.1% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

3.1%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 5.9 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin: 16%
Operating margin · Rental & Leasing Services median 8.0% · 12 months to Q2 2026
Cash conversion: 3.36×
Cash conversion · 3.50× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
Share count, year on year: +5.0%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago

Details›

Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026: 16%
Net margin12 months to Q2 2026: 12%
Free cash flow margin: 33%
Revenue, trailing twelve months: $765M
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months: $252M
Net income, trailing twelve months: $92M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash: 3.1%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.

Ranks #7 of 13 by RyuScore