Air Lease (US:AL)2025-07-03 14:30Financial Performance - Air Lease Corporation (ALC) reported total revenues of $1,419 million in 2016, a 16% increase compared to 2015[11] - The company's adjusted net income before income taxes was $623 million, up 23% from the previous year[11] - Adjusted diluted earnings per share before income taxes reached $5.67, reflecting a 22% growth[11] - ALC's adjusted margin before income taxes for the full year 2016 was 44.1%[69] Fleet and Portfolio - ALC's owned fleet consisted of 237 aircraft, with an additional 30 managed aircraft[11] - The weighted average fleet age was 3.8 years, with a weighted average remaining lease term of 6.9 years[12, 69] - The company had $9.4 billion in contracted minimum rentals from its existing fleet[57, 69] - ALC increased its minimum future contracted rentals to $23.8 billion, including future fleet[12, 69, 71] - The company sold 46 aircraft for proceeds of $1.2 billion[12] Capital Structure - ALC's total debt stood at $8,714 million, with shareholders' equity at $3,382 million[62] - The company's debt to equity ratio was 2.58x[62, 69] - Contracted cash flows covered 108% of the company's debt[62, 69] - Fixed rate debt accounted for 83.5% of the total debt[62, 69, 71] - Unencumbered assets grew to $12.3 billion[32, 71] Market Outlook - Global airline traffic is projected to grow 5% annually over the next 5 years[19] - Deliveries for 2016 through 2020 are expected to represent 7% of the in-service fleet each year[25]