AL (Air Lease) Moat Score : 5/10 (As of Jul. 09, 2025)

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What is Air Lease Moat Score?

Air Lease has the Moat Score of 5, which implies that the company might have Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat.

Air Lease has Narrow Moat: Air Lease Corp benefits from a solid narrow moat due to its scale and relationships in the aircraft leasing industry. However, the company faces competition and lacks significant customer switching costs or proprietary technology, resulting in a solid but not wide moat.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Air Lease might have Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat.

Competitive Comparison of Air Lease's Moat Score

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Air Lease's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Air Lease's Moat Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Air Lease's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Air Lease's Moat Score falls into.

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Air Lease (NYSE:AL) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score	Moat Level
10	Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9	Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7	Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6	Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5	Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4	Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3	No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0	No Moat - No discernible moat

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Air Lease Business Description

Industry

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Address

2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000N, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90067

Website

https://www.airleasecorp.com

Air Lease Corp is an aircraft leasing company based in the United States. It is engaged in purchasing commercial jet aircrafts directly from aircraft manufacturers and leasing those aircraft to airlines throughout the world to generate attractive returns on equity. The company also sells aircraft from its fleet to third parties, including other leasing companies, financial services companies, airlines, and other investors, and offers fleet management services to investors and owners of aircraft portfolios for a management fee. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the Asia-Pacific region and the rest from Europe, Middle East and Africa, Central America, South America, Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

Executives

Grant A Levy	officer: EVP, GENL. COUNSEL & SECRETARY	C/O AIR LEASE CORPORATION, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1000N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Alex A Khatibi	officer: EVP	C/O AIR LEASE CORPORATION, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1000N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Kishore Korde	officer: EVP, Marketing	2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1000N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Gregory B Willis	officer: SVP FINANCE AND CFO	C/O AIR LEASE CORPORATION, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 600N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
John L Plueger	director, officer: PRESIDENT AND COO	C/O AIR LEASE CORPORATION, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1000N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Carol Hyland Forsyte	officer: EVP, GC, Corp Secretary & CCO	C/O AIR LEASE CORPORATION, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1000N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Yvette Hollingsworth Clark	director	C/O 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1000N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Steven F Udvar-hazy	director, officer: Chairman and CEO	C/O AIR LEASE CORPORATION, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1000N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Jie Chen	officer: EVP & MANAGING DIRECTOR, ASIA	C/O AIR LEASE CORPORATION, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1000N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Marshall O Larsen	director	870 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Cheryl Gordon Krongard	director	LEGG MASON, INC., 100 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Susan Mccaw	director	LIONSGATE, 2700 COLORADO AVENUE, SANTA MONICA CA 90404
Marc H Baer	other: EVP	C/O AIR LEASE CORPORATION, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1000N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
John D Poerschke	officer: SVP	C/O AIR LEASE CORPORATION, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1000N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Ian M Saines	director	C/O AIR LEASE CORPORATION, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1000N, LOS ANGELES CA 90067