AerCap Ownership | Who Owns AerCap?

AerCap Ownership Summary

AerCap is owned by 44.22% institutional investors, 3.29% insiders, and 52.49% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 7.30% of AER shares. Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp is the top mutual fund, with 1.88% of its assets in AerCap shares.

AER Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	AerCap	44.22%	3.29%	52.49%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	47.69%	12.55%	39.76%
Industry	Rental & Leasing Service Stocks	43.65%	12.79%	43.56%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	12.57M	7.30%	$1.81B
Eagle capital management	11.64M	6.69%	$1.41B
Blackrock	10.84M	5.54%	$1.01B
State street	4.93M	2.83%	$596.32M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	4.19M	2.41%	$506.70M
59 north capital management, lp	3.93M	2.26%	$475.91M
Franklin resources	3.42M	1.98%	$491.09M
Mawer investment management	3.27M	1.90%	$470.52M
D. e. shaw	3.48M	1.86%	$333.39M
Donald smith	3.08M	1.79%	$443.17M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
High ground investment management llp	1.18M	24.62%	$169.09M
Mbb public markets i	1.13M	18.23%	$137.14M
Redwood capital management	1.30M	15.30%	$157.89M
59 north capital management, lp	3.93M	14.83%	$475.91M
Dorsey asset management	1.26M	13.75%	$152.94M
Kize capital lp	78.73K	10.87%	$9.53M
L1 capital pty	343.84K	8.68%	$41.60M
Donald smith	3.08M	8.30%	$443.17M
Four tree island advisory	110.34K	7.98%	$14.46M
Empyrean capital partners, lp	1.50M	7.29%	$181.50M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	2.45M	0.04%	2.45M
Ubs asset management americas	1.97M	0.06%	1.97M
Mawer investment management	3.27M	2.64%	1.18M
Alyeska investment group	1.11M	0.41%	961.89K
Australiansuper pty	1.39M	0.93%	753.26K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Mizuho markets cayman lp	-	-	-3.51M
Wellington management group llp	2.70M	0.06%	-2.01M
Toms capital investment management lp	-	-	-1.40M
Perpetual	-	-	-1.30M
Cooke & bieler lp	1.04M	1.57%	-1.26M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	2.45M	0.04%	2.45M	$352.17M
Axiom investors llc /de	539.05K	0.68%	539.05K	$77.49M
Sculptor capital lp	357.00K	0.51%	357.00K	$43.20M
Healthcare of ontario pension plan trust fund	175.00K	0.04%	175.00K	$21.18M
Parallax volatility advisers	100.00K	0.02%	100.00K	$9.32M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Blume capital management	-2.00
Mendota financial group	-3.00
Perkins coie trust	-3.00
Halbert hargrove global advisors	-5.00
Clearstead advisors	-6.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	400	-32.55%	75,829,535	-49.90%	44	0.58%	189	-28.95%	145	-36.68%
Sep 30, 2025	310	-47.90%	53,566,987	-63.38%	30	0.44%	147	-47.12%	118	-49.36%
Jun 30, 2025	299	-47.82%	31,106,742	-80.16%	17	0.23%	145	-46.89%	106	-49.52%
Mar 31, 2025	571	0.71%	156,700,070	-4.15%	86	1.13%	272	-4.56%	209	12.97%
Dec 31, 2024	550	-4.01%	162,869,274	0.02%	86	1.15%	272	-1.45%	183	-8.04%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp	3.05M	1.88%	-41.58K
Oakmark Investor	2.90M	1.78%	2.90M
Touchstone Mid Cap Y	2.02M	1.24%	-136.62K
Vanguard Windsor II Inv	1.99M	1.22%	1.99M
Allspring Special US Mid Cap Value Eq	1.85M	1.14%	-594.30K
Allspring Mid Value SMA	1.85M	1.14%	-594.30K
Vanguard Windsor Investor Shares	1.90M	0.97%	-203.44K
Allspring Special Mid Cap Value Inst	1.54M	0.95%	-315.40K
Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Z	1.43M	0.88%	-
Lyrical U.S. Value Equity - CS	1.23M	0.75%	-11.80K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Aug 24, 2017	Walsh Michael George	-	Buy	$24.29K
Aug 07, 2017	LAWRENCE JAMES A	-	Buy	$2.66M
Aug 09, 2017	LAWRENCE JAMES A	-	Buy	$2.32M
Aug 07, 2017	Gradon Michael	-	Sell	$37.22K
Aug 04, 2017	Kelly Aengus	Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$4.99M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2018 Q2	-	-
2017 Q4	-	-
2017 Q3	3	2
2017 Q2	-	2
2017 Q1	-	1

AER Ownership FAQ

Who Owns AerCap?

AerCap shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 44.22%, followed by 3.29% insiders and 52.49% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in AerCap's industry, Rental & Leasing Service Stocks, is 43.65%, which AerCap exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of AerCap?

AerCap’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (12.57M shares, 7.30%), Eagle capital management (11.64M shares, 6.69%), and Blackrock (10.84M shares, 5.54%). Together, they hold 19.53% of AerCap’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own AerCap?

Yes, BlackRock owns 5.54% of AerCap, totaling 10.84M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.02% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 1.01B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 443.06K shares, a 4.26% change.

Who is AerCap’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

High ground investment management llp is AerCap’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 24.62% of its assets in 1.18M AerCap shares, valued at 169.09M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of AerCap shares?

Donald Smith & Co. All Eq Accounts Comp is the top mutual fund holder of AerCap shares, with 1.88% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.05M AerCap shares.

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