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WLFC Financials Willis Lease Finance Corp

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 32.1% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown faster than revenue (63.5% vs 32.1% per year).
  • Free cash flow has grown 22.8% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($2.7B) exceeds cash ($16M); net debt is $2.7B.
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (9.8% vs 32.1% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 0.8× in the latest year, up from 0.2× 5 years ago.
  • Total debt is 13× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 2 consecutive years, consuming 7.6% of earnings and 3.5% of free cash flow.
Revenue & net income
$0 $365M $730M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 13% 25% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Return on equity & assets (ROE / ROA)
0% 12% 24% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
ROEROA
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $134M $269M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $1B $3B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$765M -$160M $445M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MROEROAFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $730M $114M 0.0% 14.3% 17.2% 2.9% $252M $2.7B $16M
2024 $569M $109M 0.0% 25.4% 19.8% 3.3% $269M $2.3B $9M
2023 $419M $44M 0.0% 15.3% 10.0% 1.7% $225M $1.8B $7M
2022 — $5M — — 1.3% 0.2% $138M $1.8B $12M
2021 — $3M — — 0.9% 0.1% $88M $1.8B $14M
2020 — $10M — — 2.7% 0.4% $90M $1.7B $43M
2019 — $67M — — 19.1% 3.4% $224M $1.3B $7M
2018 — $43M — — 15.1% 2.2% $185M $1.3B $12M
2017 — $62M — — 24.0% 3.9% $126M $1.1B $7M
2016 — $14M — — 7.2% 1.1% $91M $900M $10M
2015 — $6M — — 3.1% 0.5% $94M $866M $10M
2014 — $7M — — 3.3% 0.6% — $841M $13M
2013 — $16M — — 7.4% 1.3% — $788M $13M
2012 — $2M — — 0.8% 0.1% — $697M $5M
2011 — $15M — — 6.1% 1.3% $76M $718M $6M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced WLFC against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 35.8 71.7 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 1.8 3.7 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 0.6 1.2 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is WLFC growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Willis Lease Finance Corp's revenue has grown 32.1% per year, and net income grown 63.5% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does WLFC have?

As of FY2025, Willis Lease Finance Corp reported $2.7B of total debt against $16M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 0.8×.

What is WLFC's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 14.3%, and net margin 15.6%.

What is WLFC's P/E ratio?

Willis Lease Finance Corp's P/E (TTM) is 11.51 as of the 2026-11-03 close — market cap ÷ net income over the trailing twelve months where four consecutive quarters are reported, otherwise the latest fiscal year, the same figure as on the WLFC stock page. The valuation chart above sets each month-end's price against the latest annual net income instead, so its latest point (about 8.0× as of Nov '26) can differ. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), split-adjusted; price return — dividends not reinvested · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.