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Is Aercap (AER) Stock Outpacing Its Transportation Peers This Year?

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Investors interested in Transportation stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Has AerCap (AER - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Transportation sector should help us answer this question.

AerCap is one of 122 individual stocks in the Transportation sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #16 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors.

The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. AerCap is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).

Over the past 90 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for AER's full-year earnings has moved 14.6% higher. This shows that analyst sentiment has improved and the company's earnings outlook is stronger.

Our latest available data shows that AER has returned about 38.2% since the start of the calendar year. Meanwhile, the Transportation sector has returned an average of -6% on a year-to-date basis. As we can see, AerCap is performing better than its sector in the calendar year.

Another Transportation stock, which has outperformed the sector so far this year, is A.P. Moller-Maersk (AMKBY - Free Report) . The stock has returned 20.6% year-to-date.

For A.P. Moller-Maersk, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 220.8% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

To break things down more, AerCap belongs to the Transportation - Equipment and Leasing industry, a group that includes 10 individual companies and currently sits at #179 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, this group has gained an average of 9.7% so far this year, meaning that AER is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns.

In contrast, A.P. Moller-Maersk falls under the Transportation - Shipping industry. Currently, this industry has 39 stocks and is ranked #71. Since the beginning of the year, the industry has moved +9.2%.

Investors interested in the Transportation sector may want to keep a close eye on AerCap and A.P. Moller-Maersk as they attempt to continue their solid performance.


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