WLFC Stock — Willis Lease Finance Corporation

Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

WLFC is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.41%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.42%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 44/100 (Caution). Total return is 1294.1% over the past 30.1 years, 479.5 points behind SPY at 1773.6%.

Willis Lease Finance Corporation is a lessor and servicer of commercial aircraft and aircraft engines, operating globally through two main business segments: leasing of aircraft and engines, and the purchase and resale of spare aircraft parts and components. The company distributes quarterly with a modest current distribution rate. The business appeals to income investors seeking exposure to aviation leasing and aftermarket parts markets.

WLFC performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 1294.1% over the past 30.1 years, 479.5 points behind SPY at 1773.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -13.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 52.9%.

WLFC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

44 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.62%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/18/1996

Distribution rate

1.41%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.42%

Last close

$37.61 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$898,873,283

Average volume

171091.0

Dividend

$0.133

Ex-dividend date

08/11/2026

Payment date

08/21/2026

Beta

0.726

Payout ratio

9.6%

P/E ratio

9.47

Forward P/E

6.9109

EPS

$3.97

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.41%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.42%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

WLFC risks and drawbacks

WLFC's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 52.9%.

Who may consider WLFC — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (WLFC pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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