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WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP

WLFCNasdaq

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Signs● 5 good● 1 warning● 1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19
Revenue$569.2M$418.6M$311.9M$274.2M$288.7M$109.0M
Operating income$144.4M$64.2M$9.9M$8.3M$14.7M$80.3M
Net income$108.6M$43.8M$5.4M$3.4M$9.7M$66.9M
Total assets$3.30B$2.65B$2.58B$2.46B$2.36B$1.94B
Total liabilities$2.68B$2.16B$2.12B$2.04B$1.95B$1.54B
Equity$549.3M$439.0M$404.7M$375.9M$364.0M$350.3M
EPS (diluted)$15.34$6.23$0.33$0.00$1.05$3.35
Shares out.6.4M6.1M5.9M6.0M5.9M5.8M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2024
Operating margin
25.4%
Net margin
19.1%
Return on equity
19.8%
Return on assets
3.3%
Return on capital (ROCE)
—
Liabilities / assets
81.4%
Debt / equity
4.89×
Book value / share
$85.92
Revenue growth (YoY)
36.0%
Net income growth (YoY)
148.1%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2024
Accruals / assets
−5.3%clean
Piotroski F-Score
7/8strong

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
83
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 1 severe● 1 warning● 5 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 2026473,8223.0+42.0%
Apr 30, 2026333,6073.1+4.8%
Apr 15, 2026318,2333.7-4.5%
Mar 31, 2026333,3946.5-2.3%
Mar 13, 2026341,1545.3+2.4%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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