Revenue of $90.9 million versus $94.7 million in the prior year period
GAAP net income of $5.4 million versus GAAP net income of $2.7 million in the prior year period
Adjusted net income1 of $7.5 million versus adjusted net income of $4.8 million in the prior year period
Adjusted EBITDA1 of $15.2 million versus Adjusted EBITDA of $13.0 million in the prior year period
Flight equipment sales consisted of four engines compared to six engines in the prior year period
Feedstock acquisitions of $15.4 million in the quarter
2025 Full Year Highlights
Revenue of $335.3 million versus $345.1 million
GAAP net income of $8.6 million versus GAAP Net Income of $5.9 million
Adjusted net income1 of $15.8 million versus adjusted net income of $9.5 million
Adjusted EBITDA1 of $46.1 million versus Adjusted EBITDA of $33.4 million
Flight equipment sales consisted of thirteen engines compared to twenty engines and one aircraft in the prior year
Feedstock acquisitions of $99.6 million and an additional $11.4 million under contract
Inventory of $363.8 million as of December 31, 2025
MIAMI, March 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AerSale Corporation (NASDAQ:ASLE) ("AerSale" or the "Company") today reported fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results.
(in thousands, except per-share amount)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended December 31,
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
Percent Change
2025
2024
Percent Change
Total revenue
$
90,937
$
94,741
(4.0
)
%
$
335,286
$
345,066
(2.8
)
%
GAAP net income
5,397
2,702
99.7
%
8,575
5,851
46.6
%
Adjusted net income(1)
7,529
4,775
57.7
%
15,826
9,520
66.2
%
Adjusted EBITDA(1)
15,218
13,000
17.1
%
46,142
33,386
38.2
%
Diluted earnings per share
0.11
0.05
120.0
%
0.18
0.11
63.6
%
Adjusted diluted earnings per share(1)
0.16
0.09
77.8
%
0.33
0.18
83.3
%
Feedstock acquisitions(2)
$
15,428
$
18,365
(16.0
)
%
$
99,647
$
61,653
61.6
%
Fourth Quarter 2025 Results of Operations
The Company's revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025 was $90.9 million, representing a decrease of 4.0% compared to $94.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 primarily due to the timing of flight equipment sales. Adjusted EBITDA1 in the fourth quarter of 2025 increased by $2.2 million to $15.2 million, or 16.7% of total revenue, representing an increase of 17.1% compared to $13.0 million, or 13.7% of total revenue, in the comparable prior year period. The increase in adjusted EBITDA1 was mainly driven by improved profitability from our maintenance repair and overhaul ("MRO") activities and lower overall expenses due to the cost-cutting initiatives executed at the beginning of the year.
As a reminder to investors, the Company's revenue is likely to fluctuate from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year based on flight equipment sales and therefore, progress should be monitored based on flight equipment leasing, used serviceable material ("USM") sales, and asset purchases, as well as MRO activities.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, flight equipment sales were $20.9 million and consisted of four engines, compared to $31.0 million from six engines sold in the comparable prior year period. Excluding flight equipment sales, revenue grew 9.8% as we continue to grow the more recurring parts of our business.
This increase was primarily driven by strong commercial demand for USM, as well as increased leasing revenue from an expanded lease pool, which includes the deployment of two Boeing 757 freighter aircraft. Our landing gear, aerostructures, and component MRO facilities also delivered improved performance and profitability; and demand for our AerSafe™ Engineered Solutions product also increased. These increases were partially offset by lower heavy MRO revenue at the Roswell, New Mexico facility as the Company transitioned to higher‑margin opportunities that offset the margin declines related to the lower revenue. The Goodyear, Arizona facility also experienced revenue declines due to the expiration of a customer contract; however, the impact was mitigated by a strong pipeline of storage revenue related to the Geared Turbo Fan ("GTF") engine reliability issues that have also resulted in greater margin contributions.
Nick Finazzo, Chief Executive Officer at AerSale, stated, "We completed 2025 in line with our expectations, which focused on growing our USM, leasing, and MRO activities that are a core part of our multi-dimensional business model and help offset the inherent volatility of flight equipment sales. This disciplined execution also resulted in higher margin contributions which was a focus of the efficiency initiatives we executed in the beginning of 2025."
Finazzo added, "As we enter 2026, we remain focused on continuing our growth momentum by monetizing our strong inventory position and expanding our MRO capabilities and capacity, which will benefit our customers and continue to build long‑term shareholder value."
Asset Management Solutions ("Asset Management") revenue decreased 11.1% to $56.9 million during the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to $64.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. Excluding flight equipment sales, total revenue in the fourth quarter of 2025 increased 9.1% to $36.0 million from $33.0 million in the prior year, driven by increased leasing and USM volume. The Company had 18 engines and two B757 freighter aircraft on lease in the current quarter, compared to 20 engines and one B757 freighter on lease in the prior year period. Although the total number of engines on lease decreased slightly over the prior period year, the portfolio mix shifted toward higher‑demand engine types and benefited from a tight leasing market, resulting in stronger average lease rates and higher yields.
Technical Operations ("TechOps") revenue increased 10.7% to $34.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 from $30.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, primarily due to higher sales from the Company's aerostructures and landing gear MROs as we have been successful in winning new contracts, as well as from higher demand for our AerSafe™ product in advance of the Federal Aviation Administration's 2026 compliance requirements for a Fuel Quantity Indication System airworthiness directive. These increases were partially offset by revenue decreases from our on-airport MRO activities resulting from the strategic repurposing of the Roswell, New Mexico facility to focus on higher-margin aircraft storage and the expiration of a customer contract at the Goodyear, Arizona MRO facility, which was partially mitigated by a strong pipeline of storage revenue related to recent GTF engine reliability issues.
Gross margin increased to 34.1% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to 31.4% in the same period last year, driven by higher margins generated from our leasing portfolio and on-airport MROs.
Selling, general, and administrative expenses were $23.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 versus $24.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. AerSale incurred $1.8 million of share-based compensation expense in the fourth quarter of 2025 versus $1.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Income from operations was $7.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to $4.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Income tax expense was $0.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $1.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. The Company's effective tax rate was 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to 40.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Net income for the fourth quarter of 2025 was $5.4 million, compared to net income of $2.7 million in the prior year. During the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company recognized $1.8 million of share-based compensation expenses within payroll expenses, $0.2 million in non-cash inventory write-downs, and $0.3 million in facility relocation costs. Excluding these non-cash and unusual items and adjusted for tax, adjusted net income1 was $7.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to adjusted net income1 of $4.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Diluted earnings per share was $0.11 for the fourth quarter of 2025 and $0.05 in the fourth quarter of 2024. Adjusted for the non-cash and unusual items noted above, adjusted diluted earnings per share1 was $0.16 for the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to $0.09 for the fourth quarter of 2024.
Full Year 2025 Results of Operations
For full year 2025, AerSale reported revenue of $335.3 million, representing a decrease of 2.8% compared to $345.1 million for the full year of 2024. Adjusted EBITDA¹ for 2025 was $46.1 million, or 13.8% of total revenue, representing an increase of 38.2% compared to $33.4 million, or 9.7% of total revenue in 2024. This improvement over the prior year was driven by margin expansion and disciplined cost management as the Company implemented an efficiency initiative in early 2025 and diversified its product mix.
In 2025, flight equipment sales were $56.4 million and consisted of 13 engines, compared to $110.1 million from 20 engines and one aircraft in the prior year period. Excluding flight equipment sales, revenue during the full year of 2025 grew 18.7% year‑over‑year as the company continued to grow the more recurring parts of the business.
Asset Management revenue was $211.6 million, compared to $215.5 million in 2024 due to lower flight equipment sales, which were partially offset by increased USM volume and increased leasing activity.
TechOps revenue for the full year of 2025 decreased 4.5% to $123.7 million from $129.6 million for the full year of 2024, driven by decreases at our on-airport MRO facilities, which were partially offset by increased revenue from the Company's aerostructures and landing gear MRO facilities, as well as higher demand for our AerSafeTM product.
The gross margin for the full year of 2025 was 31.5%, compared to 30.1% in 2024, reflecting a favorable sales mix, increased contribution from recurring aftermarket and leasing activities, and disciplined cost management across the business.
Selling, general, and administrative expenses were $90.0 million for full year of 2025 versus $94.2 million for full year of 2024. AerSale incurred $4.9 million of share-based compensation expense in 2025, versus $4.3 million in 2024.
Income from operations was $15.8 million for the full year of 2025, compared to income from operations of $9.7 million for the full year of 2024.
Income tax expense was $2.0 million in 2025, compared to $2.0 million in 2024. The Company's effective tax rate was 18.5% for full year of 2025 compared to 25.3% for full year of 2024.
Net income for 2025 was $8.6 million, compared to net income of $5.9 million in the prior year. The Company recognized a mark-to-market adjustment benefit of $0.1 million related to the private warrant liability, $4.9 million of share-based compensation expenses within payroll expenses, $0.2 million in non-cash inventory write-downs, $1.4 million in facility relocation costs, $1.1 million in restructuring costs, and $0.4 million related to a legal settlement. Excluding these non-cash and unusual items and adjusted for tax, adjusted net income1 was $15.8 million in 2025, compared to adjusted net income1 of $9.5 million in 2024.
Diluted earnings per share was $0.18 for 2025 and $0.11 in 2024. Adjusted for the non-cash and unusual items noted above, adjusted diluted earnings per share1 was $0.33 for full year of 2025 while adjusted diluted earnings per share1 was $0.18 in full year of 2024.
AerSale ended the year with $71.6 million in liquidity, including $4.4 million in cash and $67.2 million available on our $180 million revolving credit facility, expandable to $200 million. Cash used in operating activities in 2025 was $23.0 million, primarily related to feedstock acquisitions as we continue to grow the Asset Management segment.
Conference Call Information
The Company will host a conference call today, March 5, 2026 at 4:30 pm Eastern Time to discuss these results. A live audio webcast will be available to the public on a listen-only basis at https://ir.aersale.com/news-events/events. An archived replay of the webcast will also be available on the Investors portion of the AerSale website at https://ir.aersale.com/ for one year.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release includes non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, and adjusted diluted earnings per share. AerSale defines adjusted EBITDA as net income excluding interest expense, depreciation and amortization, income tax expense, and other non-cash, non-recurring or unusual items. Adjusted net income is defined as net income excluding mark-to-market adjustments relating to our private warrants, stock-based compensation expense and other non-cash, non-recurring or unusual items. Adjusted diluted earnings per share is adjusted net income divided by the diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding during the measurement period.AerSale believes these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to AerSale's financial condition and results of operations. AerSale's management uses certain of these non-GAAP measures to compare AerSale's performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses and for budgeting and planning purposes. These non- GAAP measures should not be construed as an alternative to net income or net income margin as an indicator of operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow provided by operating activities as a measure of liquidity (each as determined in accordance with GAAP).You should review AerSale's audited financial statements, and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate AerSale's business. Other companies may calculate adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, or adjusted diluted earnings per share differently, and therefore AerSale's adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, or adjusted diluted earnings per share measures may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.Reconciliations of Net Income, the Company's closest GAAP measure, to adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, and adjusted diluted earnings per share, are outlined in the tables below following the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.
End Notes
(1) Adjusted net income, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted diluted earnings per share are non-GAAP measures. See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Adjusted EBITDA, Net Income and Diluted EPS Reconciliation Table" at the end of this press release for a discussion of why we believe these non-GAAP measures are useful together with a detailed reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) measure.
(2) For the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, an additional $11.4 million of feedstock acquisitions were under contract.
Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results
AERSALE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIESConsolidated Statements of Operations(in thousands, except share and per share data)(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended December 31,
Year Ended December 31,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Revenue:
Products
$
57,793
$
62,323
$
206,472
$
214,950
Leasing
9,936
7,878
35,071
22,146
Services
23,208
24,540
93,743
107,970
Total revenue
90,937
94,741
335,286
345,066
Cost of sales and operating expenses:
Cost of products
37,694
41,322
143,258
141,152
Cost of leasing
3,628
2,957
12,136
8,468
Cost of services
18,629
20,717
74,118
91,510
Total cost of sales
59,951
64,996
229,512
241,130
Gross profit
30,986
29,745
105,774
103,936
Selling, general and administrative expenses
23,936
24,808
89,984
94,192
Income from operations
7,050
4,937
15,790
9,744
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense, net
(2,330
)
(1,472
)
(8,330
)
(5,703
)
Other income, net
832
1,096
2,982
1,495
Change in fair value of warrant liability
32
(47
)
85
2,301
Total other expense, net
(1,466
)
(423
)
(5,263
)
(1,907
)
Income before income tax provision
5,584
4,514
10,527
7,837
Income tax expense
(187
)
(1,812
)
(1,952
)
(1,986
)
Net income
$
5,397
$
2,702
$
8,575
$
5,851
Earnings per share:
Basic
$
0.11
$
0.05
$
0.18
$
0.11
Diluted
$
0.11
$
0.05
$
0.18
$
0.11
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic
47,195,724
53,222,762
48,378,882
53,113,508
Diluted
47,766,486
53,501,235
48,754,585
53,359,085
AERSALE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIESConsolidated Balance Sheet(in thousands, except share data)
December 31,
December 31,
2025
2024
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
4,379
$
4,698
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $1,173 as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024
