Adient vs Aptiv
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The short version
- Aptiv is the larger business, with $20.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $14.5B for Adient.
- Aptiv grew revenue faster (3.5%, against −1.0%).
- Aptiv turned more of its sales into free cash flow (7.5% FCF margin, against 1.4%).
- Aptiv earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (3.7%, against 2.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Aptiv’s earnings: a P/E of 40.3x against 30.2x for Adient.
| Latest fiscal year | ADNT · FY25 | APTV · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.3B | $9.1B |
| Revenue | $14.5B | $20.4B |
| Free cash flow | $204M | $1.5B |
| Net income | −$281M | $165M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −1.0% | 3.5% |
| 5-year growth | 2.8% | 9.3% |
| Share count change | −7.9% | −14.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 6.6% | 19.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 5.8% |
| Net margin | −1.9% | 0.8% |
| FCF margin | 1.4% | 7.5% |
| Return on capital | 2.0% | 3.7% |
| Return on equity | −14.4% | 1.8% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.4B | $5.9B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.4x | 2.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $125M | $397M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 30.2x | 40.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 |
FY16
ADNT $16.8B
APTV $12.3B
FY17
ADNT $16.2B
APTV $12.9B
FY18
ADNT $17.4B
APTV $14.4B
FY19
ADNT $16.5B
APTV $14.4B
FY20
ADNT $12.7B
APTV $13.1B
FY21
ADNT $13.7B
APTV $15.6B
FY22
ADNT $14.1B
APTV $17.5B
FY23
ADNT $15.4B
APTV $20.1B
FY24
ADNT $14.7B
APTV $19.7B
FY25
ADNT $14.5B
APTV $20.4B
ADNT
APTV
FY16
ADNT —
APTV 12.5%
FY17
ADNT —
APTV 11.0%
FY18
ADNT —
APTV 10.2%
FY19
ADNT —
APTV 8.9%
FY20
ADNT —
APTV 16.2%
FY21
ADNT —
APTV 7.6%
FY22
ADNT —
APTV 7.2%
FY23
ADNT —
APTV 7.8%
FY24
ADNT —
APTV 9.3%
FY25
ADNT —
APTV 5.8%
ADNT
APTV
FY16
ADNT −$1.5B
APTV $1.3B
FY17
ADNT $169M
APTV $770M
FY18
ADNT $143M
APTV $782M
FY19
ADNT −$160M
APTV $843M
FY20
ADNT −$80.0M
APTV $829M
FY21
ADNT $0.0M
APTV $611M
FY22
ADNT $47.0M
APTV $419M
FY23
ADNT $415M
APTV $990M
FY24
ADNT $277M
APTV $1.6B
FY25
ADNT $204M
APTV $1.5B
ADNT
APTV
FY16
ADNT —
APTV 20.7%
FY17
ADNT 14.3%
APTV 19.3%
FY18
ADNT −12.1%
APTV 17.3%
FY19
ADNT 1.3%
APTV 14.0%
FY20
ADNT −3.9%
APTV 23.2%
FY21
ADNT 30.5%
APTV 11.2%
FY22
ADNT 2.8%
APTV 9.4%
FY23
ADNT 10.7%
APTV 10.2%
FY24
ADNT 6.2%
APTV 10.1%
FY25
ADNT 2.0%
APTV 3.7%
ADNT
APTV
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.