Adient vs Autoliv
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The short version
- Adient is the larger business, with $14.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $10.8B for Autoliv.
- Autoliv grew revenue faster (4.1%, against −1.0%).
- Autoliv turned more of its sales into free cash flow (6.6% FCF margin, against 1.4%).
- Autoliv earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (20.3%, against 2.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Adient’s earnings: a P/E of 30.2x against 13.8x for Autoliv.
| Latest fiscal year | ADNT · FY25 | ALV · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.3B | $8.4B |
| Revenue | $14.5B | $10.8B |
| Free cash flow | $204M | $716M |
| Net income | −$281M | $735M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −1.0% | 4.1% |
| 5-year growth | 2.8% | 7.8% |
| Share count change | −7.9% | −4.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 6.6% | 19.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 10.1% |
| Net margin | −1.9% | 6.8% |
| FCF margin | 1.4% | 6.6% |
| Return on capital | 2.0% | 20.3% |
| Return on equity | −14.4% | 30.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.4B | $1.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.4x | 1.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $125M | $589M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 30.2x | 13.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 |
Revenue
FY16
ADNT $16.8B
ALV $7.9B
FY17
ADNT $16.2B
ALV $8.1B
FY18
ADNT $17.4B
ALV $8.7B
FY19
ADNT $16.5B
ALV $8.5B
FY20
ADNT $12.7B
ALV $7.4B
FY21
ADNT $13.7B
ALV $8.2B
FY22
ADNT $14.1B
ALV $8.8B
FY23
ADNT $15.4B
ALV $10.5B
FY24
ADNT $14.7B
ALV $10.4B
FY25
ADNT $14.5B
ALV $10.8B
ADNT
ALV
Operating margin
FY16
ADNT —
ALV 10.5%
FY17
ADNT —
ALV 10.6%
FY18
ADNT —
ALV 7.9%
FY19
ADNT —
ALV 8.5%
FY20
ADNT —
ALV 5.1%
FY21
ADNT —
ALV 8.2%
FY22
ADNT —
ALV 7.5%
FY23
ADNT —
ALV 6.6%
FY24
ADNT —
ALV 9.4%
FY25
ADNT —
ALV 10.1%
ADNT
ALV
Free cash flow
FY16
ADNT −$1.5B
ALV $362M
FY17
ADNT $169M
ALV $356M
FY18
ADNT $143M
ALV $30.6M
FY19
ADNT −$160M
ALV $158M
FY20
ADNT −$80.0M
ALV $505M
FY21
ADNT $0.0M
ALV $296M
FY22
ADNT $47.0M
ALV $128M
FY23
ADNT $415M
ALV $409M
FY24
ADNT $277M
ALV $480M
FY25
ADNT $204M
ALV $716M
ADNT
ALV
Return on capital
FY16
ADNT —
ALV 17.3%
FY17
ADNT 14.3%
ALV 14.1%
FY18
ADNT −12.1%
ALV 10.5%
FY19
ADNT 1.3%
ALV 14.2%
FY20
ADNT −3.9%
ALV 6.6%
FY21
ADNT 30.5%
ALV 13.1%
FY22
ADNT 2.8%
ALV 12.4%
FY23
ADNT 10.7%
ALV 14.3%
FY24
ADNT 6.2%
ALV 18.6%
FY25
ADNT 2.0%
ALV 20.3%
ADNT
ALV
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.