Adient vs Lear
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The short version
- Lear is the larger business, with $23.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $14.5B for Adient, about 1.6 times as much.
- Lear grew revenue faster (−0.2%, against −1.0%).
- Lear turned more of its sales into free cash flow (2.3% FCF margin, against 1.4%).
- Lear earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (8.9%, against 2.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Adient’s earnings: a P/E of 30.2x against 10.9x for Lear.
| Latest fiscal year | ADNT · FY25 | LEA · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.3B | $5.9B |
| Revenue | $14.5B | $23.3B |
| Free cash flow | $204M | $527M |
| Net income | −$281M | $437M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −1.0% | −0.2% |
| 5-year growth | 2.8% | 6.4% |
| Share count change | −7.9% | −5.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 6.6% | 6.5% |
| Operating margin | — | 3.3% |
| Net margin | −1.9% | 1.9% |
| FCF margin | 1.4% | 2.3% |
| Return on capital | 2.0% | 8.9% |
| Return on equity | −14.4% | 9.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.4B | $1.7B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.4x | 1.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $125M | $490M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 30.2x | 10.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 |
FY16
ADNT $16.8B
LEA $18.6B
FY17
ADNT $16.2B
LEA $20.5B
FY18
ADNT $17.4B
LEA $21.1B
FY19
ADNT $16.5B
LEA $19.8B
FY20
ADNT $12.7B
LEA $17.0B
FY21
ADNT $13.7B
LEA $19.3B
FY22
ADNT $14.1B
LEA $20.9B
FY23
ADNT $15.4B
LEA $23.5B
FY24
ADNT $14.7B
LEA $23.3B
FY25
ADNT $14.5B
LEA $23.3B
ADNT
LEA
FY16
ADNT —
LEA 7.9%
FY17
ADNT —
LEA 7.9%
FY18
ADNT —
LEA 7.8%
FY19
ADNT —
LEA 5.4%
FY20
ADNT —
LEA 2.7%
FY21
ADNT —
LEA 3.5%
FY22
ADNT —
LEA 3.1%
FY23
ADNT —
LEA 4.0%
FY24
ADNT —
LEA 3.8%
FY25
ADNT —
LEA 3.3%
ADNT
LEA
FY16
ADNT −$1.5B
LEA $1.1B
FY17
ADNT $169M
LEA $1.2B
FY18
ADNT $143M
LEA $1.1B
FY19
ADNT −$160M
LEA $680M
FY20
ADNT −$80.0M
LEA $211M
FY21
ADNT $0.0M
LEA $85.0M
FY22
ADNT $47.0M
LEA $383M
FY23
ADNT $415M
LEA $623M
FY24
ADNT $277M
LEA $561M
FY25
ADNT $204M
LEA $527M
ADNT
LEA
FY16
ADNT —
LEA 27.6%
FY17
ADNT 14.3%
LEA 32.4%
FY18
ADNT −12.1%
LEA 27.5%
FY19
ADNT 1.3%
LEA 17.8%
FY20
ADNT −3.9%
LEA 5.7%
FY21
ADNT 30.5%
LEA 8.8%
FY22
ADNT 2.8%
LEA 7.8%
FY23
ADNT 10.7%
LEA 11.1%
FY24
ADNT 6.2%
LEA 10.1%
FY25
ADNT 2.0%
LEA 8.9%
ADNT
LEA
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.