Adient vs Lear
ADNT and LEA side by side, both in motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ADNT and LEA compare
Lear is the larger company, worth 4.2 times as much as Adient ($5.2B against $1.2B).
Adient grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.4% versus 3.5% for Lear).
Lear keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.5% compared with −0.11% at Adient.
Lear pays a dividend yielding 2.8%; Adient does not pay one.
Lear scores higher on the StockData Score (22 against 7 for Adient), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ADNT | LEA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.2B | $5.2B |
| Share price | $16.00 | $108.71 |
| Change, 1 year | −24.2% | −0.78% |
| Change, 5 years | −65.3% | −38.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.36 | 0.92 |
| Employees | 65K | 75K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 22 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 9.5× |
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 0.2× |
| P/B | 0.8× (better) | 1.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 4.9× |
| P/FCF | 5.6× (better) | 7.5× |
| PEG | – | 0.67 |
| FCF yield | 18.0% (better) | 13.4% |
| Fair value | $42.74 | $173.15 |
| Margin of safety | 62.6% (better) | 37.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.4% (better) | 3.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.1% | 6.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 32.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 40.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 25.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 6.3% | 6.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | – | 3.7% |
| Net margin | −0.11% | 2.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.5% | 2.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | −1.0% | 11.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 10.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.44 | 0.55 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 1.25 |
| Interest coverage | – | 9.1× |
| Current ratio | 1.09 | 1.18 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.68 | 2.75 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.8% |
| Payout ratio | – | 27.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Buyback yield | 8.1% | 10.0% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 8.1% | 12.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.1% | 110% |
| Held by insiders | 2.2% | 0.42% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$666K (better) | −$16.1M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 9.0% | 7.0% |
Go deeper
- ADNT stock overview
- ADNT income statement
- ADNT valuation and score
- LEA stock overview
- LEA income statement
- LEA valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.