Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Parts
Lear Corporation LEA
$120.85 -0.43% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $6.05B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 30, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +12.2%).
- The shares trade at 11.3× trailing earnings, lower than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth79Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 48%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 21%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 41%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 37%
Quality50Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 39%
- Gross marginBottom 3%
- Operating marginBottom 37%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 37%
- Interest coverTop 30%
Value99Exceptional
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 15%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 6%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 6%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 23%
Momentum60Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 20%
- 6-month returnTop 48%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 24%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 34%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions50Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 44%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 11%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 33%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 24%
Stability74Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 45%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 39%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 37%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.9% | 3.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 17.2% | 25.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 7.5% | 7.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 4.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 2.1% | 3.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.6% | 2.9% | ↑ | Bottom 48% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 25.2% | 17.2% | ↑ | Top 31% |
| Gross margin | 7.0% | 7.5% | ↓ | Bottom 3% |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 4.6% | ↓ | Bottom 37% |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 2.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.6% | 2.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.2% | — | Top 39% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.7% | — | Top 41% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.66×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -10.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.73×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 9.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.67%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.48%
- Shareholder yield
- 10.15%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +12.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $138.67
- Target vs current price
- +14.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 31
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 42%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | +7.5% | -10.7% | -18.6% | -15.6% | — |
| May 1, 2026 | +10.3% | +4.2% | +6.4% | +12.6% | +17.0% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +27.7% | +10.7% | +15.9% | +2.6% | +6.3% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | +3.3% | +1.1% | +4.7% | +3.7% | +15.3% |
| Jul 25, 2025 | +7.4% | -8.1% | -12.8% | -4.7% | -8.0% |
| May 6, 2025 | +18.2% | -2.5% | +7.3% | +1.1% | +6.7% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +17.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% | +1.6% | -7.1% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | +9.9% | -6.5% | -6.8% | -10.9% | -10.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | $4.28 | $3.98 | +7.5% | $6.21B |
| May 1, 2026 | $3.87 | $3.51 | +10.3% | $5.82B |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $3.41 | $2.67 | +27.7% | $5.99B |
| Oct 31, 2025 | $2.79 | $2.70 | +3.3% | $5.68B |
| Jul 25, 2025 | $3.47 | $3.23 | +7.4% | $6.03B |
| May 6, 2025 | $3.12 | $2.64 | +18.2% | $5.56B |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $2.94 | $2.50 | +17.6% | $5.71B |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $2.89 | $2.63 | +9.9% | $5.58B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 11.3× | 13.8× | 14th | Top 13% |
| P/E (forward) | 8.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.9× | — | — | Top 6% |
| EV / Sales | 0.36× | — | — | Top 6% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 14.03% | — | — | Top 15% |
| Earnings yield | 8.88% | — | — | Top 13% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.1× – 82.8× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +19.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +25.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +5.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.0%
- RSI (14)
- 44.9
- Relative volume
- 0.68×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 39.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 77th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.61
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.28
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -48.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -63.0% | 966 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -13.5% | 13 days | 24 days (Mar 3, 2021) |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | -12.4% | 4 days | 25 days (Apr 28, 2021) |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -10.3% | 6 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $6.05B
- P/E (TTM)
- 11.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $10.73
- Revenue (TTM)
- $23.70B
- Dividend yield
- 2.55%
- 52-week range
- $96.04 – $150.33
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.26B | $20.88B | $23.46B | $23.30B | $23.26B |
| Gross profit | $1.49B | $1.57B | $1.75B | $1.84B | $1.91B |
| Operating income | $743.6M | $768.0M | $913.6M | $944.9M | $1.02B |
| Net income | $373.9M | $327.7M | $572.5M | $506.6M | $436.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.19 | $5.47 | $9.68 | $8.97 | $8.15 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.58B | $5.71B | $5.56B | $6.03B | $5.68B | $5.99B | $5.82B | $6.21B |
| Net income | $135.8M | $88.1M | $80.7M | $165.2M | $108.2M | $82.7M | $172.3M | $192.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.41 | $1.61 | $1.49 | $3.06 | $2.02 | $1.58 | $3.34 | $3.79 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $670.1M | $1.02B | $1.25B | $1.12B | $1.09B |
| Capital expenditure | -$585.1M | -$638.2M | -$626.5M | -$558.7M | -$561.6M |
| Free cash flow | $85.0M | $383.2M | $622.8M | $561.4M | $527.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$106.7M | -$185.5M | -$181.9M | -$173.7M | -$164.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$100.3M | -$100.3M | -$296.5M | -$416.7M | -$325.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.01B
- Total assets
- $15.65B
- Total liabilities
- $10.33B
- Total debt
- $3.52B
- Net debt
- $2.51B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $5.18B
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | $0.77 | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | $0.77 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | $0.77 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Dec 10, 2025 | $0.77 | Dec 30, 2025 |
| Sep 3, 2025 | $0.77 | Sep 23, 2025 |
| Jun 5, 2025 | $0.77 | Jun 25, 2025 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.77 | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Dec 11, 2024 | $0.77 | Dec 30, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,108,033
- Days to cover
- 3.77
- Change vs previous report
- -4.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 18, 2011
- 2-for-1