profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Lear
$108.57-1.11% today
-0.9% in 1 year
1-year low $99.281-year high $148.68
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $11.98 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Lear sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $20.9 billion in 2022 to $23.3 billion in 2025, with $437 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Lear handed back 93% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $325M$165M
Free cash flow 2025$527M
Bought back its own shares$325M
Paid as dividends$165M
Cash vs. debt$1.0B vs. $2.9B
Lear vs. similar companies
Lear grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lear | 12.0× · Cheap | ||
 Magna International | 19.4× · Fair price | ||
 Autoliv | 11.6× · Cheap | ||
 LKQ | 8.2× · Cheap | ||
 Mobileye Global | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Lear's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,046 | 19,263 | 20,892 | 23,467 | 23,306 | 23,259 | |
| 1,109 | 1,392 | 1,410 | 1,710 | 1,639 | 1,504 | |
| 454 | 675 | 654 | 933 | 888 | 777 | |
| 939 | 1,249 | 1,184 | 1,483 | 1,460 | 1,330 | |
| 159 | 374 | 328 | 573 | 507 | 437 | |
| 2.62 | 6.19 | 5.47 | 9.68 | 8.97 | 8.15 | |
| 6.5% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 7.0% | 6.5% | |
| 2.7% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 3.3% | |
| 0.9% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 1.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 13,199 | 13,352 | 13,763 | 14,696 | 14,028 | 14,843 |
| Cash | 1,307 | 1,318 | 1,115 | 1,196 | 1,053 | 1,033 |
| Total debt | – | – | 2,749 | 2,922 | 2,915 | 2,913 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 8,933 | 9,635 | 9,427 | 9,642 |
| 4,467 | 4,643 | 4,679 | 4,919 | 4,452 | 5,035 | |
| 60 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 57 | 54 | |
| 7.1% | 11.5% | 6.5% | 8.8% | 9.0% | 7.2% | |
| 3.5% | 8.1% | 7.0% | 11.6% | 11.4% | 8.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 663 | 670 | 1,021 | 1,249 | 1,120 | 1,089 | |
| 452 | 585 | 638 | 627 | 559 | 562 | |
| 211 | 85 | 383 | 623 | 561 | 527 | |
| Dividends paid | 67 | 107 | 186 | 182 | 174 | 165 |
| 70 | 100 | 100 | 297 | 417 | 325 | |
| 40 | 60 | 52 | 68 | 64 | 66 |
Valuation
- 12.0×
- 7.4×
- 0.47
- 1.3×
- 0.2×
- 9.9×
- 5.3×
- 10.1%
- 8.3%
- 2.3%
Profitability
- 6.5%
- 3.3%
- 1.9%
- 6.9%
- 8.6%
- 5.3%
- 10.4%
- 3.4%
- 10.9%
- –
Growth
- +6.4%
- +25.5%
- −6.1%
- +24.7%
- −3.0%
Financial health
- 1.6×
- 0.69
- 22.8%
- 10.2×
- 1.33
- 1.05
- 1.52
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 45%of 977
Bottom 19%of 992
Top 23%of 856
Bottom 45%of 993
Top 21%of 980
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $130.86
- Range
- $115.00 – $145.00
- 8 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | 3.87 | 3.44 | +12.5% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 3.41 | 2.67 | +27.7% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 2.79 | 2.70 | +3.3% |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 3.47 | 3.23 | +7.4% |
| May 6, 2025 | 3.12 | 2.64 | +18.2% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 2.94 | 2.50 | +17.6% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 2.89 | 2.63 | +9.9% |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 3.60 | 3.40 | +5.9% |
2.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$23a year at today's yield, before tax
+24.7%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.00 in 2015 → $3.08 in 2025
How safe it looks
37.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 31.3%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
57No pass
Benjamin Graham
74Pass
Philip Fisher
56No pass
Peter Lynch
75Pass
Joel Greenblatt
47No pass
Charlie Munger
35No pass
Terry Smith
39No pass
Questions about Lear
Is Lear a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Lear AI analysis
What does Lear do?
Lear Corporation designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, assembles, and supplies automotive seating, and electrical distribution systems and related components for automotive original equipment manufacturers in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. It is in Auto - Parts, based in Southfield, MI, United States, with 164,300 employees.
Does Lear pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.3% a year, about 38% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $165 million in dividends.
Is Lear stock halal?
No. Lear does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 56% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Lear stock done over the past year?
Down 0.9% over the past twelve months, to $108.57. It traded between $99.28 and $148.68 and is 27.0% below its high.
Who are Lear's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Magna International, Autoliv, LKQ and Mobileye Global. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Lear's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.