APTV
Aptiv PLC
APTV has the edge over LCID overall, supported by stronger valuation and lower modeled downside.
LCID
Lucid Group, Inc.
LCID offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
APTV Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Weak | |
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy |
APTV's profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its revenue and cash flow are under pressure.
LCID Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
LCID's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are weak. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
APTV PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 6.6x | $38.81 | — |
| Cheap | 8.2x | $29.76 | -23% |
| Current | 11x | $38.81 | — |
| Fair | 26x | $92.99 | +140% |
| Expensive | 76x | $277 | +613% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
APTV's PE is in its cheap range at 11x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 6.6x.
LCID PE Valuation
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
APTV Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Stable | |
| Strong decline | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect APTV's profitability to improve, but its revenue to decline. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
LCID Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect LCID's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
APTV Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $5.85 | +61% |
| Q3 2026 | $3.63 | +188% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.06 | -76% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.69 | -72% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.76 | -89% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.26 | -86% |
| Q2 2025 | $4.37 | -67% |
| Q1 2025 | $6.04 | -43% |
| Q4 2024 | $6.88 | -34% |
APTV has the edge over LCID on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
LCID Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$13.08 | -$2.57 |
| Q2 2026 | -$13.65 | -$2.35 |
| Q1 2026 | -$13.15 | -$1.25 |
| Q4 2025 | -$12.09 | +$0.41 |
| Q3 2025 | -$10.51 | +$2.49 |
| Q2 2025 | -$11.30 | +$0.40 |
| Q1 2025 | -$11.90 | +$0.40 |
| Q4 2024 | -$12.50 | +$1.10 |
LCID is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $13.08 per share over the past year, against $16.50 at its worst in mid-2023.
APTV Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $3.2B | -39% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.3B | -37% |
| Q1 2026 | $5.1B | +5.4% |
| Q4 2025 | $5.2B | +5% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.2B | +7.4% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.2B | +3.1% |
| Q1 2025 | $4.8B | -1.6% |
| Q4 2024 | $4.9B | -0.2% |
APTV's revenue has slid since its 2025 peak: $3.2B last quarter, down 39% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 8.8% | +12 points |
| Q2 2026 | 11% | +1.9 points |
| Q1 2026 | 7.4% | -1.8 points |
| Q4 2025 | 8.3% | -1.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | -3.4% | -14 points |
| Q2 2025 | 9.3% | +0.6 points |
| Q1 2025 | 9.3% | +0.7 points |
| Q4 2024 | 9.8% | +2.5 points |
APTV has the edge over LCID on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
LCID Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $350.3M | +4.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $405.3M | +56% |
| Q1 2026 | $282.5M | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $522.7M | +123% |
| Q3 2025 | $336.6M | +68% |
| Q2 2025 | $259.4M | +29% |
| Q1 2025 | $235M | +36% |
| Q4 2024 | $234.5M | +49% |
LCID has the edge over APTV on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -245% | +35 points |
| Q2 2026 | -267% | +43 points |
| Q1 2026 | -350% | -56 points |
| Q4 2025 | -204% | +109 points |
| Q3 2025 | -280% | +105 points |
| Q2 2025 | -310% | +83 points |
| Q1 2025 | -294% | +128 points |
| Q4 2024 | -313% | +156 points |
LCID's operating margin was −245% last quarter, up 35 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2020.
APTV Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $194M | -56% |
| Q2 2026 | $33M | -91% |
| Q1 2026 | -$362M | -576% |
| Q4 2025 | $651M | -27% |
| Q3 2025 | $441M | +35% |
| Q2 2025 | $361M | -13% |
| Q1 2025 | $76M | +$97M |
| Q4 2024 | $894M | +112% |
APTV has the edge over LCID on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
LCID Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1B | -$84.2M |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.5B | -$463.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.4B | -$849M |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.2B | -$417.1M |
| Q3 2025 | -$955.5M | -$333M |
| Q2 2025 | -$1B | -$271.6M |
| Q1 2025 | -$589.9M | +$125.1M |
| Q4 2024 | -$824.8M | -$77.6M |
LCID has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$5.2B over the past year, against −$3.4B the year before.
APTV Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -2.7% | -5.8M shares |
| 1 year | -5.1% | -11.1M shares |
| 3 years | -27% | -76.7M shares |
| 5 years | -24% | -64.9M shares |
| Available history | -20% | -50.1M shares |
APTV has the edge over LCID on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $236M |
| Q2 2026 | $246M |
| Q1 2026 | $76M |
| Q4 2025 | $301M |
| Q3 2025 | $96M |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
APTV spent $859M buying back its own shares over the past year, about nine times what it spent the year before.
LCID Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +3.3% | +12.5M shares |
| 1 year | +26% | +82.4M shares |
| 3 years | +73% | +166M shares |
LCID has 395M diluted shares, up 26% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | $2.2M |
| Q1 2020 | — |
APTV Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.0x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 2.4x | Moderate |
| Q1 2026 | 3.0x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 2.7x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 2.7x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 2.5x | Moderate |
| Q4 2024 | 2.6x | Moderate |
APTV's net debt is about 2.0 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 2.7 years a year ago.
LCID Net Leverage
LCID's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
APTV Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 29.1 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 5.1 | Oversold |
APTV's weekly RSI is 29 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 5 (oversold).
LCID Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 32.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 7.1 | Oversold |
LCID's weekly RSI is 33 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 7 (oversold).
APTV PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | APTV | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 11x | 18x | 41% below |
| PE % | 24 | 47 | 23 pts below |
APTV is trading at 11x earnings, a 41% discount to the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
LCID PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
APTV Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $42.7 | 9.2% below |
| 20 week MA | $48.1 | 19% below |
| 50 week MA | $60.5 | 36% below |
| 100 week MA | $64.8 | 40% below |
| 200 week MA | $75.4 | 49% below |
APTV is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 49% below its 200-week average.
LCID Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $3.53 | 7.9% below |
| 20 week MA | $4.88 | 33% below |
| 50 week MA | $7.33 | 56% below |
| 100 week MA | $15.4 | 79% below |
| 200 week MA | $31.9 | 90% below |
LCID is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 90% below its 200-week average.
APTV Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $96.3 | $128.4 | +33% |
| 2021 | $128.4 | $162.4 | +26% |
| 2022 | $162.4 | $91.3 | -44% |
| 2023 | $91.3 | $89.7 | -1.7% |
| 2024 | $89.7 | $60.3 | -33% |
| 2025 | $60.3 | $76.9 | +27% |
| 2026 YTD | $76.9 | $38.8 | -50% |
APTV has the edge over LCID on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
LCID Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $98.9 | $100.4 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | $100.4 | $376.4 | +275% |
| 2022 | $376.4 | $67.0 | -82% |
| 2023 | $67.0 | $42.1 | -37% |
| 2024 | $42.1 | $32.0 | -24% |
| 2025 | $32.0 | $11.4 | -64% |
| 2026 YTD | $11.4 | $3.25 | -72% |
LCID has finished four years in a row lower, and it's down 72% so far in 2026.