LEA
Lear Corporation
LEA's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks cheap: trading at 9.5x earnings, below its usual 14x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
LEA Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy |
LEA's profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue and cash flow are stable.
LEA PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 6.8x | $109 | — |
| Current | 9.5x | $109 | — |
| Cheap | 11x | $121 | +12% |
| Fair | 14x | $164 | +51% |
| Expensive | 38x | $434 | +300% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
LEA's PE is in its cheap range at 9.5x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 6.8x next year's earnings.
LEA Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect LEA's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
LEA Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $15.95 | +39% |
| Q3 2026 | $11.45 | +39% |
| Q2 2026 | $10.73 | +25% |
| Q1 2026 | $10.00 | +17% |
| Q4 2025 | $8.15 | -9.1% |
| Q3 2025 | $8.21 | -14% |
| Q2 2025 | $8.60 | -8% |
| Q1 2025 | $8.56 | -6.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $8.97 | -7.3% |
LEA earned $11.45 per share over the past year, up 39% from the year before.
LEA Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $5.8B | +1.6% |
| Q2 2026 | $6.2B | +3% |
| Q1 2026 | $5.8B | +4.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $6B | +4.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.7B | +1.7% |
| Q2 2025 | $6B | +0.3% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.6B | -7.2% |
| Q4 2024 | $5.7B | -2.2% |
LEA's revenue grew through 2023 and has held roughly level since: $5.8B last quarter, up 1.6% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 3.4% | 0 points |
| Q2 2026 | 4.3% | +0.2 points |
| Q1 2026 | 4.4% | +1.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 2.6% | -1.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 3.4% | -0.6 points |
| Q2 2025 | 4.1% | -0.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 3.3% | 0 points |
| Q4 2024 | 3.7% | -0.1 points |
LEA's operating margin was 3.4% last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
LEA Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $158.4M | -48% |
| Q2 2026 | $287.8M | +69% |
| Q1 2026 | -$26.5M | +$205.2M |
| Q4 2025 | $281.1M | -42% |
| Q3 2025 | $307M | +508% |
| Q2 2025 | $170.8M | +0.2% |
| Q1 2025 | -$231.7M | -$83.5M |
| Q4 2024 | $488.7M | +30% |
LEA generated $701M in free cash flow over the past year, down 4.6% from the year before.
LEA Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.9% | -968K shares |
| 1 year | -7.1% | -3.8M shares |
| 3 years | -16% | -9.2M shares |
| 5 years | -17% | -10.1M shares |
| Available history | -19% | -12.1M shares |
LEA has 50M diluted shares, down 7.1% from a year ago, with $525M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $175M |
| Q2 2026 | $100M |
| Q1 2026 | $75M |
| Q4 2025 | $175.1M |
| Q3 2025 | $102.6M |
| Q2 2025 | $22.5M |
| Q1 2025 | $25M |
| Q4 2024 | $105.9M |
LEA spent $525M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 105% from the year before.
LEA Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.1x | Healthy |
LEA's net debt is about 1.3 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), about the same as a year ago.
LEA Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 37.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 6.0 | Oversold |
LEA's weekly RSI is 37 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 6 (oversold).
LEA PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | LEA | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 9.5x | 18x | 47% below |
| PE % | 5 | 47 | 42 pts below |
LEA is trading at 9.5x earnings, a 47% discount to the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
LEA Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $117.0 | 7.2% below |
| 20 week MA | $125.3 | 13% below |
| 50 week MA | $126.4 | 14% below |
| 100 week MA | $111.6 | 2.7% below |
| 200 week MA | $120.2 | 9.7% below |
LEA is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 9.7% below its 200-week average.
LEA Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $138.5 | $159.9 | +15% |
| 2021 | $159.9 | $180.0 | +13% |
| 2022 | $180.0 | $121.9 | -32% |
| 2023 | $121.9 | $141.2 | +16% |
| 2024 | $141.2 | $95.4 | -32% |
| 2025 | $95.4 | $116.9 | +23% |
| 2026 YTD | $116.9 | $108.6 | -7.1% |
LEA has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's down 7.1% so far in 2026.