Lear
About: Lear Corp designs, develops, and manufactures automotive seating and electrical systems and components. The company has two reporting segments Seating and E-Systems. Seating components include frames and mechanisms, covers (leather and woven fabric), seat heating and cooling, foam, and headrests. Automotive electrical distribution and connection systems and electronic systems include wiring harnesses, terminals and connectors, on-board battery chargers, high-voltage battery management systems. The company earns most of its revenue from the seating segment.
Employees: 173,700
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
3.84% more ownership
Funds ownership: 98.2% [Q3] → 102.05% (+3.84%) [Q4]
1% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 141 | Existing positions reduced: 140
7% less funds holding
Funds holding: 427 [Q3] → 395 (-32) [Q4]
13% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $6.04B [Q3] → $5.25B (-$788M) [Q4]
28% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 64 | Existing positions closed: 89
34% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $25.1M | Put options by funds: $38.4M
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
Citigroup Michael Ward 58% 1-year accuracy 11 / 19 met price target | 43%upside $123 | Buy Initiated | 23 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Dan Levy 26% 1-year accuracy 10 / 39 met price target | 1%downside $85 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 15 Apr 2025 |
UBS Joseph Spak 31% 1-year accuracy 5 / 16 met price target | 3%downside $83 | Neutral Maintained | 10 Apr 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Mark Delaney 54% 1-year accuracy 21 / 39 met price target | 2%downside $84 | Neutral Downgraded | 10 Apr 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Adam Jonas 46% 1-year accuracy 18 / 39 met price target | 46%upside $125 | Overweight Maintained | 3 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about LEA published over the past 30 days
