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 majority of its revenue from the seating segment.
Employees: 173,700
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
13% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 69 | Existing positions closed: 61
11% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $40M | Put options by funds: $35.9M
2.02% more ownership
Funds ownership: 102.05% [Q4 2024] → 104.07% (+2.02%) [Q1 2025]
5% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 140 | Existing positions reduced: 133
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 396 [Q4 2024] → 398 (+2) [Q1 2025]
6% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $5.25B [Q4 2024] → $4.92B (-$327M) [Q1 2025]
33% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q4 2024] → 2 (-1) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
UBS Joseph Spak | 13%upside $109 | Neutral Maintained | 28 Jul 2025 |
Barclays Dan Levy | 24%upside $120 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 16 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo Colin Langan | 7%upside $103 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 1 Jul 2025 |
Citigroup Michael Ward | 41%upside $136 | Buy Maintained | 30 Jun 2025 |
B of A Securities John Murphy | 19%upside $115 | Buy Maintained | 16 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about LEA published over the past 30 days
