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Company Dossier · Consumer Discretionary

Lear Corporation

LEANYSEAutomotive Parts & EquipmentWILMINGTON, US-DE, USMid capWebsite ↗
  • Russell 1000
  • MidCap 400

What Lear Corporation is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $23.7 billion, up 3.5% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $0.85 billion, up 77% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to July 4, 2026: $0.63 billion, up 15% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.33 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (July 31, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 5 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 2 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed February 13, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $0.2 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 520 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+43 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 31 (20 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

Risk events (12 months): 5 — latest OSHA inspection, Aug 12, 2026 →

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Cash flow

Business

Lear Corporation: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.9BData to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Lear Corporation: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Lear Corporation: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$23.7BData to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

Business

Lear Corporation: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.33BData to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Lear Corporation: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Lear Corporation: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Lear Corporation: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

8.8Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

Business

Lear Corporation: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

5.0Data 22 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

Lear Corporation: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.60Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Lear Corporation: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.80Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Lear Corporation: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

1.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

Business

Lear Corporation: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

31.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
Business

Lear Corporation: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$0.2MData 22 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Lear Corporation: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

520.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (MISSION STRATEGIES LLC (ENERGY))third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  2. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (MCLARTY INBOUND LLC)third_quarter 2026
  3. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR ASSEMBLYUS 12767027
  4. Oct 19, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  5. Oct 13, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: Flexible Hybrid Interconnect CircuitsUS 12764853
  6. Oct 13, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLYUS 12761255
  7. Oct 13, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: VALVE ASSEMBLYUS 12759446
  8. Oct 7, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (MCLARTY INBOUND LLC)second_quarter 2025
  9. Oct 6, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: TRAPPED TAB ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLIES AND METHODSUS 12752685
  10. Aug 12, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: LEAR CORPORATIONOSHA
  11. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (MCLARTY INBOUND LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  12. Jul 16, 2026Risk event
    OSHA planned inspection: LEAR CORPORATION DBA EAGLE OTTAWAOSHA
  13. May 14, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  14. May 11, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: LEAR CORPORATIONOSHA
  15. Apr 21, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (MCLARTY INBOUND LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  16. Apr 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP)first_quarter 2026
  17. Mar 24, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: LEAR CORPORATIONOSHA
  18. Feb 24, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: LEAR CORPORATIONOSHA
  19. Feb 13, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
  20. Jan 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (MCLARTY INBOUND LLC)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  21. Jan 16, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP)fourth_quarter 2025
  22. Jul 30, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  23. May 19, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  24. Feb 27, 2025Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: LEAR CORPORATIONOSHA
  25. Feb 18, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  26. Feb 14, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
  27. Feb 8, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Aptiv APTV$20.5B$0.7BJun 30, 2026
BorgWarner BWA$14.3B—Jun 30, 2026
Gentex GNTX$2.6B$0.5BJun 30, 2026
Ross Stores ROST$24.5B$2.8BAug 1, 2026
Carvana CVNA$25.1B$0.9BJun 30, 2026
Genuine Parts Company GPC$25.3B$0.8BSep 30, 2026
Macy's, Inc. M$21.9B$1.4BAug 1, 2026
Murphy USA MUSA$21.5B$0.5BJun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
842162
LEI
549300UPNBTXA1SYTQ33
Wikidata
Q502344

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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