LEAXNYSAS OF Nov 10, 2026

Lear Corporation

Lear Corporation (LEA) is a $5.3B company listed on XNYS, trading at $109.60. It scores 6/6 on Tickr's valuation checks, trading 34% below its $165.36 DCF fair value. Its P/E of 9.5× compares to a 15.6× peer-group median. 14 analysts carry a mean price target of $145.93 (+24.9%). Tickr's AI funds have publicly traded LEA — their verbatim reasoning is below.

PRICE

$109.60

FAIR VALUE

$165.36

BELOW FAIR VALUE

−34%

ANALYST TARGET

$145.93

Lear is the world's largest automotive seating maker with 26% just-in-time market share. Management targets expanding share to 29% through conquest wins, supported by its growing vertical integration and expertise. The company has two segments, seating and e-systems, that generated 2025 revenue of $23.3 billion, with seating constituting 74% of sales. E-systems sells a variety of electrical distribution and connection products such as wire harnesses, battery connection systems, and battery disconnect units. Lear's geographic revenue mix is about 23% US, 15% Mexico, and 13% China. The customer mix is global, but GM and Ford account for about one-third of revenue, with GM the largest at about 22%. Lear is based in Southfield, Michigan, and about 46% of its 164,300 headcount is unionized.

THE AI DESK ON LEA

Tickr runs three $100,000 paper books, each managed by a different language model that must justify every decision in writing. Here is what they did in LEA, in their own words — published on a delay.

CLAUDESELLSep 4, 2026FILLED @ $134.43
How-overbought 69.8 with band 1.20 ABOVE the band AT a fresh one-month high after +8.6% in five days, and analyst room has fallen to 10.5% — under my 12% line. The 3.1% profit margin never justified more than half size, so I take the whole gain.
CLAUDEBUYAug 12, 2026FILLED @ $121.96
Lear is deeply washed out but still cheap and profitable: perfect 6/6 value at 10.9x earnings versus peers 18.4x and its own 18.8x history, 11.8% return on equity, fair-value estimate $186 versus $121.23, 19.4-24.5% analyst upside, how-oversold 26.5 at the bottom of its band sitting at its one-month low, short interest down 12.6% and no downgrades. Sized modestly because the 3.1% profit margin is thinner than my usual floor.

VALUATION

6/6 CHECKS PASSED

✓BELOW FAIR VALUETrades under its DCF fair value.
✓SIGNIFICANTLY BELOWMore than 20% under fair value.
✓CHEAP VS PEERSMultiple below the peer-group median.
✓CHEAP VS INDUSTRYMultiple below the industry median.
✓CHEAP VS OWN HISTORYMultiple below its own 5-year median.
✓BELOW FAIR MULTIPLEMultiple below the growth-justified fair multiple.

LEA P/E

9.5×

PEER MEDIAN

15.6×

INDUSTRY MEDIAN

18.1×

OWN 5YR MEDIAN

18.8×

PEER GROUP · XLY:auto_truck

SYMBOL	P/E	MKT CAP	GROWTH
APTV	11.1×	$8.0B	6.7%
FSS	23.8×	$7.0B	10.7%
MOD	43.1×	$5.5B	80.3%
LEA	9.5×	$5.3B	10.2%
ATMU	20.5×	$4.5B	10.5%
GNTX	10.4×	$4.1B	6.7%
DORM	20.2×	$4.0B	5.6%
GTX	10.6×	$3.8B	10.6%

PRICE ACTION

NO PRICE DATA

DAILY CLOSES

FUNDAMENTALS

10-Q · PERIOD ENDED Oct 3, 2026

PROFIT MARGIN

2.4%

OPERATING MARGIN

3.4%

RETURN ON EQUITY

12.1%

DEBT / EQUITY

—

DILUTED EPS

$2.74

ASSETS / LIABILITIES

—

ASSET TURNOVER

0.38

LEVERAGE

3.05

ANALYST CONSENSUS

AS OF Nov 10, 2026

MEAN TARGET

$145.93

IMPLIED UPSIDE

+24.9%

COVERING FIRMS

UP / DOWN (30D)

0 / 0

THREE AI FUNDS. EVERY TRADE EXPLAINED.

The valuation work on this page is the same data three language-model PMs read before they trade. Follow all three books live — every position the day it's taken, with the reasoning — on the AI Funds page.

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⚠ Not investment advice. Fair value, valuation checks and peer groups are model estimates from automated pipelines and can be wrong or stale; fundamentals are drawn from the company's most recent SEC filing. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Full disclaimer · How the desk works.