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Lear Corporation is an auto parts business based in the US. Lear shares (LEA.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Lear employs 164,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $16.6 billion.
How to buy shares in Lear
- Choose a platform. If you're a beginner, our share-dealing table below can help you choose.
- Open your account. You'll need your ID, bank details and national insurance number.
- Confirm your payment details. You'll need to fund your account with a bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
- Search the platform for stock code: LEA in this case.
- Research Lear shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
- Buy your Lear shares. It's that simple.
What's in this guide?
- Can I buy shares in Lear?
- Lear shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Lear stock a buy or sell?
- Can I short Lear shares?
- Is Lear suitable for ethical investing?
- Are Lear shares over-valued?
- Lear's financials
- How volatile are Lear shares?
- Does Lear pay a dividend?
- Have Lear shares ever split?
- Other common questions
Lear share price
Use our graph to track the performance of LEA stocks over time.Lear shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-01-23.
| Latest market close | $N/A |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $63.1003 - $170.68 |
| 50-day moving average | $161.3836 |
| 200-day moving average | $131.4951 |
| Wall St. target price | $173.06 |
| PE ratio | 92.4627 |
| Dividend yield | $1 (0.6%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.807 |
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Is it a good time to buy Lear stock?
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Is Lear under- or over-valued?
Valuing Lear stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Lear's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Lear's P/E ratio
Lear's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 92x. In other words, Lear shares trade at around 92x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Lear's PEG ratio
Lear's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.2388. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Lear's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Lear's EBITDA
Lear's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1.1 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Lear's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Lear financials
| Revenue TTM | $16.6 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 3.7% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.9 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 3% |
| Return on equity TTM | 3.48% |
| Profit margin | 0.5% |
| Book value | $68.897 |
| Market capitalisation | $10 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
How to short and sell Lear shares
- Create a CFD or spread betting account.
- Search for the stock code. E.g. "LEA.US"
- Choose your position size.
- Select "sell" rather than "buy".
- Confirm your position and keep tabs on it. You may wish to set limits on your position.
There are currently 888,318 Lear shares held short by investors – that's known as Lear's "short interest". This figure is 8.6% up from 817,758 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Lear shares can be evaluated.
Lear's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Lear's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Lear shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Lear shares traded daily (recently around 403780.90909091). Lear's SIR currently stands at 2.2. In other words for every 100,000 Lear shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2200 shares are currently held short.
However Lear's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Lear shares, or, against the total number of tradable Lear shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Lear's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Lear shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0148% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Lear shares, roughly 15 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Lear.
Find out more about how you can short Lear stock.
Lear's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Lear.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Lear's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 13.98
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Lear's overall score of 13.98 (as at 01/01/2019) is excellent – landing it in it in the 11st percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Lear is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Lear's environmental score
Environmental score: 5.41/100
Lear's environmental score of 5.41 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Lear is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Lear's social score
Social score: 5.71/100
Lear's social score of 5.71 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Lear is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Lear's governance score
Governance score: 5.35/100
Lear's governance score puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Lear is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Lear's controversy score
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. A high-profile company, Lear scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Lear has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Lear Corporation was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 13.98 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 10.82 |
| Environmental score | 5.41 |
| Environmental score percentile | 1 |
| Social score | 5.71 |
| Social score percentile | 1 |
| Governance score | 5.35 |
| Governance score percentile | 1 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Lear share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 23.83% of net profits
Recently Lear has paid out, on average, around 23.83% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.6% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Lear shareholders could enjoy a 0.6% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Lear's case, that would currently equate to about $1 per share.
While Lear's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Lear is investing more in its future growth.
Lear's most recent dividend payout was on 29 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 9 December 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Lear's shares ever split?
Lear's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 18 March 2011. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Lear shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Lear shares which in turn could have impacted Lear's share price.
Lear share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Lear's shares have ranged in value from as little as $63.1003 up to $170.68. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Lear's is 1.6292. This would suggest that Lear's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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Lear overview
Lear Corporation designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, assembles, and supplies automotive seating, and electrical distribution systems and related components for automotive original equipment manufacturers in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and internationally. Its Seating segment offers leather and fabric products, seat covers, recliner mechanisms, seat tracks and foams, seat structures and mechanisms, and headrests for automobiles and light trucks, compact cars, and sport utility vehicles. The company's E-Systems segment offers electrical distribution systems that route electrical signals and networks, and manage electrical power within the vehicle for various powertrains, such as traditional internal combustion engine architectures, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric architectures. This segment's products comprise wire harnesses, terminals and connectors, and junction boxes; and electronic control modules, such as body control modules, smart junction boxes, gateway modules, wireless receiver and transmitter technology, lighting control modules, audio domain controllers, amplifiers, and communication modules. It also provides electrification products comprising charging systems that include onboard charging modules and cord set charging equipment; battery electronics, which comprise battery disconnect units, cell monitoring supervisory systems, and integrated total battery control modules; and other power management modules, including converter and inverter systems. In addition, this segment offers cybersecurity software; advanced vehicle positioning for automated and autonomous driving applications; roadside modules that communicate real-time traffic information; and cellular protocols for vehicle connectivity, as well as Xevo Journeyware, a platform for the cloud, vehicles, and mobile devices; and connectivity products. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan.
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