Lear Reports Record 2016 Results; Maintaining $90 Fair Value Estimate
Narrow-moat-rated Lear, a vendor of seats and electrical architectures to the global automotive industry, reported record earnings per share before special items of $14.03, $0.38 higher than our estimate and the sell-side consensus. Record revenue of $18.6 billion represented a 2% increase from 2015, but would have been 5% higher excluding the impact of currency. Management's 2017 guidance includes a 5% increase in revenue to $19.5 billion, a 4% increase in adjusted EBIT to $1.6 billion, and fla...Lear is a supplier to the automotive industry. The company supplies seating, electrical distribution systems and electronic modules, as well as related sub-systems, components and software, to automotive manufacturers. The company has two segments: Seating, which consists of the design, development, engineering, just-in-time assembly and delivery of seat systems, and the design, development, engineering and manufacture of seat components; and E-Systems, which consists of the design, development, engineering and manufacture of electrical distribution systems, and electronic control modules, electrification products, connectivity products and software solutions for the cloud, vehicles and mobile devices.
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