Lear LEA
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Lear (LEA) Change in Working Capital (2010 - 2024)

Lear (LEA) posted quarterly Change in Working Capital of -$51.1 million for Q3 2024, up 19.65% year-over-year from -$42.7 million in Q3 2023, and up 15.54% on a QoQ basis from -$60.5 million in Q2 2024.

Lear (LEA) Change in Working Capital (2010 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

Lear has reported Change in Working Capital for 15 years, with the latest figure at -$51.1 million in Q3 2024.

  • Change in Working Capital for Q3 2024 came in at -$51.1 million, up 19.65% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2024 was -$98.5 million (up 55.33% YoY), and the FY2021 annual result was $168.9 million, up 1887.06% from the prior year.
  • Change in Working Capital improved to -$51.1 million in Q3 2024, from -$60.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Change in Working Capital peaked at $176.9 million in Q4 2020 and troughed at -$206.2 million in Q4 2020.
  • A 5-year average of -$9.1 million and a median of -$39.6 million in 2020 frame the typical range for Change in Working Capital.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Change in Working Capital surged 497.98%; it then plunged 445.05% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Working Capital shows it stood at $176.9 million in 2020, then sank by 42.79% to $101.2 million in 2021, then plunged by 144.76% to -$45.3 million in 2022, then tumbled by 40.4% to -$63.6 million in 2023, then increased by 19.65% to -$51.1 million in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Change in Working Capital figures were -$51.1 million in Q3 2024, -$60.5 million in Q2 2024, and $76.7 million in Q1 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Working Capital (Qtr)
1 O Reilly Automotive 73.55 Bn 73.29 Bn 2.52 Bn -
2 Autozone 48.72 Bn 48.46 Bn 2.52 Bn -
3 Magna International 20.02 Bn 18.59 Bn 1.61 Bn -
4 Genuine Parts 18.44 Bn 17.88 Bn 2.47 Bn -
5 Borgwarner 13.74 Bn 11.29 Bn 721.00 Mn -
6 Allison Transmission Holdings 11.11 Bn 10.71 Bn 515.00 Mn -
7 Modine Manufacturing 10.43 Bn 10.36 Bn - -
8 Aptiv 10.21 Bn 9.45 Bn 775.00 Mn -
9 Autoliv 9.27 Bn 8.90 Bn 509.00 Mn -
10 Lear 6.46 Bn 5.46 Bn 470.30 Mn -

Historic Data

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Sep 28, 2024 -51.10 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 -51.10 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 -60.50 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 -60.50 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 76.70 Mn
Mar 30, 2024 76.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -63.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -63.60 Mn
Jul 1, 2023 -11.10 Mn
Jul 1, 2023 -11.10 Mn
Apr 1, 2023 -100.50 Mn
Apr 1, 2023 -100.50 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 -45.30 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 -45.30 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 -48.00 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 -48.00 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 -29.30 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 -29.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 101.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 101.20 Mn