Growth Metrics

Lear (LEA) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Lear has reported Operating Margin over the past 16 years, most recently at 2.67% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 2.67% for Q4 2025, down 119.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 3.43% (down 59.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 3.43%, down 59.0%.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 2.67% at Lear, down from 3.47% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for LEA hit a ceiling of 6.05% in Q2 2021 and a floor of 1.49% in Q4 2021.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 3.92% (2023), compared with a mean of 3.78%.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Margin hit 1623bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -420bps in 2021.
  • Lear's Operating Margin stood at 2.68% in 2021, then surged by 38bps to 3.71% in 2022, then grew by 7bps to 3.98% in 2023, then decreased by -3bps to 3.86% in 2024, then plummeted by -31bps to 2.67% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 2.67% (Q4 2025), 3.47% (Q3 2025), and 4.19% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.