Adient vs Dauch
Adient is the larger business, with $14.54bn of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $5.84bn for Dauch (2.5 times as much). Adient grew faster (-1.0% against -4.7%). Dauch kept more of each dollar of sales as profit: a net margin of -0.3% against -1.9%.
| Latest fiscal year | AdientADNT, 2025 | DauchDCH, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $14.54bn | $5.84bn |
| Revenue growth | -1.0% | -4.7% |
| Net income | −$281m | −$19.7m |
| Operating margin | — | 1.9% |
| Net margin | -1.9% | -0.3% |
| Return on equity | -14.4% | -3.3% |
| Free cash flow | $204m | $155m |
| Cash | $958m | $709m |
| Total debt | $2.40bn | $4.09bn |
| Debt to equity | — | 639.5% |
| Dividend per share | — | — |
| Dividend yield | — | — |
| Share buybacks | $125m | $2.8m |
| Employees | 65,000 | 18,000 |
| Market value | $1.31bn | $1.09bn |
| Price vs our value range | Below our value range | Below our value range |
| Moat score | 36 (Weak) | 28 (Weak) |
| Insider trades, 12 months | 0 buys, 4 sales | 1 buys, 0 sales |