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Adient plc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Adient plc had return on equity of -14.4% and a net margin of -1.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2015Sept 20152016Sept 20162017Sept 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Sept 20202021Sept 20212022Sept 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Sept 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin2.3%−9.2%5.4%−9.7%−3.0%−4.3%8.1%−0.8%1.3%0.1%−1.9%0.3%
Return on equity8.0%−31.2%20.7%−50.5%−23.2%−35.7%61.7%−5.4%9.5%0.8%−14.4%2.7%
Return on assets4.4%−13.2%6.7%−14.0%−4.6%−5.3%10.5%−1.2%2.2%0.2%−3.1%0.5%
Effective tax rate44.3%—9.3%———17.3%—0.0%24.1%—50.0%
R&D as % of revenue3.0%2.7%3.0%2.9%2.7%2.9%2.3%2.3%2.4%2.5%2.7%—
SG&A as % of revenue5.6%7.3%4.5%4.2%4.1%4.4%3.9%4.2%3.6%3.5%3.6%3.5%
Dividends ÷ net income0.0%—5.9%———0.0%—————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 5 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $9.0bn
Short-term assets $4.2bnLonger-term assets $4.8bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $5.5bn
Short-term liabilities $3.8bnShareholders' equity $1.7bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $4.2bn of assets due within a year against $3.8bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $924m of cash against $2.4bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 138% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 149% to 138% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $579m of operating cash flow against $2.4bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Adient plc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

36 /100

Weak moat

How hard Adient's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 6 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 5.6% of total assets over 9 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 6.3%, moving by 1.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Net margin has been a median 0.2%; its worst year was -11.0%.

  • Cash conversion 8 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 1.7% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 16.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.2% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (41 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Adient plc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 31, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Adient plc.