Lear Corp cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Lear Corp's operations generated $1.09bn of cash; it spent $562m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $527m. It returned $165m in dividends and $325m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMOct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 622 | 790 | 730 | 820 | 928 | 1,271 | 1,619 | 1,783 | 1,780 | 1,284 | 663 | 670 | 1,021 | 1,249 | 1,120 | 1,089 | 1,364 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 236 | 246 | 240 | 286 | 311 | 348 | 378 | 428 | 484 | 510 | 540 | 574 | 577 | 604 | 621 | 604 | 598 |
| Stock-based pay | 23 | 35 | 40 | 59 | 71 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 41 | 23 | 40 | 60 | 52 | 68 | 64 | 66 | 71 |
| Capital spending | 193 | 330 | 458 | 461 | 425 | 486 | 528 | 595 | 677 | 604 | 452 | 585 | 638 | 627 | 559 | 562 | 663 |
| Free cash flow | 429 | 461 | 272 | 360 | 503 | 785 | 1,091 | 1,189 | 1,103 | 680 | 211 | 85 | 383 | 623 | 561 | 527 | 701 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 406 | 426 | 232 | 300 | 432 | 720 | 1,023 | 1,118 | 1,061 | 657 | 171 | 25 | 331 | 555 | 497 | 461 | 630 |
| Dividends paid | — | 51 | 55 | 58 | 65 | 79 | 89 | 138 | 186 | 186 | 67 | 107 | 186 | 182 | 174 | 165 | 159 |
| Share buybacks | — | 279 | 223 | 1,000 | 411 | 487 | 659 | 451 | 705 | 385 | 70 | 100 | 100 | 297 | 417 | 325 | 525 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Apr 2026 | 2026 Q2Jul 2026 | 2026 Q3Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 681 | −128 | 296 | 444 | 476 | 98 | 461 | 329 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 159 | 148 | 144 | 148 | 156 | 150 | 146 | 147 |
| Stock-based pay | 14 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 16 |
| Capital spending | 192 | 104 | 125 | 137 | 195 | 125 | 173 | 171 |
| Free cash flow | 489 | −232 | 171 | 307 | 281 | −27 | 288 | 158 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 475 | −253 | 155 | 295 | 264 | −49 | 272 | 143 |
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