# Adient plc Ordinary Shares (ADNT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Consumer Cyclical / Auto Components. Price $20.01, market value $1.6 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 36.4×** (5-yr avg 44.5×, 3-yr avg 65.0×). Adient plc Ordinary Shares trades at 36.4× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 44.5×. The Consumer Cyclical median in the September 2026 study was 19.5×. Forward P/E is 6.6×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 0.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.1×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 18.8%** (5-yr avg 7.5%). Free cash flow equals 18.8% of the market value, above its five-year average of 7.5%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 2.7%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.7% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 6.3%**. Adient plc Ordinary Shares keeps 6.3% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells, a thin margin typical of retail, distribution and commodity businesses.
- **Net margin: -1.9%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -15.9%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on assets: 0.5%**. Each dollar of assets produces 0.5% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -1.0%** (3-yr 1.0%/yr, 5-yr 2.8%/yr). Revenue fell 1.0% over the last year, against 2.8% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -1795.0%**. Earnings per share fell 1795.0%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 63.1%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 63.1% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.00**. Debt is 0.00 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Current ratio: 1.12** (quick 1.12). Current assets cover the next year's liabilities 1.12 times.
- **Piotroski F-score: 6/9**. 6 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. Adient plc Ordinary Shares does not currently pay a dividend.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (12 analysts). 12 analysts cover Adient plc Ordinary Shares; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $29.75 (+49% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -18.2%** (YTD 4.4%, 3-mo -9.3%). The shares are down 18.2% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -26.8%** (13.2% above the low). Trading 27% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 54**. An RSI of 54 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.49** (volatility 51%). Beta of 1.49 against the S&P 500: the shares move much more than the market.

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