Lear Corporation (LEA) Tending Higher: Checkout the Key Metrics

Lear Corporation (NYSE:LEA) shares traded higher over the last trading session, gaining 2.44% on 05/27/21. The shares fell to a low of $189.60 before closing at $192.53. Intraday shares traded counted 0.85 million, which was -117.58% lower than its 30-day average trading volume of 392.69K. LEA’s previous close was $187.95 while the outstanding shares total 60.31M. The firm has a beta of 1.60, a 12-month trailing P/E ratio of 41.20, and a growth ratio of 0.72. The stock’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) is 58.33, with weekly volatility at 2.72% and ATR at 5.79. The LEA stock’s 52-week price range has touched low of $102.17 and a $196.97 high.

Investors have identified the Auto Parts company Lear Corporation as an interesting stock but before investments are made there, an in-depth look at its trading activities will have to be conducted. The share is trading with a market value of around $11.12 billion, the company now has both obstacles and catalysts that affect them and they came from their mode of operations. With the company affected by events currently, it is a perfect time to analyze the numbers behind the firm in order to come up with a rather realistic picture of what this stock is.

Lear Corporation (LEA) Fundamentals that are to be considered.

When analyzing a stock, the first fundamental thing to take into account is the balance sheet. How healthy the balance sheet of a company is will determine if the company will be able to carry out all its financial and non-financial obligations and also keep the faith of its investors. For LEA, the company has in raw cash 1.38 billion on their books with 9.5 million currently as liabilities. How the trend is over time is what investors should be concerned about. The company has a healthy balance sheet as their debt profile has been on a decline. In terms of their assets, the company currently has 7.04 billion total, with 5.17 billion as their total liabilities.

LEA were able to record 134.6 million as free cash flow during the 07/29/2021 quarter of the year, this saw their quarterly net cash flow reduce by 64.0 million. In cash movements, the company had a total of 247.5 million as operating cash flow.

Potential earnings growth for Lear Corporation (LEA)

In order to determine the future investment potential for this stock, we will have to analyze key trends that affect it. During the 07/29/2021 quarter of the year, Lear Corporation recorded a total of 5.35 billion in revenue. This figure implies that they witnessed a quarterly year/year change in their earnings with 16.75% coming in sequential stages and their sales for the 07/29/2021 quarter increasing by 2.08%.

What matters though is how it ends. When the core data for the company is broken down, then the stock sounds interesting. The company spent 4.86 billion trying to sell their products during the last quarter, with the result yielding a gross income of 492.8 million. This allows shareholders to hold on to 60.31M with the recently reported earning now reading 3.74 cents per share. This is a figure that compared to analyst’s prediction for their 07/29/2021 (3.73 cents a share).

Having a look at the company’s valuation, the company is expected to record 18.42 total earnings per share during the next fiscal year. It is very important though to remember that the importance of trend far outweighs that of outlook. This analysis has been great and getting further updates on LEA sounds very interesting.

Is the stock of LEA attractive?

In related news, Director, FOSTER JONATHAN F sold 2,700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that recorded on May 11. The sale was performed at an average price of 187.82, for a total value of 507,105. As the sale deal closes, the Sr VP, Chief Admin Officer, DiDonato Thomas A now sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at 3,682,898. Also, President and CEO, SCOTT RAYMOND E sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a deal that was recorded on Mar 10. The shares were price at an average price of 185.22 per share, with a total market value of 1,852,150. Following this completion of acquisition, the EVP & President, Seating, Orsini Frank C now holds 11,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at 2,073,297. In the last 6 months, insiders have changed their ownership in shares of company stock by 0.20%.

10 out of 20 analysts covering the stock have rated it a Buy, while 9 have maintained a Hold recommendation on Lear Corporation. 0 analysts has assigned a Sell rating on the LEA stock. The 12-month mean consensus price target for the company’s shares has been set at $208.25.