Adient (NYSE:ADNT) Shares Gap Up After Strong Earnings

Adient (NYSE:ADNT) gapped up prior to trading on Wednesday after the company announced better than expected quarterly earnings. The stock had previously closed at $21.06, but opened at $22.84. Adient shares last traded at $23.37, with a volume of 102,717 shares.

The company reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.16. The business had revenue of $3.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.45 billion. Adient had a positive return on equity of 7.81% and a negative net margin of 1.93%.Adient’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.27 earnings per share.

Key Adient News

Here are the key news stories impacting Adient this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results beat Wall Street: Adient reported $0.35 EPS vs. consensus ~ $0.19–$0.20 and revenue of $3.64B vs. ~$3.45B, with revenue up ~4.3% year-over-year — a clear catalyst for the stock rally. View Press Release
• Positive Sentiment: Company raised FY2026 revenue guidance to about $14.6B (above consensus), signaling management confidence in demand and execution — a key reason investors are buying the stock. Adient reports solid first quarter financial results; raises guidance for FY2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Management provided detailed slides and an earnings-call transcript outlining drivers (pricing, mix, cost controls) and full-quarter details — useful for investors assessing sustainability of margin and cash trends. Adient plc (ADNT) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript View Slide Deck
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/coverage pieces summarize the beat and metrics; they’ll inform short-term estimates but don’t add new company guidance beyond the raise. Adient (ADNT) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates
• Negative Sentiment: Underlying profitability and leverage remain concerns: public filings note a negative net margin (~-1.9%) and meaningful debt (D/E ~1.16), so investors should weigh beat/guidance against structural margin recovery risk. Adient: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have commented on ADNT. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Adient from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Citigroup lowered their price target on Adient from $25.00 to $22.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 12th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Adient from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Adient in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised Adient from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $17.00 to $20.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $24.56.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Michel Pierre Rose Berthelin sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.71, for a total transaction of $49,275.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 116,425 shares in the company, valued at $2,294,736.75. The trade was a 2.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Adient

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in ADNT. Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Adient in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,839,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its holdings in Adient by 439.3% during the 2nd quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,171,695 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,801,000 after acquiring an additional 954,441 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its position in Adient by 921.9% in the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 812,329 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,561,000 after acquiring an additional 732,837 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in Adient by 5,271.0% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 419,531 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,042,000 after acquiring an additional 411,720 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Adient by 143.3% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 581,242 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,276,000 after acquiring an additional 342,329 shares during the last quarter. 92.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Adient Trading Up 15.1%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 0.93. The company has a market cap of $1.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.52 and a beta of 1.61. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $20.20 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.01.

About Adient

Adient plc (NYSE: ADNT) is a leading global supplier of automotive seating and interior components. Established in 2016 through a spin-off from Johnson Controls, the company designs, engineers and manufactures complete seat assemblies, seat structures, mechanisms, foams, textiles, trim and electronics. Adient’s product portfolio spans a wide range of seating solutions, from entry-level designs to luxury and high-performance seats, and extends to interior modules such as door panels and center consoles.

Serving major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) around the world, Adient works closely with automakers to develop lightweight, comfortable and safety-oriented seating systems.