Adient (NYSE:ADNT) Hits New 12-Month High Following Analyst Upgrade

Adient (NYSE:ADNT)’s share price hit a new 52-week high on Friday after JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on the stock from $24.00 to $28.00. JPMorgan Chase & Co. currently has a neutral rating on the stock. Adient traded as high as $26.16 and last traded at $26.10, with a volume of 268014 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $25.21.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised shares of Adient from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $33.00 price target for the company in a report on Thursday. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of Adient from $25.00 to $22.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Adient from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. UBS Group upped their price target on Adient from $30.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Adient from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $26.61.

Insider Buying and Selling at Adient

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

Key Stories Impacting Adient

Here are the key news stories impacting Adient this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results beat expectations — EPS beat consensus and revenue grew ~4.3% y/y, with management raising fiscal-2026 guidance; these fundamentals are the primary catalyst for buying interest. Zacks: Q1 earnings beat Yahoo: Earnings highlights
• Positive Sentiment: Deutsche Bank upgraded ADNT from Hold to Buy and set a $33 price target (roughly ~30% upside from prior levels), a notably bullish analyst action that can attract demand. American Banking News: Deutsche Bank upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan raised its price target to $28 (from $24) while keeping a Neutral rating — the higher target increases perceived upside and supports the rally. Benzinga: JPMorgan PT raise
• Neutral Sentiment: Barclays bumped its target to $27 with an Equal Weight rating — a modest lift but not a strong buy signal. Benzinga: Barclays PT raise
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical/market-interest note — ADNT showed rising relative price strength in sector screens, reinforcing momentum but not altering fundamentals. MSN: Relative price strength
• Negative Sentiment: Morgan Stanley set a new $22 price target (Equal Weight), below the current market price — this creates a visible downside reference for some investors and tempering upside confidence. American Banking News: Morgan Stanley PT

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Adient

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Leonteq Securities AG bought a new stake in shares of Adient in the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. Strs Ohio raised its position in Adient by 15.2% in the 4th quarter. Strs Ohio now owns 41,800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $801,000 after buying an additional 5,500 shares during the last quarter. Camelot Portfolios LLC bought a new stake in Adient in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $153,000. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA boosted its position in Adient by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 12,231 shares of the company’s stock worth $234,000 after acquiring an additional 1,353 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG raised its holdings in shares of Adient by 12.9% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,848,690 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,439,000 after purchasing an additional 210,758 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.44% of the company’s stock.

Adient Stock Performance

The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $20.45 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.06. The firm has a market cap of $2.07 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 1.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 0.93.

Adient (NYSE:ADNT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.16. Adient had a negative net margin of 2.06% and a positive return on equity of 8.18%. The firm had revenue of $3.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.45 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.27 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts predict that Adient will post 1.76 EPS for the current year.

Adient Company Profile

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.