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Moderate riskNext report: In 7 days (est.)
The short versionA company still losing money with steady sales.
Going well
- Buying back shares: share count down 12% in 3 years
Watch out for
- Losing money
- Debt above equity: 1.37x
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions cut 2% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (145 bought, 120 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$16.75+0.8% that day
- Company value
- $1.3B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 30.5x
- You pay about $30 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 0.09x
- Company value is 0.09 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 72%
- A big cushion: cash is a large part of what the company is worth
- Debt vs value
- 184%
- Owes more than the whole company is worth
From ADNT's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26$3.9B+5.0% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $15.1B, up 5.0% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 2.8% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-15.6%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.1.37x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-1.9%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.4 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$449.0M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-12.4% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.6.6%
- Revenue
- $14.5B
- -1.0% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +2.8%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $2.4B
- 1.37x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.09x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026- Revenue
- $3.9B
- +5.0% YoY
- EPS
- $0.32
- vs $0.43
- Gross margin
- 6.0%
- -0.3 pts
- Free cash flow
- $138.0M
- Share count
- -5.4%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 0.5
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady-2.0%Institutions cut 2.0% from their holdings. 145 bought, 120 sold. 3 quarters of net selling in a row.
Shares held by institutions75.6M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-6.3%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
1.4x · $2.4B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
77MWhy moderate risk- Losing money
- Debt above equity: 1.38x
Next reportIn 7 days (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 5
- Results filedMay 6
- Results filedFeb 4
- Results filedNov 5, 2025
- Results filedAug 6, 2025
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days
No offerings, red flags or new big holders. Clean record.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
SoldPeter CarlinDirector
7,843 shares at $19.25 · $151K
- -17% of holdings
- Now owns 38,835 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 2 days after trade
Shares withheld for taxesStephanie S MarianosEVP, Global IT & Bus. Services
327 shares at $21.00 · $7K
- -0% of holdings
- Now owns 72,894 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
SoldDavid HerbergEVP, EMEA
699 shares at $22.58 · $16K
- -2% of holdings
- Now owns 40,122 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 1 day after trade
SoldHeather M TiltmannEVP, CLO, CHRO & Secretary
22,000 shares at $22.71 · $500K
- -17% of holdings
- Now owns 110,886 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 1 day after trade