---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000842162-21-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEA"
cik: "0000842162"
company_name: "LEAR CORP"
filed_at: "2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T15:27:18.875318+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lear Q3 net loss $27M; adjusted EPS $0.53 vs $3.73; sales down 13%; doubles dividend to $0.50

## Summary
- Net loss of $(27M) ($(0.44) per share); adjusted net income $32M ($0.53 adjusted EPS).
- Sales $4.3B, down 13% YoY, outperforming global vehicle production by 9 percentage points.
- Core operating earnings $98M (2.3% of sales) vs $327M a year ago; free cash flow $(157M).
- Doubled quarterly cash dividend to $0.50 per share; repurchased $69M in shares during Q3.
- Announced definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of Kongsberg Automotive's Interior Comfort Division.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000842162-21-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEA
- cik: 0000842162
- company_name: LEAR CORP
- filed_at: 2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842162/000084216221000051/0000842162-21-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842162/000084216221000051/lear-20211102.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842162-21-000051
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842162-21-000051.txt

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