---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000842162-22-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEA"
cik: "0000842162"
company_name: "LEAR CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T20:31:06.864915+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lear Q3 sales up 23% to $5.2B; adjusted EPS $2.33 vs $0.53; wins GM EV BDU contract

## Summary
- Q3 sales $5.2B, up 23% YoY; net income $92M vs $26.5M loss a year ago.
- Adjusted EPS $2.33, up from $0.53; core operating earnings $235M vs $98M.
- Selected by GM to exclusively supply Battery Disconnect Unit on all full-size Ultium EVs through 2030.
- Free cash flow $112M vs -$157M; returned $71M to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000842162-22-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEA
- cik: 0000842162
- company_name: LEAR CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/842162/000084216222000044/0000842162-22-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842162/000084216222000044/lear-20221101.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842162-22-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842162-22-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842162-22-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LEAR CORP reported the third quarter of 2022 results: revenue $5.2 billion, net income $92 million, EPS $1.54. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the third quarter of 2022
  - Revenue: $5.2 billion
  - Net income: $92 million
  - EPS: $1.54
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Sales increased 23% to $5.2 billion, compared to $4.3 billion in the third quarter of 2021 • Net income (loss) of $92 million and adjusted net income of $140 million, compared to $(27) million and $32 million, respectively, in the third quarter of 2021 • Core operating earnings of $235 million, compared to $98 million in the third quarter of 2021 • Earnings (loss) per share of $1.54 and adjusted earnings per share of $2.33, compared to $(0.44) and $0.53, respectively, in the third quarter of 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842162/000084216222000044/0000842162-22-000044-index.htm

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