---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000842162-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEA"
cik: "0000842162"
company_name: "LEAR CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:04:34.779282+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lear Q4 2022 EPS $1.97 (adj $2.81) on $5.4B sales; Seating awards $500M; 2023 outlook positive

## Summary
- Q4 2022 sales $5.4B (+10% YoY); core operating earnings $265M (+67%); adjusted EPS $2.81 vs $1.22.
- Full year 2022 sales $20.9B (+8%); adjusted EPS $8.72 vs $7.94; net cash from ops $1,021M.
- Seating conquest awards add >$500M annual sales by 2025; E-Systems Michigan plant for GM battery disconnect units.
- 2023 outlook: company projects increased revenue, earnings, and cash flow despite modest production growth.
- Free cash flow Q4 $342M vs ($13M); full year $383M vs $85M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000842162-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEA
- cik: 0000842162
- company_name: LEAR CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+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/842162/000084216223000006/0000842162-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842162/000084216223000006/lear-20230202.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842162-23-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842162-23-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842162-23-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LEAR CORP reported fourth quarter and full year 2022 results: revenue increased 10% to $5.4 billion, net income $118 million, EPS $1.97.
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year 2022
  - Revenue: increased 10% to $5.4 billion
  - Net income: $118 million
  - EPS: $1.97
  - Result: reported results
  source text: today reported results for the fourth quarter and full year 2022 and provided its financial outlook for the full year 2023. Fourth Quarter 2022 Highlights • Sales increased 10% to $5.4 billion, compared to $4.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021 • Sales growth over market of 7 percentage points, with E-Systems at 8 percentage points and Seating at 7
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842162/000084216223000006/0000842162-23-000006-index.htm

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