---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001670541-24-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADNT"
cik: "0001670541"
company_name: "Adient plc"
filed_at: "2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:19:24.592102+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Adient Q3 net loss $11M vs prior-year profit $73M; adjusted EPS $0.32 vs $0.98

## Summary
- Net sales $3,716M (-8.4% YoY); net loss $(0.12)/share vs $0.77 diluted EPS last year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $202M (-26.8% YoY); margin shrank to 5.4% from 6.8%.
- EMEA segment adjusted EBITDA plunged to $25M from $103M; Americas rose to $99M from $95M.
- Free cash flow $88M vs $143M; net debt increased to $1,647M; repurchased $75M in shares.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.32, down from $0.98, reflecting lower earnings and share count reduction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001670541-24-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADNT
- cik: 0001670541
- company_name: Adient plc
- filed_at: 2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670541/000167054124000095/0001670541-24-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670541/000167054124000095/adnt-20240806.htm

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