secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Adient plc (ADNT)
CIK:        0001670541
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001670541-24-000104
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Adient Q4 net income drops to $79M ($0.91 EPS) from $135M; FY EPS $0.20 vs $2.15
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- Q4 net sales $3.56B (-4.5% YoY); net income attributable to Adient $79M vs $135M; diluted EPS $0.91 vs $1.42.
- FY2024 net sales $14.69B (-4.6% YoY); net income $18M vs $205M; diluted EPS $0.20 vs $2.15.
- Q4 Adjusted EBITDA flat at $235M; margin improved to 6.6% from 6.3%; FY Adjusted EBITDA $880M vs $938M.
- Segment: Americas Q4 Adjusted EBITDA $116M (6.7% margin) vs $100M; EMEA dropped to $28M from $48M; Asia flat at $112M.
- Free cash flow Q4 $191M; FY $277M vs $415M; share repurchases FY $275M; net debt $1.46B; leverage 1.66x.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670541/000167054124000104/0001670541-24-000104-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1670541/000167054124000104/adnt-20241108.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001670541-24-000104

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