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Company snapshot — Lear Corporation

LEA in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Lear designs and builds automotive seating and electrical distribution systems, selling directly to vehicle makers. Its Seating division makes seat frames, covers, heating and cooling systems, and cushioning materials. Its E-Systems division builds wiring harnesses, connectors, junction boxes and power-control electronics that route power and signals through a vehicle. Lear supplies OEMs worldwide, including in North America, Europe and Asia. The company was founded in 1917 and is based in Southfield, Michigan.
Where it sits in the stack
Lear carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, since it makes seating and electrical systems for vehicles rather than AI infrastructure. It sits in our universe under Consumer Cyclical, in the Auto Parts industry, supplying vehicle assemblers rather than data-centre or chip customers.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not set a peer group for Lear. The market's natural comparison is Adient, which was spun out of Lear's own seating business, alongside Magna International as a broader auto-parts peer.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Lear sits in the Russell 1000 within our coverage; it carries no Closelooknet score yet, and no quotes or edition mentions are recorded for it.
What the diary watches
The diary watches vehicle production volumes and new platform launches, since Lear's revenue moves with the number of vehicles built and equipped with its seats and electrical systems.

Lear Corporation (LEA) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for LEA, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Auto Parts · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Auto Parts · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against LEA on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.51%, quarterly · last 0.77 USD on 2026-09-02

Dividends and capital return

What LEA pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.08 USD per share · a 2.51% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.08 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.77 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-02
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.77 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.08 USD · 2025: 3.08 USD · 2026: 2.31 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-05

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.80 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How LEA has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.80 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Lear Corporation moved 0.80% on average · correlation 0.22 · higher than 77% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.84 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.17% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.83% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Lear Corporation (LEA)?

Lear Corporation trades as LEA on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is LEA in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Lear Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does LEA trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -4.6% vs the 50-day and -3.9% vs the 200-day average, 18.2% below the 52-week high and +30.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Lear Corporation do?

Lear designs and builds automotive seating and electrical distribution systems, selling directly to vehicle makers. Its Seating division makes seat frames, covers, heating and cooling systems, and cushioning materials. Its E-Systems division builds wiring harnesses, connectors, junction boxes and power-control electronics that route power and signals through a vehicle. Closelooknet has not set a peer group for Lear. The market's natural comparison is Adient, which was spun out of Lear's own seating business, alongside Magna International as a broader auto-parts peer.

Where does Lear Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Lear carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, since it makes seating and electrical systems for vehicles rather than AI infrastructure. It sits in our universe under Consumer Cyclical, in the Auto Parts industry, supplying vehicle assemblers rather than data-centre or chip customers. Lear sits in the Russell 1000 within our coverage; it carries no Closelooknet score yet, and no quotes or edition mentions are recorded for it.

Does Lear Corporation pay a dividend?

Lear Corporation has paid 3.08 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.51% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.77 USD on 2026-09-02. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Lear Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Lear Corporation had a beta of 0.80 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 77% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.17% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for LEA, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Auto Parts. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.