Adient Strong Organic Growth, Margins Slightly Below; F4Q Guide Below JPMe/Consensus; Early FY27 Commentary Positive With Ongoing Capital Return; Expect Modest Underperformance Today

Research evidence excerpt

J P M O R G A N

North America Equity Research

05 August 2026

Adient

Strong Organic Growth, Margins Slightly Below; F4Q

Guide Below JPMe/Consensus; Early FY27

Commentary Positive With Ongoing Capital Return;

Expect Modest Underperformance Today

Neutral

ADNT, ADNT US

Price (04 Aug 26):$21.16

Autos & Auto Parts

Quick take: A revenue beat with margins slightly below, and a guidance raise

limited to the top line on near-term schedules and positive FX, offset by continued

headwinds from elevated chemicals and freight cost. Organic growth was solid at

+4% (top-quartile in coverage), while margins missed slightly at 5.7% (vs. JPMe/

cons of 5.9%), down -30 bps y/y, as ~$32 mn of temporary headwinds landed in

the quarter (~$20 mn from the Middle East conflict and ~$12 mn from customer

and supplier driven inefficiencies). Early FY27 indicators point to GoM in

Americas and China and continued tailwinds from business performance. ADNT

also sees continued capital return and expects an increase in share repo

authorization prior to F4Q results. Net-net, expect a modest negative reaction at the

open given the margin miss, though commentary on timing of recoveries and

gauging cushion implied in F4Q guide from the conf. call is likely to determine the

ultimate direction for shares today.

Rajat Gupta AC

(1-212) 622-6382

Yash Beswala

(1-212) 622-0028

Jash Patwa

(1-212) 622-5472

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

See Table 1 and Table 2 for results vs. JPME/consensus and implied 2H

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Award momentum: Wins skewed toward durable platform content, including (1)

Ram Dakota at Stellantis, where ADNT is full integration partner across JIT, foam

and metals; (2) FAW-Volkswagen VW416/5 complete seat, adding premium EV

exposure in China; and (3) replacement business on Honda Pilot and Tata Nexon.

ProForce Massage Flow drove awards on Changan Avatr E518 and DongfengVoyah H77B, with vertically integrated EMEA launches on Volvo EX60 and

Mercedes-Benz AMG.

Other Key Takeaways: Americas outperformed with EBITDA of $125 mn and

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