Adient plc (ADNT) Stock Analysis
Consumer Cyclical · Auto Parts
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $20.03: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10 and A.R:R 3.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend.
Adient is a global automotive seating supplier with ~200 manufacturing facilities in 29 countries and 65,000+ employees, supplying complete seat systems and components to all major global OEMs including BMW, Ford, GM, Toyota, and Volkswagen. Revenue is generated under multi-year... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $20.03: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10 and A.R:R 3.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Adient plc
Latest news
- Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on Adient, Raises Price Target to $29 — benzinga May 11, 2026 neutral
- UBS Maintains Buy on Adient, Raises Price Target to $33 — benzinga May 7, 2026 positive
- Earnings Scheduled For May 6, 2026 — benzinga May 6, 2026 neutral
- Adient Q2 2026 Earnings Call: Complete Transcript — benzinga May 6, 2026 positive
- Adient Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $14.600B to $14.800B vs $14.618B Est — benzinga May 6, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-03-13Item 5.02LOWBoard approved a $500K one-time RSU retention award for James Conklin (EVP, Americas) with grant date May 7, 2026, vesting half per year over two years. Compensatory arrangement; no officer departure.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $20.03: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10 and A.R:R 3.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $18.85. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $27.33 (+36.2% upside). Prior stop was $18.85. Stop-loss: $18.85.
Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0).
Adient plc trades at a P/E of 30.3 (forward 5.9). TrendMatrix value score: 8.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
20 analysts cover ADNT with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $31.
What does Adient plc do?Adient is a global automotive seating supplier with ~200 manufacturing facilities in 29 countries and 65,000+...
Adient is a global automotive seating supplier with ~200 manufacturing facilities in 29 countries and 65,000+ employees, supplying complete seat systems and components to all major global OEMs including BMW, Ford, GM, Toyota, and Volkswagen. Revenue is generated under multi-year platform awards through a vertically integrated manufacturing model spanning seat structures, foam, trim, and mechanisms.