Adient announces strong third quarter financial results

Core Viewpoint - Adient, a global leader in automotive seating, reported its third quarter 2025 financial results, highlighting improvements in earnings and guidance for the fiscal year [1][6]. Financial Performance - Q3 GAAP net income was $36 million, with diluted EPS of $0.43; adjusted EPS was $0.45 [6]. - Adjusted EBITDA for Q3 was $226 million, reflecting a year-over-year improvement of $24 million; adjusted EBITDA margins increased from 5.4% to 6.0% year-over-year [6]. - As of June 30, 2025, gross debt and net debt were approximately $2.4 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, with cash and cash equivalents totaling $860 million [6]. Share Repurchase and Guidance - The company repurchased $50 million of its shares in the quarter, reducing shares outstanding by approximately 2.8 million; year-to-date share repurchases reached $75 million, representing about 4% of shares outstanding at the beginning of the fiscal year [6]. - Based on strong year-to-date performance and expected solid results for Q4, Adient raised its FY25 guidance for revenue and adjusted EBITDA to approximately $14.4 billion and $875 million, respectively [6]. Company Overview - Adient operates with around 70,000 employees across 29 countries and manages over 200 manufacturing and assembly plants globally, producing automotive seating for all major OEMs [4].