Lear CorporationLEA

Where LEA's Payout Ratio sits inside its own 10-year distribution, with the yearly high, low and average.

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LEA Payout Ratio: current value, 10-year range and year-by-year history

Payout Ratio History

Historically priceyAbove avgAround avgBelow avgHistorically cheap
LEA Payout Ratio historyLEA Payout Ratio from Sep 2023 to Jul 2026: low 18.57%, high 46.73%, latest 18.57%.16.31%24.48%32.65%40.81%48.98%Sep 23Mar 24Sep 24Jun 25Dec 25Jul 26med 28.93%

LEA Payout Ratio by year

Yearly range of LEA’s payout ratio from 2016 to 2026. Over the full period it ranged from 4.7% to 643.8%, averaging 53.4%.

LEA Payout Ratio — yearly low, average, high and year-end values
YearLowAverageHighYear-end
202618.6%20.1%21.7%18.6%
202522.5%30.7%34.9%30.7%
202427.1%31.1%38.7%30.1%
202328.9%49.6%73.0%28.9%
202299.5%360.4%643.8%99.5%
20214.7%41.5%125.6%125.6%
202021.2%28.2%34.2%29.3%
201918.8%21.3%26.9%26.9%
201813.5%15.8%17.8%16.4%
20179.4%10.9%11.8%11.5%
20166.8%7.3%7.8%7.8%

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What fraction of free cash flow is paid out as dividends. More reliable than the earnings-based payout ratio because cash is harder to manipulate through accounting choices. Low ratio = room to grow the dividend and absorb an earnings dip. High ratio = dividend is consuming most of the cash generated.

FormulaTTM Dividends Per Share / (TTM FCF ÷ Shares) × 100%
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How to read this chart

A steadily rising FCF payout ratio warrants scrutiny only if FCF itself is flat or falling — that means the company is paying out a larger slice of shrinking cash. A high but stable ratio in a capital-light business (e.g. consumer staples) can be perfectly sustainable.

Key caveats
  • FCF can be lumpy: large one-off capex or working-capital swings distort a single year. Look at the multi-year trend rather than any single data point.
  • Utilities and REITs naturally sustain 60–90% FCF payout ratios; industrials and tech companies typically run 20–50%. Always compare to sector context.
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