The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Lear Corp shares valued at $492,368 were sold by Cardew Jason M on Jul 29 ’25. At $98.47 per share, Cardew Jason M sold 5,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 20,244 shares worth approximately $1.94 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, SCOTT RAYMOND E sold 5,000 shares, netting a total of over 483,873 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $96.77 each, the insider now holds 38,729 shares.
Before that, Cardew Jason M had added 5,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $492,368, the Officer bought Lear Corp shares for $98.47 each.
As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on April 23, 2025, Lear Corp [LEA] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $123. Analysts at Goldman downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of March 07, 2025, TD Cowen has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for LEA. Earlier on October 30, 2024, Barclays downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal weight” for LEA stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing LEA Stock Performance
On last trading session, Lear Corp [NYSE: LEA] rose 0.86% to $96.02. The stock’s lowest price that day was $95.37, but it reached a high of $96.72 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.83%. Over the course of the year, Lear Corp shares have dropped approximately -12.62%.
Is Lear Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Lear Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.84 million shares to 2.29 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 1.46 million shares. A jump of 36.47% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.49 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.49.
Which companies own the most shares of Lear Corp (LEA)?
In terms of Lear Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 106.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.87% from the previous closing price of $95.2. Analysts anticipate Lear Corp stock to reach 125 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 88. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked Lear Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 10, 2024, Deutsche Bank assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $132.
