Company Analysis

Aptiv PLC (APTV)

NYSE: APTV · Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories · Schaffhausen, CH · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade4.8
◀ Past 5.4● Present 5.3▶ Future 3.4

The grade of Aptiv PLC

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past5.430% of the headline
● Present5.340% of the headline
▶ Future3.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2021-11-09.

weight 33% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 36 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Aptiv PLC's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 2 times, the latest 2021-11-09) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+57.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aptiv PLC's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1 million in fiscal 2016 to $60 million in fiscal 2025, up 57.6% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 62% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span57.6%top 10% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 18% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 22% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak61.9%bottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 6.6% a year. 75% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 8 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 98th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Aptiv PLC's diluted share count shrank about 6.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 75% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 7 sales (7 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 8 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $9 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 1% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Aptiv PLC earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned less than nothing, about minus 70 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 14.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 39% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 34% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 4% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 1% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 42% of 35 in its family; net margin 275%.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aptiv PLC's standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $60 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 19% by size; a net margin of 275% ranks in the top 1%; revenue growth of -11.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$60.0Mbottom 19% of its family
  • net margin275.0%top 1% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-11.3%bottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 22% of 27 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

weight 22% of this tense · 78th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Aptiv PLC's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Clark, Kevin P (Chair and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-03-03, 11.7 years (top 13% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.1 years (top 39%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 13%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 18 peopletop 13% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.1 yearstop 39% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.7 yearstop 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 46% of 35 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Aptiv PLC's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.9 billion against debt of $7.5 billion leaves -24% of its assets as net cash, bottom 20% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2548.3% of revenue (top 1%); a gross margin of -27400% (bottom 1%); research spending of 1881.7% of revenue (top 5%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-24.0%bottom 20% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2548.3%top 1% of its family
  • gross margin-27400.0%bottom 1% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1881.7%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 21% of 34 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 21st percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Aptiv PLC's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -11.3% a year over the last three filed years against 57.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 4% of its family); the newest year grew -31.1% (bottom 4%); research spending grew 0.3% a year (bottom 35%); capital spending grew -8.1% a year (bottom 39%) (its annual reports). Aptiv PLC reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Electrical Distribution Systems at $8.8 billion, Engineered Components Group at $6.7 billion, Advanced Safety and User Experience at $5.8 billion. 3 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 41% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-68.9 points a yearbottom 4% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-31.1%bottom 4% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending0.3%bottom 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-8.1%bottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 13% of 33 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 13th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Aptiv PLC's newest year against its own record: revenue of $60 million in fiscal 2025 came in 31.4% below the $88 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 11% of its family); net income of $165 million against a prior three-year average of $1.8 billion (bottom 20%); a net margin of more than its whole revenue against more than its whole revenue before (bottom 8%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-31.4%bottom 11% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-91%bottom 20% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averagedown more than 100 pointsbottom 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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