APTV Aptiv PLC

Overview and Growth

Aptiv PLC generated $20.40B of revenue in fiscal 2025, with net income of $165.00M and an operating cash inflow of $2.19B. At $20.40B, the top line establishes the operating scale supporting the company’s profit and cash-flow profile. The top line expanded 3.5% from $19.71B in fiscal 2024, increasing the company’s operating scale. On a per-share basis, diluted EPS was $0.75, which connects the reported earnings outcome with the company’s diluted share count. Diluted EPS decreased by 89.2% from $6.96 in fiscal 2024, showing how the earnings change reached shareholders on a per-share basis. Revenue equaled 0.87x of total assets, indicating how much reported top-line activity the company produced relative to its period-end asset base.

Profitability

After reported cost of revenue, the company retained $3.90B as gross profit before recognizing operating expenses and other items. Gross profit represented 19.1% of revenue, showing how much of the top line remained after direct costs. Operating income was $1.18B, the earnings remaining from reported operations after the company’s recognized operating cost structure. Relative to revenue, operating income represented 5.8%, showing how efficiently sales converted into operating profit. After all reported below-operating-line items, the company recorded net income of $165.00M for the fiscal year. Net margin was 0.8%, meaning that this portion of revenue remained as net income after all recognized expenses. The earnings statement records $919.00M of pretax income, the profit base against which the reported tax provision can be assessed. Pretax income represented 4.5% of revenue, placing earnings before tax in the context of the company’s operating scale. The company recognized $700.00M of income tax for the period, completing the transition from pretax income to net income. The income-tax provision equaled 76.2% of pretax income, showing the tax burden absorbed by the year’s earnings.

Liquidity and Capital Structure

The company held $23.41B of assets against $13.91B of liabilities and $9.40B of equity, revealing how the asset base was financed. The near-term balance sheet paired $8.74B of current assets with $5.04B of current liabilities at the reporting date. Current assets covered current liabilities by 1.74x, leaving a positive buffer for near-term obligations. Cash and equivalents totaled $1.85B, identifying the most liquid reported component available within the broader current-asset balance. Cash and equivalents represented 36.7% of current liabilities, showing the portion of near-term obligations matched by reported cash alone. Total debt was $7.55B, establishing the amount of borrowing carried within the company’s capital structure. Against book equity, debt measured 0.8x, placing the company’s financial leverage in clear balance-sheet terms. Debt represented 32.3% of total assets, placing borrowing in the context of the company’s full resource base. The liabilities-to-assets relationship was 59.4%, placing reported obligations against the full positive asset balance. The cash-to-assets relationship was 7.9%, comparing reported cash and equivalents with the full positive asset balance.

Cash Flow and Earnings Quality

The company reported $2.19B of operating cash flow, a cash inflow that shows the cash generated by operations. The operating-cash-flow-to-net-income relationship was 13.24x, comparing cash generated by operations with the bottom-line earnings result. Capital spending was $656.00M, absorbing part of the cash generated from operations before free cash flow. Capital spending absorbed 30.0% of operating cash flow, quantifying the share of cash from operations directed to investment. Free cash flow came to $1.53B, leaving a positive amount after capital expenditures. The free-cash-flow margin was 7.5%, measuring cash remaining after capital spending against revenue. Free cash flow equaled 6.5% of total assets, relating post-investment cash generation to the company’s resource base.

Based on the annual report for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2025. Analysis generated Oct 21, 2026.