LEA - Lear Corporation
Lear Corporation designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, assembles, and supplies automotive seating, and electrical distribution systems and related components for automotive original equipment manufacturers in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. Its Seating segment offers seat systems, seat subsystems, keyseat components, seat trim covers, seat mechanisms, seat foams, and headrests, as well as surface materials, such as leather and fabric for automobiles and light trucks, compact cars, pick-up trucks, and sport utility vehicles. The company's E-Systems segment provides electrical distribution and connection systems that route electrical signals and networks; and manage electrical power within the vehicle for various powertrains.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $133.50, ATM IV 34.0%, max pain $115.00, net GEX $208.1K.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Auto - Parts
- Market Cap
- $6.89B
- P/E Ratio
- 13.29
- Beta
- 1.22
- 52-Week Range
- 86.14-142.84
- Dividend Yield
- $3.08
- CEO
- Raymond E. Scott Jr.
- Employees
- 173,700
- IPO Date
- Nov 9, 2009
- Exchange
- NYSE
What LEA Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 43.1% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($208.1K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.027) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The LEA overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked LEA overview questions
- What is LEA?
- LEA is the ticker symbol for Lear Corporation, a listed security. Lear Corporation designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, assembles, and supplies automotive seating, and electrical distribution systems and related components for automotive original equipment manufacturers in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. Its Seating segment offers seat systems, seat subsystems, keyseat components, seat trim covers, seat mechanisms, seat foams, and headrests, as well as surface materials, such as leather and fabric for automobiles and light trucks, compact cars, pick-up trucks, and sport utility vehicles. Listed on NYSE. LEA is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the LEA options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the LEA options snapshot shows spot at $133.50, ATM IV 34.0%, IV rank 43.1%, max pain $115.00, net GEX $208.1K, expected move 9.75%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are LEA's key statistics?
- Lear Corporation (LEA) carries a market capitalization of $6.89B, trailing P/E ratio of 13.29, beta of 1.22 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 86.14-142.84. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does LEA belong to?
- Lear Corporation operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the Auto - Parts industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare LEA's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the LEA data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).